{"id":198494,"date":"2026-07-29T14:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198494"},"modified":"2026-07-29T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:33:16","slug":"east-zone-squad-for-duleep-trophy-2026-27-ishan-kishan-to-lead-sooryavanshi-named-vice-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198494","title":{"rendered":"East Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2026-27 \u2014 Ishan Kishan to lead, Sooryavanshi named vice-captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71282528\">Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Wednesday was named East Zone vice-captain for the upcoming Duleep Trophy set to be played next month with Ishan Kishan leading the team.<\/p>\n<p>The 15-year-old, who made his international debut against England earlier this July, will be featuring in the zonal competition for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Out of favour pacer Mohammed Shami was also named in the squad, along with Mukesh Kumar.<\/p>\n<p>East Zone will begin its campaign on August 23 and will take on North Zone in the quarterfinal. All games during this Duleep Trophy will be played at the Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">East Zone squad<\/h4>\n<p>Abhimanyu Easwaran (Bengal), Sudip Gharami (Bengal), Shahbaz Ahmed (Bengal), Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (Bengal), Mohammed Shami (Bengal), Mukesh Kumar (Bengal), Ishan Kishan (c) (Jharkhand), Kumar Kushagra (wk) (Jharkhand), Shikhar Mohan (Jharkhand), Anukul Roy (Jharkhand), Virat Singh (Jharkhand), Subhranshu Senapati (Odisha), Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (vc) (Bihar), Denish Das (Assam) and Abhijit Sarkar (Assam); Stand-by: Ayush Loharuka (Bihar), Sridam Paul (Tripura), Sambit Baral (Odisha), Swastik Samal (Odisha) and Sharandeep Singh (Jharkhand).<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 29, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/duleep-trophy-2026-27-east-zone-squad-announcement-ishan-kishan-sooryavanshi-vice-captain\/article71282528.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaibhav Sooryavanshi on Wednesday was named East Zone vice-captain for the upcoming Duleep Trophy set to be played next month with Ishan Kishan leading the team. The 15-year-old, who made his international debut against England earlier this July, will be featuring in the zonal competition for the first time. Out of favour pacer Mohammed Shami &#8230; <a title=\"East Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2026-27 \u2014 Ishan Kishan to lead, Sooryavanshi named vice-captain\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198494\" aria-label=\"Read more about East Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2026-27 \u2014 Ishan Kishan to lead, Sooryavanshi named vice-captain\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Ishan20Kishan201.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194895,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194895","url_meta":{"origin":198494,"position":0},"title":"Ruturaj Gaikwad to lead West Zone in Duleep Trophy","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 20, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ruturaj Gaikwad will captain a star-studded West Zone squad in the upcoming Duleep Trophy, with Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan returning to the fold after being named in the 15-member squad. 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