{"id":198978,"date":"2026-08-01T07:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198978"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:17:28","slug":"central-zone-squad-for-duleep-trophy-2026-27-patidar-to-captain-the-side-rinku-named-vice-captain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198978","title":{"rendered":"Central Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2026-27 \u2014 Patidar to captain the side, Rinku named vice-captain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71294604\">Rajat Patidar was named the captain of the Central Zone team for Duleep Trophy 2026 set to be begin on August 23.<\/p>\n<p>Uttar Pradesh skipper Rinku Singh will be his deputy. Central Zone is the defending champions of the tournament, having beaten South Zone in last year\u2019s final at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<p>Skipper Patidar led from the front with a century in the final and finished as the top-scorer in the tournament last year.<\/p>\n<p>Madhya Pradesh\u2019s Saransh Jain, who recently earned a maiden call-up to the India Test team for the series against Sri Lanka, also found a place in the side.<\/p>\n<p>Vidarbha pair Yash Thakur and Harsh Dubey, who have made their limited-over debuts for India are also part of the group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fact-box\">\n<h5 class=\"main-title\">\nCentral Zone squad:<br \/>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Rajat Patidar (C), Rinku Singh (VC), Aryan Juyal (wicketkeeper), Saransh Jain, Aman Mokhade, Kunal Chandela, Zeeshan Ansari, Aryan Pandey, Arshad Khan, Ayush Pandey, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Kunal Singh Rathod (wk), Yash Thakur and Nachiket Bhute.<\/p>\n<p>\nReserve players: Amandeep Khare, Mayank Mishra, Saurabh Rawat, Bhargav Merai, Kunal Yadav and Kumar Kartikeya\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Aug 01, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/domestic\/central-zone-squad-duleep-trophy-2026-rajat-patidar-captain-list-of-players-news\/article71294604.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajat Patidar was named the captain of the Central Zone team for Duleep Trophy 2026 set to be begin on August 23. Uttar Pradesh skipper Rinku Singh will be his deputy. Central Zone is the defending champions of the tournament, having beaten South Zone in last year\u2019s final at the BCCI Centre of Excellence in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198979,"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-198978","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\/08\/DSC0352.JPG","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198494,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198494","url_meta":{"origin":198978,"position":0},"title":"East Zone squad for Duleep Trophy 2026-27 \u2014 Ishan Kishan to lead, Sooryavanshi named vice-captain","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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