{"id":198998,"date":"2026-08-01T12:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198998"},"modified":"2026-08-01T12:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:23:31","slug":"south-zone-squad-for-duleep-trophy-confirmed-tilak-varma-leads-15-member-side-nair-jagadeesan-included","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198998","title":{"rendered":"South Zone squad for Duleep Trophy confirmed \u2014 Tilak Varma leads 15-member side; Nair, Jagadeesan included"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71295872\">The South Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2026-27 was announced on Saturday with Tilak Varma named as the captain for the 15-member squad.<\/p>\n<p>Andhra batter Ricky Bhui will be his deputy. The squad also includes India international Karun Nair, who last played for for the national side during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The zonal competition begins on August 23 but South Zone will only be action on August 30 in the semifinal by virtue of reaching the final in the previous edition.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"sub_head\">South Zone full squad for Duleep Trophy 2026-27<\/h4>\n<p>Tilak Varma (Captain), Ricky Bhui (Vice-Captain), Abhinav Tejrana, SK Rasheed, K Himateja, R Smaran, N Jagadeesan, Karun Nair, T Thyagarajan, Shreyas Gopal, K Sai Teja, T Vijay, V Kaverappa, Aman Khan.<\/p>\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\/south-zone-squad-duleep-trophy-2026-27-list-of-players-tilak-varma-captain\/article71295872.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy 2026-27 was announced on Saturday with Tilak Varma named as the captain for the 15-member squad. Andhra batter Ricky Bhui will be his deputy. The squad also includes India international Karun Nair, who last played for for the national side during the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. The zonal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198999,"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-198998","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\/DULEEP20TROPHY20INDIA20A20VS20INDIA20D20TILAK20VARMA_09.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":198494,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=198494","url_meta":{"origin":198998,"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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