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Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Shankar to vice-captain South Zone team

Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Shankar will be R Vinay Kumar’s deputy in the 16-member South Zone team in the all-India inter-zonal Twenty20 tournament for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from February 12.

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The selection panel announced the team after the conclusion of the inter-state tournament in Chennai. Karnataka won the title on net run-rate after both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu finished the sixteam league with 16 points following four wins from five matches.

Tamil Nadu’s Dinesh Karthik, Rahil S Shah and Dinesh Karthik also find a place in the squad that includes former India international S Arvind. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be played on an inter-zonal basis for the first time. All matches in the all-play-all round-robin league will be hosted at the Wankhede, with the last set of fixtures scheduled for February 18. 

South Zone squad: R Vinay Kumar (capt), Vijay Shankar (vice-capt), Tanmay Agarwal, Mayank Agarwal, Vishnu Vinod, Ricky Bhui, Dinesh Karthik (wk), G Hanuma Vihari, Pavan Deshpande, Rahil Shah, M Ashwin, D Swaroop, CV Milind, Sandeep Warrier, Basil Thampi, S Arvind.

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