Ganguly to lead East Zone in Duleep Trophy

KOLKATA: Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly will lead East Zone in the Duleep Trophy cricket tournament to be played later this month.

Ganguly is a part of an 18-member East Zone squad named by east zone selectors at a meeting here today.

The final of the Duleep Trophy, in which a Sri Lankan team is playing this year, would be played at Kolkata from November 12 to 16.

Team: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Lakshmiratan Shukla, Shubomoy Das, Shib Shankar Das, Ranadeb Basu, Debasish Mohanty, Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, Sourasish Lahiri, A Sinha, Pravanjan Das, S S Rao, D Mohan, S Saigal, P Mallick and Ashoke Dinda.

Reserves: Nazeeb Ahmed, Manoj Tiwari and S Sinha.