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West favourites in Duleep final

Both sides go into the game without key players; chance for young crop to showcase talent.

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Despite losing five key players to Board President XI for a practice match against South Africa, West Zone coach Vijay Patel believes his side will have the upper hand when they take on South Zone in the Duleep Trophy final, starting Hyderabad on Tuesday. The Wasim Jaffer-led side will be without Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Parthiv Patel and Cheteshwar Pujara in the crucial match against South.

“We have got a good side as compared to South Zone. We have experienced players in Jaffer, Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja in the squad, but we have stronger bowling line-up,” Patel said.
South Zone, too, will be without important players like S Badrinath, Abhinav Mukund, Manish Pandey, R Ashwin, R Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun, but the side has  been boosted by the presence of Dinesh Karthik, who replaced Badrinath as the captain of the team.

If one goes by the strength, West look stronger on paper. Patel feels it is the right opportunity for youngsters. “It is the best opportunity for youngsters and they should stand up and grab it with both hands,” he added. Patel further revealed that Harshad Khadiwale and Chirag Pathak might get to make their debut as openers in the match.

The defending champions hope to dominate the match with a strong bowling attack that includes Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Dhaval Kulkarni and Ramesh Powar.

Teams (from): West Zone: Wasim Jaffer (capt), Dhaval Kulkarni, Ramesh Powar, Harshad Khadiwale, Ankit Bawne, Iqbal Abdulla, Avishkar Salvi, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Pinal Shah, Bhavik Thakre, Kamlesh Makwane, Ravindra jadeja, Chirag Pathak. Coach: Vijay Patel. Manager: Bhagirath Thakur.

South Zone: Dinesh Karthik (capt), S Anirudha, Robin Uthappa, KB Arun Karthik, Ganesh Satish, CM Gautam, P Rohan Prem, C Ganapathy, Achyuth Rao, S Arvind, Alfred Absolem, Shadab B Jakati, R Aushik Srinivas, KB Pawan, S Ahmed Quadri. Coach: K Sanath Kumar. Manager: R Sudhakar Rao.

Umpires: Hariharan, Johan Cloete (SA).

Third umpire: Subrata Das. Match referee: Raju Mukerji.

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