Diminutive wicket-keeper
Parthiv Patel was on Friday named as captain of Rest of India for the
Irani Cup cricket match against
Ranji Champions,
Rajasthan.
BCCI`s All India Senior Selection Committee met at the Cricket Centre to pick a 15-member squad for the five-day match, starting October 1 in
Jaipur. Delhi batsman
Shikhar Dhawan was named Patel`s deputy and
Ajinkya Rahane, who did well in the recently-concluded England tour, also made it to the squad.
Madhya Pradesh`s
Jalaj Saxena, meanwhile, is the surprise inclusion.
Ishank Jaggi, who was named in the original squad, is unavailable due to injury and has been replaced by C
Gautham. Squad:
Parthiv Patel (
Capt),
Shikhar Dhawan,
Abhinav Mukund,
Ajinkya Rahane,
Manish Pandey,
Ravindra Jadeja,
Mandeep Singh,
Pragyan Ojha,
Rahul Sharma,
Umesh Yadav,
Varun Aaron,
Prashant Parmeshwaran,
Pawan Suyal,
Jalaj Saxena and C
Gautham.