da bet7： The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association on Friday named their squad forthis year’s MJ Gopalan Trophy
Staff Reporter12-Oct-2001The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association on Friday named their squad forthis year’s MJ Gopalan Trophy. India-discard Robin Singh leads a 16-member squad that includes Ashish Kapoor, S Sriram, JR Madanagopal andT Kumaran, among others.Robin Singh will also captain the side for the one-dayers. Fourteen ofthe members playing in the Gopalan Trophy have been retained. VikramKumar and G Vignesh are the only two changes.The winners of the one-day tournament, which will see the sides clashagainst each other thrice, will receive the FC De Saram trophy. Thetrophy had earlier been named the Vernon G Prins trophy after thecaptain of first Sri Lankan side that contested for the GopalanTrophy.The one-day matches will be held at CPT-IP Ground, ICL-Guru NanakCollege Ground, and the IIT-Chemplast Ground. The four-day match forthe MJ Gopalan trophy will meanwhile be played at the MA ChidambaramStadium.Squad for MJ Gopalan trophy:Robin Singh (Captain), Aashish Kapoor, S Sriram, S Suresh, S Sharath,Rajat Bhatia, JR Madanagopal, TR Arasu, S Badrinath, MR Shrinivas, TKumaran, S Mahesh, L Balaji, R Ramkumar, S Vasanth Saravanan, C HemantKumar.Squad for FC De Saram Trophy:Robin Singh (Captain), Aashish Kapoor, S Sriram, S Suresh, S Sharath,Rajat Bhatia, JR Madanagopal, Vikram Kumar, G Vignesh, MR Shrinivas, TKumaran, S Mahesh, L Balaji, R Ramkumar, S Vasanth Saravanan, C HemantKumar.Colombo District Cricket Association squad:Thilan Samaraweera, Upul Chandana, Avishka Gunawardene, MichaelVandort, Ian Daniel, Upeka Fernando, Akalanka Ganegama, T.M Dilshan,Gayan Wijekoon, Rangana Herath, Prasanna Jayawardene, KaushalyaWeeraratne and Muthumudalige Pushpakumara. Coach: Roshan Mahanama.Manager: Bandula Disannayake Asst. Manager: ARM Aroos