Hyderabad, Sept. 28: Tirumalsetti Suman will turn up for India Green when the Challenger Series for NKP Salve Trophy commences in Indore from October 8-11.
The dashing right-hander did well at the recently concluded Moin-Ud Dowla tournament sounded confident of doing well at the tournament. “It’s a big break at the national level for me,” said the dashing right-hander who has played many memorable knocks turning up for the Deccan Chargers.
“I am honoured to be part of this series and will do my best to perform and climb higher in the ranks,” Suman said, while speaking to this newspaper. Speaking about his form, he said, “I am in good nick. The ongoing HCA Zonal tournament is proving to be an ideal practice session ahead of this tournament.”
Meanwhile, Suman will be joined in the side by former Ranji teammate Ambati Rayudu who has ditched Hyderabad and is set to turn up for Baroda in the upcoming Ranji season.
Yuvraj Singh and Dinesh Karthik will lead India Blue and India Red respectively in the event, while India Green will be captained by Subramanium Badrinath.
Squads
India Blue: Yuvraj Singh (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Srivats Goswami, Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Irfan Pathan, Ravindra Jadeja, Wriddhiman Saha, Piyush Chawla, Umesh Yadav, R P Singh, Yo Mahesh, Ganesh Satish, Tanmay Srivastava.
India Red: Dinesh Kartik (captain), Abhinav Mukund, Parthiv Patel, Manish Pandey, Virat Kohli, Saurabh Tiwary, Yusuf Pathan, Iqbal Abdulla, Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda, S. Tyagi, Mohnish Mishra, Abu Nachim Ahmed, Rahul Sharma.
India Green: S Badrinath (captain), T. Suman, Naman Ojha, Srikkanth Aniruddha, Rohit Sharma, Robin Uthappa, Kedar Jadhav, R Ashwin, Jaskaran Singh, Abhimanyu Mithun, Jaydev Unadkat, Sarabjit Ladda, Dhawal Kulkarni and Ambati Rayudu.