Chennai, Dec 3: All-rounder Vijay Shankar will lead Tamil Nadu while Baba Aparajith will serve as his deputy in the upcoming Ranji Trophy beginning December 9.

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The squad, which was announced by the state selection committee of the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) on Monday, includes ace India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and out of favour opener Murali Vijay.

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The team has been named for the first two Ranji Trophy matches against Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.

"Washington Sundar will join the team for the second match and K Mukunth will be released from the squad," said TNCA in a tweet.

Tamil Nadu has already reached the final of Vijay Hazare Trophy (50-over tournament) and Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 (20-over tournament) in the 2019-20 season.

Squad: Vijay Shankar (captain), B Aparajith (vice captain), M Vijay, Abhinav Mukund, K Dinesh Karthik, N Jagadeesan, R Ashwin, R Sai Kishore, T Natarajan, K Vignesh, Abhishek Tanwar, M Ashwin, M Siddharth, Shahrukh Khan, K Mukunth.
 

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