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Rajasthan Ranji probables camp in full swing

The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) has selected 35 probables who are undergoing a conditioning camp for the 2000-2001 season. The RCA has also selected 47 probables for the Under-16 and Under-19 State teams. The two camps started last week and is at present being held at the Manasarovar Stadium in Jaipur. The State team for the Ranji Trophy is to be selected after the conclusion of the camp on September 25.

The probables: Ranji Trophy

Pramod Yadav, Anoop Dave, Kaushal Dewara, Vijesh Bhatnagar, Naresh Gahelot, Saket Bhatia, Sanieev Sharma, Gagan Khoda, Anshu Jain, Kuldeep Singh, Rahul Kanwat, Anil Parmar, Pankaj Gupta, Shamsher Khokher, Manish Singh, Rohit Jhalani, Sidhart Joshi, Rohit Bhatt, P Krishna Kumar, Mahan Singh, Gaurav Sharma, Farooqh Ali, Lokesh Jain, Surendra, Bhartesh Solanki, Mohd. Aslam, Devendra Pal Singh, Jai Kumar, Shashi Ranian, Shamsher Singh, Arbaj Khan, Vineet Saxena, Tariq Khan, Kishan Choudhary and Nikhil Doru.

Under-16 and Under-19:

Ranjeet Singh, Zabar Saini, Azad Sharma, Rajendra Gujar, Raj Kumar Beniwal, Nardeep Singh, Yogendra Soni, Raju Suthar, Yogesh Rajoria, Ayush Agarwal, Shailendra Gehlot, Shailendra Rathore, Ambrish Yadav, Dishant Yagnik, Gagan Tanwar, Deepak Jangir, Vivek Sharma, Anuj Jain, Arvind Maan, Kunal Kucchal, Prasannjeet, Ankush Singh, Abid Khan, Gaurav Kedia, Anmol, Ansari, Vibhore Mathur, Akram, Abhijeet Sharma, Surendra Rathore, Rohit Bhaft, Pradeep Chaudhary, Roop Singh, Hitendra Beniwal, Yuvraj Singh, Zuber Khan, Afroz Khan, Hitesh Kardan, Sandeep Singh Kanswa, Manoj Sharma, Manish Verma, Arvind Chauhan, Priyankar Jain, Gaurav Bhatnagar, Puneet Katheth, Tahir Khan and Shamsher Singh.

GCA and MCA name teams for Cooch-Behar Trophy

The Goa Cricket Association has selected Gautham Narvekar as the captain of the State Under-19 team for the Cooch-Behar Trophy tournament scheduled to begin later this month. The three member state selection committee comprising Ramanand Natekar, Ulhas Naik and Desh Kinlekar have named Suraj Kamat as Narvekar's deputy. Sandeep Naik would be the coach of the team while Ulhas Naik is the manager.

Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Cricket Association while announcing the list of probables has named Kashinath Khadkikar as the captain of the State Under-19 team for the forthcoming Rungta Trophy and Cooch-Behar Trophy tournaments.

Goa squad:

G Narvekar (captain), S Asnodkar, S Kamat (vice-captain), A Kolambkar, Sagun Kamat, S Panaskar, S Dhuri, RS Borkar (wicketkeeper), R D'Souza, S Yadav, H Raza, A Muzawar, S Sardesai, D Sawal, A Angle and R David. Stand Byes: A Chawan, MN Govekar, G Talekar and V Kundalkar. Coach: Sandeep Naik, Manager: Ulhas Naik.

Maharashtra probables:

Kashinath Khadkikar (captain), Virag Awate, Nachiket Pingale, Abid Shaikh, Nitin Dahane, Sandeep Gaikwad, Nilesh Khilare, Rohan Dharwat, Makarand Pendse, Amit Thakur, Kiran Adhav, Parag Dahiwal, Saeed Khot, Brahmaprakash Yadav, Hrishikesh Deshpande, Manoj Palkhede, Amit Misal, Uday Gadre, Rahul Giramkar, Charudutta Kulkarni, Agrani Bhosale, Sunil Kadam, Nitin Devgirikar, Chetan Thorat, Aditya Dhavale, Yogesh Takawale, Prasad Joshi, Shirish Kamathe, Vinayak Renuse, Ganesh Bansode.

Doru elected Mathur Das Mathur awardee for 1999-2000 season

The Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) at a function organised at Jaipur recently gave away the annual Mathur Das Mathur Awards for the best performers in the senior and junior catagories during the 1999-2000 season.

Rajasthan Ranji Trophy player Nikhil Doru and Junior cricketer Afroz Khan won the award for the senior and junior category while Rohit Jhalani and Shamsher Singh were given consolation awards in the respective categories.

Since both Nikhil Doru and Rohit Jhalani were not present at the function due to their commitments with the National Cricket Academy, the awards were received on their behalf by their family members.