da lvbet: Former India medium-pacer Venkatesh Prasad has been named the captain of a 15-man South Zone squad for the Deodhar Trophy starting on January 2, 2003
Staff Reporter21-Dec-2002Former India medium-pacer Venkatesh Prasad has been named the captain of a 15-man South Zone squad for the Deodhar Trophy starting on January 2, 2003.Among the other notable inclusions in the squad for the 13-day tournament are the precocious 17-year-old Hyderabadi batsman Ambati Rayudu and Karnataka wicketkeeper Thilak Naidu.The squad:BKV Prasad (captain), HK Badani, Vijay Bharadwaj, AT Rayudu, S Sharath, Y Venugopal Rao, D Vinay Kumar, N Arjun Yadav, VST Naidu (wicketkeeper), L Balaji, S Oasis, D Ganesh, Sandip Dahad, S Sriram, Barrington RowlandStand Byes:KS Fiaz Ahmed, Chandershekar Reddy, SK Nair, T Suman, KKD Karthik (wicketkeeper), S Jakati