Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 21: President Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCI) Jammu, Arun Gupta flagged off former Ranji player and captain of JK Veterans along with other three J&K based players for their participation in the Inter Zonal National Veteran Championship, scheduled to be held at Indore, Madhya Pradesh from December 22 to 27.
The selection committee of Indian Veteran Cricket Association of India has also announced the North Zone Veteran Cricket team after conducting the trials at New Delhi which includes Rajesh Gill, Nikhil Parikh, Sanjeev Seth, GS Harry, Vipin Sharma, Satish Saraf, Dhiraj Kumar, Haseeb Rehman, RK Bhat, Samir Mukherjee, Ratan Sharma, Radha Kant, Raju Arora and Vivek Suri.
The selection committee headed by Sanjay Sinha, Director of the VCI selected Rajesh Gill as captain of the team.
It needs to be mentioned here that six teams including North Zone Warriors, Central Strikers, Eastern Dynamos, Western Lions, Southern Gazellelles and Global Patriots are the participating teams in the championship. Four players from J&K including Rajesh Gill, R.K Bhat, Haseeb Rehman and Vivek Suri were selected for the championship.
Arun Gupta extended best wishes to Rajesh Gill, captain who is leading the North Zone Veteran Cricket team and hoped that the selected players will bring laurels to J&K.
The Indian Veterans team will be picked based on the performances including the Inter Zonal matches and the selected team will take part in the forthcoming World Cup in March, 2023 at Cape Town South Africa.
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