Karnataka Ranji Trophy 2023-24 Squad: Full List of Players, Captain, Coaching Staff

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Karnataka Ranji 2024 Squad: The Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) has announced a 16-member squad for their first two Ranji Trophy matches.

The Ranki Trophy for the 2023-24 season starts early in 2024 and Karnataka start their campaign against Punjab in Hubli from January 5.

The KSCA named 16 players on Wednesday (December 27) who will be in contention to play in their first two matches of the tournament, against Punjab and then Gujarat.

Mayank Agarwal will lead the Karnataka side as Nikin Jose has been picked up as his deputy. Veteran player Manish Pandey is included in the side, whereas the likes of Devdutt Padikkal, Vidwath Kaverappa are also in the side.

A lot of new names have been introduced in their squad as the senior pros like KL Rahul, Prasidh Krishna will be unavailable for national duties. Also, Krishnappa Gowtham, Shreyas Gopal are the other notable absentees from the Karnataka squad.

Karnataka Ranji 2023-24 Squad

Mayank Agarwal (C), Ravikumar Samarth, Devdutt Padikkal, Nikin Jose (VC), Manish Pandey, Shubhang Hegde, Sharath Srinivas, Vyshak V, Koushik V, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shashikumar Kamble, Sujay Sateri, Nischal D, Venkatesh M, Kishan S Bedate, Rohit Kumar AC

Captain: Mayank Agarwal

Vice-Captain: Nikin Jose

Karnataka Ranji Coaching Staff

Here is the full list of coaching staff for Karnataka who will be with the team in their first two Ranji matches.

Coach: PV Shashikanth

Bowling Coach: Mansur Ali Khan

Fielding Coach: Shabarish P Mohan

Manager: A Ramesh Rao

Physiotherapist: Jaba Prabhu A

Strength and Conditioning Coach: A Kiran

Masseur: CM Somasundar

Video Analyst: Giridhar