Uday Kaul to continue as Punjab skipper

Mohali: Uday Kaul will lead Punjab in the remaining three Ranji Trophy matches as regular skipper Harbhajan Singh has been ruled out due to injury, a Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) spokesman said on Saturday.

Punjab are to play three league games against Rajasthan in Jaipur (December 6-9) against Karnataka in Bangalore (December 13-16) and against Mumbai in Mumbai (December 21-24).

Manager of Punjab team Vikram Rathore informed the selection committee, which met here on Saturday, about the shin injury to Harbhajan which has ruled him out for four weeks.

The selectors then decided to continue Uday Kaul as the captain for the remaining league matches, the PCA said.

Squad:

Uday Kaul (c/wk), Sarul Kanwar, Karan Goel, Andeep Singh, Mayank Sidana, Bipul Sharma, Manpreet Singh Gony, Barinder Singh, Amtioz Singh, Rajwinder Singh, Vishwas Bhalla, Sandeep Sharma, Gitnsh Khera, Ravi Inder Singh, Harmeet Singh Bansal and Rahul Singla.