Mongia to lead North in Deodhar

Five players from Delhi who were part of the Ranji one-day competition have been selected to represent North Zone in the Deodhar Trophy which starts later this month. While three are in the first 15, two others are in the stand-bye list.

Dinesh Mongia, who has been in good form right through the one-day tournament will be leading the side. The selectors have named Gautam Gambhir in the squad but if he is called for national duty then Sandeep Sharma will be his replacement.

The Squad: Dinesh Mongia (captain), Mithun Manhas, Gautam Gambhir, Shikar Dhawan, Sumit Sharma, Yashpal Singh, Mahesh Rawat (wk), Reetinder Singh Sodhi, Pankaj Dharmani (wk), VRV Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Joginder Sharma, Abid Nabi, Amit Mishra and Gaurav Vashist