The Indian domestic cricket tournament Dilip Trophy is scheduled to begin on August 28. In this, Tilak Verma can captain the South Zone team. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has returned the zone format for the upcoming season, in which a total of 6 teams are going to participate. These 6 teams will be named East Zone, West Zone, South Zone, North Zone, Central Zone and North-East Zone. Now a report by Indian Express has revealed that Tilak Verma is going to captain the South Zone team.

Tilak Verma Captain, Sai Sudarshan out

According to The Indian Express, Tilak Verma will be the captain of the South Zone team, while Mohammad Azharuddin will play the role of the vice -captain of the team. The South Zone squad will include many famous players, including Sai Kishore, Devdutt Padikkal, N Jagdishan and Vijaykumar Vaishak. Sai Sudarshan, who is currently playing Test series in England, has been excluded from the team.

This will not be the first time Tilak Verma will be captaining a team. He was seen captaining the Hyderabad team several times in the last season. Last year, news came that BCCI can completely eliminate the zonal system, but now the same zonal system has been returned. It was decided in a meeting of BCCI in March this year, which will be implemented in the upcoming domestic season.

6 zonal teams have been prepared in the Dilip Trophy, including players from 38 domestic teams. The Dilip Trophy will begin on August 28 and the final match will be played on 11 September. Last season teams were named India A, India B, India C and India D, in which India A had won the title.

South Zone Squad: Tilak Verma (Captain), Mohammad Azharuddin (Vice -Chair

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Tilak varma county debut century: Amidst the Indo-England Test series, some Indian players are making a big hit in county cricket. Recently Ishaan Kishan played a strong half -century in his county debut, while now Tilak Verma has scored a century in the first match of his county career. Till now Tilak has been performing brilliantly in T20 format, so he has been seen as a great white-ball batsman. Now he has scored a century playing for Hampshire.

In the County Championship Division 1 match, Tilak Verma has scored a century against Essex while playing for Hampshire. In this match, Tilak came to bat when Hampshire lost 2 wickets on a score of just 34. Playing under pressure, he completed his century in 239 balls. Please tell that Tilak returned unbeaten after scoring 98 runs till the end of the second day’s play. In the very first over of the third day, he ran away and carried out his century by running double runs.

Tilak Verma’s innings ended for 100 runs. He also hit 11 fours and 3 sixes in his brilliant innings. He partnered 133 runs with Liam Dawson. Please tell that Dawson has also scored centuries in this match. In particular, he showed quite a good game against spin bowler Simon Hummer on the turning pitch.

What did Tilak say on a century in county debut

Tilak Verma said after scoring a century in a county debut, “I have always said that Test is my favorite format in cricket. I was waiting for this opportunity. I am the number-3 batsman in T20, so everyone thinks that I am a T20 format batsman, but I know that I am a good batsman of Test cricket. I love playing in Test matches.”

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