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Varun Chakravarthy Named Tamil Nadu Captain for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025–26.

India spinner Varun Chakravarthy will lead Tamil Nadu in the 2025–26 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which gets underway on November 26. Narayan Jagadeesan has been named his deputy. Chakravarthy, who recently played a pivotal role in India’s T20I series win in Australia, claiming five wickets in three matches, will take on captaincy for the first time. He succeeds M Shahrukh Khan, with selectors choosing him over experienced campaigners R Sai Kishore and Jagadeesan.

The squad boasts India pacer T Natarajan and seamer Gurjapneet Singh, while spinners Sai Kishore and M Siddarth will lead the spin attack.

Tamil Nadu have had a mixed Ranji Trophy season, sitting sixth in their group with two losses and two draws from four matches. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, they are in Elite Group D, alongside Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tripura, Jharkhand, and Saurashtra, and will open their campaign against Rajasthan in Ahmedabad.

Tamil Nadu Squad:
Varun Chakravarthy (c), Narayan Jagadeesan (vc, wk), Tushar Raheja (wk), VP Amit Sathvik, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddarth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, R Sai Kishore, M Siddarth, T Natarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, A Esakkimuthu, R Sonu Yadav, R Silambarasan, S Rithik Easwaran (wk)