Harbhajan to lead

Harbhajan Singh will lead a strong North Zone team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali inter-zonal Twenty20 tournament to be held in Mumbai from February 12 to 16. The team includes Shikhar Dhawan, Yuvraj Singh, an off-form Gautam Gambhir and Ashish Nehra. It remains to be seen if Nehra would make himself available for two back-to-back tournaments since Delhi plays the Vijay Hazare tournament soon after this. The decision was taken at a selection committee meeting held at the DDCA here. Rishabh Pant will be replaced by Unmukt Chand after two matches. Nikhil Chopra was the chairman along with Ashender Kaul, Rajesh Bawa, Ashok Thakur and Wg. Cdr. Deepak Ahluwalia. National selector Sarandeep Singh was a special invitee. The squad: Harbhajan Singh (capt.), Shikhar Dhawan, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Mandeep Singh, Rishabh Pant/Unmukt Chand (wk), Ashish Nehra, A.R. Pachera, Rishi Dhawan, Mayank Dagar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Parvez Rasool, Umar Nazir, Pradeep Sangwan, and Mohit Sharma. Stand-byes: Shivam Chauhan, Shubham Khajuria, Manpreet Gony, Manzoor Dar, Manan Sharma and Milind Kumar.