Bangalore :

Fit-again Robin Uthappa will return to the Karnataka Ranji Trophy squad for their away matches against Vidharba (at Nagpur from Nov 21-24) and Odisha (at Cuttack, Nov 28 to Dec 1).

The opening batsman, who missed Karnataka’s first two outings owing to a tender hamstring injury, comes in for Stuart Binny, who injured his right knee during the game against Gujarat last week at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

The all-rounder is expected to be out for two games. Also missing from the squad is original skipper Vinay Kumar, who has been called up for India duty.

Wicketkeeper-batsman CM Gautam will lead the squad in Vinay’s absence. Medium-pacer Ronit More has been selected as Vinay’s replacement.

The squad: CM Gautam (captain & wk), Mayank Agarwal, Robin Uthappa, Rahul KL, Kunal Kapoor, Manish Pandey, Ganesh Satish, A Mithun, Sharath HS, S Aravind, Appanna KP, Karun Nair, Samarth R, Abrar Kazi, Ronit More.

Batting coach: J Arun Kumar. Bowling coach: Mansur Ali Khan.

source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Sports> Domestic Cricket> Kunal Kapoor / by Sunil Subbaiah, TNN / November 18th, 2013