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Nagpur, November 9, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Left-handed batsman Atharva Taide will lead Vidarbha in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy after the Vidarbha Cricket Association's (VCA) senior selection committee announced a 17-member squad for the tournament on Monday.
Vidarbha will play their Elite Group D matches in Kolkata from November 14 to 26. Three of their seven league matches are scheduled at Eden Gardens. The team is yet to win the premier domestic T20 competition.
Yash Rathod, who is currently part of the India A squad for the red-ball matches against New Zealand A, has also been included. Left-arm spin-bowling all-rounder Harsh Dubey is unavailable after being named in India's squad for the ACC Rising Stars Men's Asia Cup in Doha from November 19 to 29.
Usman Ghani will continue as head coach, with Sebastian Antony serving as assistant coach in charge of fielding.
Vidarbha will begin their campaign against Goa on November 14, followed by a match against Odisha on November 16. They will then face Hyderabad at Eden Gardens on November 18 and Mumbai on November 20.
The team will take on Gujarat on November 22, Uttarakhand on November 24 and Chhattisgarh on November 26. The match against Mumbai, led by Suryakumar Yadav, is expected to be a major fixture in Vidarbha's group-stage campaign.
Vidarbha squad: Atharva Taide (captain), Aman Mokhade, Danish Malewar, Shubham Dubey, R. Samarth, Varun Bisht, Yash Kadam, Yash Rathod, Adhyayan Daga, Vedant Jajoo, Parth Rekhade, Nachiket Bhute, Praful Hinge, Darshan Nalkande, Mandar Ghodmare, Saurabh Dubey and Abhishek Agrawal.