Varun Chakaravarthy named Tamil Nadu captain for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
Indian spinner Varun Chakaravarthy was on Thursday appointed as the captain of the Tamil Nadu team for the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament kicking off on November 26.
Tamil Nadu will be part of Group D alongside Karnataka, Saurashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Tripura and Uttarakhand and will play its fixtures in Ahmedabad.
N. Jagadeesan will be Varun’s deputy for the 20-over domestic tournament.
Wicketkeeper-batter Tushar Raheja and Amith Sathvik, who finished among the top-scorers of the Tamil Nadu Premier League 2025 were also called up. The highest wicket-takers of the T20 tournament, Sonu Yadav and A. Esakkimuthu were also drafted into the squad.
TN squad for SMAT 2025:
Varun Chakaravarthy (C), N. Jagadeesan (VC), Tushar Raheja (WK), Amith Sathvik, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddharth, Pradosh Ranjan Paul, Shivam Singh, R. Sai Kishore, M. Siddharth, T. Natarajan, Gurjapneet Singh, A. Esakkimuthu, Sonu Yadav, R. Silambarasan, Rithik Easwaran (WK).
Published on Nov 13, 2025
