The 29-year-old Rana has played one ODI and two T20Is for India in 2021 during the tour to Sri Lanka. Rana had a good outing in the IPL for KKR as well, amassing 413 runs from 14 matches at a strike rate of 140.95 with 3 fifties.
In fact, he was the second-highest run-getter for the Knight Riders behind Rinku Singh (474 runs) in this IPL. Promising batter Abhishek Sharma, wicketkeeper batter Prabhsimran Singh and Harshit Rana too have been added to the 15-member squad.
However, the trio is also part of the India squad for the Emerging Teams Asia Cup, scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka between July 13 and 23.
If the Indian team reach the finals, the trio will join the North Zone squad a bit later.
“If India reaches the finals, there may be a delay in them joining the team and the stand-by players will play the first game in that case,” said North Zone selection committee convenor Anirudh Chaudhary.
Prabhsimran Singh, who did well for Punjab Kings, is also part of the squad. CSK’s Nishant Sindhu and another Punjab Kings player Rishi Dhawan may lead if Nitish Rana is absent in the early stages.
Mayank Markande, who was a revelation for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2023, is also been added to the North Zone squad.
North Zone Squad: Nitish Rana (Captain), Abhishek Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, SG Rohilla, S Khajuria, Mandeep Singh, Himanshu Rana, Vivrant Sharma, Nishant Sindhu, Rishi Dhawan, Yudhvir Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Mayank Markande
Stand-by players: Mayank Dagar, Mayank Yadav, Arslan Khan, Shubham Arora, Yuvraj Singh, Manan Vohra, Aqib Nabi, Shivank Vashisht.
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