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Ayush Badoni to lead Delhi, Sarthak Ranjan, Dev Lakra Ranji Trophy newbies
The Delhi and District Cricket Association selectors has picked Sarthak Ranjan and Dev Lakra in the squad for Ranji Trophy; they have also picked three wicketkeepers
Khurram Habib
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05 Oct, 2026
New Delhi: The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has announced the squad for the Ranji Trophy 2026-27 season. The team will be led by batsman Ayush Badoni with fellow top-order batsman Yash Dhull being his deputy.
The squad includes last season's top scorers for Delhi, Sanat Sangwan and Ayush Doseja.
Sarthak Ranjan, however, is the surprise inclusion in the squad. The right-handed batsman was earmarked for white ball cricket and had expressed his desire in the past to play only white ball cricket. However, there seems to be a change of heart. He comes in as Delhi have dropped left-handed opener Arpit Rana, who was part of the squad last season. Vaibhav Kandpal, who was also part of the squad last year, is not there in the squad. Kandpal is moving to another state.
That leaves Sarthak Ranjan as the opening partner for Sanat Sangwan. Ranjan has justified the faith so far. In the warm-up on Sunday, he scored 120
The squad, surprisingly, also includes three wicketkeepers -- Anuj Rawat, Pranav Rajvanshi and Tejasvi Dahiya. According to officials, Tejasvi will play as a batsman with Rawat doing the keeping duties and Rajvanshi being the back-up.
The pace attack is strong and includes Navdeep Saini, Simarjeet Singh, Money Grewal and Divij Mehra. Dev Lakra has been included as the pace bowling all-rounder. The spin attack though is thin with off-spinner Hrithik Shokeen being the only one in the squad. Sumit Mathur, a batting all-rounder who bowls left-arm spin, may have to fight for a spot with Lakra and the decision will be based on the pitch.
The selection panel met at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. Besides the selectors K. Bhaskar Pillai (Chairman), Manu Nayyar and Praveen Gupta, the meeting was also attended by Chief Coach Vijay Dahiya, Chairman of Cricket Advisory Committee Sarandeep Singh and DDCA Secretary Ashok Sharma.
Ranji Trophy Squad: Ayush Badoni (Captain), Yash Dhull (Vice-Captain), Sanat Sangwan, Ayush Doseja, Anuj Rawat (Wicketkeeper), Dev Lakra, Hritik Shokeen, Divij Mehra, Money Grewal, Simarjeet Singh, Navdeep Saini, Pranav Rajvanshi (Wicketkeeper), Sarthak Ranjan, Tejasvi Dahiya, Dhruv Kaushik and Sumit Mathur.
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