Abba Ali retained as MP skipper

Indore, Nov 8 (UNI) Abbas Ali has been retained as the skipper of the Madhya Pradesh Ranji Trophy team.

The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association today announced the team for the first two matches.

The team: Abbas Ali (c), Naman Ojha, Devendra Bundela, Amay Khurasiya, Brajesh Tomar, Mohnish Mishra, Jalaj Saxena, Yogesh Golwalkar, Anand Rajan, Sunil Dholpure, T Sudhendra, Ashutosh Jadhav, Shantanu Pitre, Rahul Bakshi and Mudassar Pasha.

The team, which has been included in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group, will have its baptism of fire against the Railways at Delhi in a four-day encounter beginning November 23. From December 1, an encounter will start against Kerala on the latter's home territory.

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