Injury crisis for TN ahead of its Ranji match

Senior opener Abhinav Mukund is not available for the match due to personal reasons. And the hard-hitting Shahrukh Khan, who has hurt his little finger, is not a part of the squad either.

The trio has been replaced with Kaushik Gandhi, Hari Nishaanth and L Suryapprakash, all top-order batsmen. Kaushik and Suryapprakash have had the experience of representing TN in First Class cricket before.

Tamil Nadu had suffered two back-to-back losses in its first two matches against Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh and in order to reach the knockout stages, it is imperative that it get a few outright wins. It’s opponent, Madhya Pradesh, too, comes into this match on the back of a one-wicket loss toBaroda.