Gambhir to lead Delhi

Gautam Gambhir, who has recovered from a viral fever, will lead Delhi in the first three rounds of the Ranji Trophy which begins on October 27. He will have other India internationals Virender Sehwag and Ashish Nehra for company. Delhi play their first match in Ranchi against Jharkhand. Sehwag and Gambhir, who suffered a viral fever and flew back from the Duleep Trophy final last week, are now looking at the Ranji Trophy to make a return to the national fold. Delhi leave for Ranchi on October 25. 

Squad: Gautam Gambhir (captain, left-hand batsman), Virender Sehwag (right hand batsman), Ashish Nehra (left-arm seamer), Mithun Manhas (right hand batsman), Rajat Bhatia (right hand bat and right arm medium), Puneet Bisht (wicketkeeper & right-hand batsman), Sumit Narwal (right arm medium fast), Parvinder Awana (right-arm fast medium), Vaibhav Rawal (left hand batsman), Mohit Sharma (left-hand batsman), Vikas Mishra (left-arm spinner), Manan Sharma (left-arm spinner), Milind Kumar (right hand batsman), Pawan Suyal (left-arm seamer), Manoj Chauhan (off-spinner).