Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
The final carries massive historic weight for East Zone, who reached the title match after a gap of 14 years. “Yes, after 14 years. There’s a lot of hype around 15-year-old batting sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, who struck a crucial 92 in the semifinal against Central Zone.
Coincidentally, their last final appearance was also in Chennai, a match they won.
He has done really well, so it will be a big boost for us,” Tilak said. I was not part of each and every year, but I am part of East Zone this year, and we are in the finals…We played like an unit and cared for each other,” East Zone skipper Ishan Kishan said. The BCCI also wanted to add a bit of star quotient to the marquee domestic match with KL Rahul, Devdutt Padikkal and Mohammed Siraj being asked to join the South sq-uad. Rahul made himself unavailable While Padikkal and Siraj will play the game. Padikkal is coming on the back of a superb series in Sri Lanka and South captain “Padikkal will strengthen our batting line-up, especially with the kind of form we have seen from him in the last few games. This fixture also marks red-ball cricket’s return to MA Chidambaram Stadium after two years.