Date:10/11/2004 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/11/10/stories/2004111006442000.htm

Sport - Cricket

Pattabhiraman Trophy from today

BANGALORE, NOV. 9. The South Zone under-17 cricket tournament for the V. Pattabhiraman Trophy will commence here on Wednesday. Defending champion and host Karnataka will compete with Tamil Nadu, Hyderabad, Andhra, Kerala and Goa in the tournament that will feature three-day matches played on a round-robin basis. The tournament concludes on November 29.

The teams:

Karnataka: Kunal Kapoor (captain), D. Raghavendra, Ganesh Satish, S. Vinodh, K.B. Pawan (wicket-keeper), M.R. Darshan, Aditya B. Sagar, Sunil N. Raju, A.V. Raghavendra Rao, Imran Khan, K.P. Appanna, Tanu Basavanna, Anirudh Joshi, K.V. Darshan, Dilip Sagar and Daniel Liao. Sanath Kumar (coach) and Muthu Kumar (physio).

Andhra: Bodapati Sumanth (captain), V. Sandeep, K. Varun, K. Bharat Reddy, S. Kranthi Kumar, K. Dhanunjayachari, G. Appanna, Mohammed Mukram Ali (wicket keeper), M.S. Deepak Kumar, Dasi Prabhu Kiran, G. Venkata Satya Prasad, Maddukuri Dinesh Kumar, Chalki Vannurappa and Dudekula Mohsin Basha. Nalluri Nirmal Kumar (coach).

Goa: Saurabh Bandekar (captain), Aniket Desai, Rafiq Sheikh, Rohan Belekar, Satyajit Shetty, Ilyas Naroo, Naryan Kamat, Rahul Keni (wicket-keeper), Saurabh Gawade, Alok Shirodkar, Ashish Morjkar, Vishal Rassal, Ryan D'Souza, Yogesh Chodankar, Kiran Pendnekar and Naheed Sadekar. Collin Rodrigues (coach) and Shambarao Narvekar (manager).

Hyderabad: Aaron Paul (captain), Khushal Jilla, J. Anshul, Mohd. Azharuddin, Habeeb Ahmed, S.M. Shoaib, Ashwin Yadav, Vishal Sharma, Dwarakanath Naidu, Benjamin Thomas, Hariharan, Paramjeet Singh and Youraj Yadav. Jyothi Prasad (coach) and Ravinder Reddy (manager).

Kerala: P.V. Achuthan (captain), C. Ramesh, Tariq Aman (wicket-keeper), Ashiq Shahul, S. Sulfikar, Tinku Satheesh, Jeffin P. Oscar, V.T. Sunil Thomas (wicket-keeper), R. Anees, George Abraham, Rajilal, Manu Krishnan, M.E. Sanuth, C.P. Rizwan and M. Surjith. B.K. Robin Menon (coach) and B. Vinod (manager).

Tamil Nadu: P. Rahul (captain), J. Prashanth, A. Alexander, M. Rangarajan, Pandiyarajan, H. Gopinath (wicket-keeper), Ashwin Venkatraman, K. Martin Sanjeev, Gowjith Subash, A.C. Prathiban, C. Naveen, Maaruthi Raghav, S. Murali and M. Prabhu. K. Srinath (coach) and M. Sukumaran (manager).