Gautam out, Golara in for Andhra tie

JAIPUR: Having failed to score big in the last two Ranji Trophy outings this season, right-hand batsman Amit Gautam has been dropped for the next match that Rajasthan will play against Andhra Pradesh on January 3 at the SMS Stadium.
The opener has been replaced by rookie batsman Ramniwas Golara. Though, last year Gautam was as the third highest scorer for the team with 619 runs in 10 Ranji games.It will be interesting to see who will now don the opener's role along with Chetan Bist. The 15-member squad announced by the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) also includes the name of seamer Aniket Choudhary who missed out on the game against Vidarbha owing to a hamstring injury.
Playing under new captain Robin Bist, Rajasthan have lost both the games it has played so far in the tournament. Moreover, a revised 15-member squad was also announced for the CK Nayudu Trophy match that Rajasthan will play against Vidarbha at the KL Saini Stadium from December 27.
Ranji squad: Robin Bist (captain), Ashok Menaria (vice-captain), Chetan Bist, Mahipal Lomror, Rajesh Bishnoi (sr), Salman Khan, Shubham Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Tanveer-Ul-Haq, Rituraj Singh, Aditya Garhwal, Yash Kothari, Aniket Choudhary, CP Singh, Ramniwas Golara.
U-23 squad: Suraj Ahuja (captain), Shiva Chauhan (vice-captain), Anay Gogma, Pankaj Yadav, Rahul Tomar, Deepak Karwasara, Rajat Chapperwal, Dinesh Choudhary, Abhimanyu Mathur, Sahil Diwan, Arafat Khan, Akhil Garg, Rajat Choudhary, Ajay Singh Kukna, Shrushut Kulshrashtra.