Ranji Trophy: Shahbaz included in Bengal squad

KOLKATA: There were no surprises in the 15-member Bengal squad announced on Friday for their next Ranji Trophy match, against Tamil Nadu in Chennai from Wednesday.
Expecting a turning track in Chennai, the selectors picked all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed in place of Mohammed Shami while pacer Amit Kuila has been left out of the squad.
Coach Sairaj Bahutule has faith in his boys despite the three-day humiliation at the hands of Kerala at Eden Gardens."You cannot dump a player on the basis of one bad match," he said after the selection committee meeting. "They are all capable players and one good result will turn things for us. We have spoken at length and everyone is aware of his responsibility," he added.
Skipper Manoj Tiwary also backed his boys. "We have the best side and need to have faith. We have done a post-mortem of the last match and discussed the problem areas," he said.
The team will leave for Chennai on Sunday.
Ranji squad: Manoj Tiwary (captain), Abhishek Raman, Sudip Chatterjee (vice-captain), Anushtup Majumdar, Shreevats Goswami, Purab Joshi, Aamir Goni, Pradipta Pramanik, Ashok Dinda, Ishan Porel, Koushik Ghosh, Mukesh Kumar, Vivek Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Writtick Chatterjee.
Ritwik to lead U-23 team:
Ritwik Roy Chowdhury will lead the Bengal U-23 squad for the CK Nayudu Trophy match against Tripura, beginning in Agartala on November 30.
U-23: Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (capt), Saurabh Kumar Singh, Sudip Gharami, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Agniv Pan, Subham Chatterjee, Md Arif Ansari, Anjur Paul, Shreyan Chakraborty, Akash Pandey, Abhishek Tamang, Kanishk Seth, Ananta Saha, Akash Deep, Suraj Jaiswal.