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Follow UsThe 39-year-old batter from Himachal Pradesh, Paras Dogra will play for Jammu and Kashmir in the upcoming domestic season, starting from the Buchi Babu All-India Invitational Tournament in Chennai. The veteran batter was with Puducherry until last season.
Dogra made his first-class debut for Himachal Pradesh during the 2001-02 season before shifting his base to Puducherry before the 2018-19 season.
Overall, Dogra has 9604 runs in 135 first-class encounters at an average of 49.76. The right-hander has 31 tons and 33 fifties to his name.
Dogra didn’t have a great last season, scoring only 271 runs in 13 innings @ 20.84. Puducherry finished sixth on the Group D points table, while Jammu and Kashmir finished fourth.
Dogra will captain the side in the Buchi Babu Tournament. The likes of Shubham Khajuria, Vivrant Sharma, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq and Yudhvir Singh are also part of the squad.
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It is a four-day red-ball tournament between 12 teams, who are drawn into four groups of three each. While there are 10 state teams, there will be two teams from Tamil Nadu, the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) President’s XI and TNCA XI.
Jammu and Kashmir are placed in Group D alongside Chhattisgarh and Baroda. They will play their first match at Natham from August 15 to 18.
Squad - Paras Dogra (captain), Shubham Khajuria (vice-captain), Shivansh Sharma (wicketkeeper), Ahmed Banday, Abhinav Puri, Shubham Pundir, Vivrant Sharma, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq, Sahil Lotra, Umar Nazir, Yudhvir Singh, Auqib Nabi, Sunil Kumar and Vishal Kumar
(Image credit - PTI)
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