The Rajasthan Cricket Association's selection committee announced a 15 member team for their Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal clash against Punjab at Mohali from March 10-14. Rajasthan finished top of the Central Zone league with 23 points to lift the Mewar Trophy for the second successive season. They beat Uttar Pradesh by six wickets in their opening fixture and took the first innings lead against Madhya Pradesh, Railways and Vidarbha.

Rajsthan are led by skipper Gagan Khoda who is fresh from stroking a triple hundred in the Duleep Trophy against South Zone last month. That knock also helped Khoda - who played two ODI's for India in the 1997/98 season - win a place in the India A squad against the touring Australians at Nagpur. Khoda is currently leading the run tally for Rajasthan with 273 runs in the league, although 20-year-old Vinit Saxena heads the averages at 60.5.

The team: Gagan Khoda (captain), Nikhil Doru, Vineet Saxena, Rahul Kanwat, P Krishnakumar, Saket Bhatia, Kuldeep Singh, Anshu Jain, Sanjeev Sharma, Rohit Jhalani (wicket-keeper), Devendra Pal Singh, Mohd. Aslam, Anup Dave, Kishan Chaudhury and Pramod Yadav. Coach: Harish Joshi. Manager: Anant Vyas.

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