AURANGABAD, December 16:Holders Central Zone and challengers West Zone will take the shot at the Duleep Trophy here under their captains Gyanendra Pandey and Hrishikesh Kanitkar here tomorrow.Both the payers missed the semi-finals due to their engagements with the India `A'. In their absence, Gagan Khoda and Sairaj Bahutule led the teams.Kanitkar's arrival should make up for the sudden loss of main batsman Amol Muzumdar who has dropped out due to an injury. Manager Ashok Mankad got Saurashtra's leading batsman Prakash Bhat as replacement.
Central Zone have been further bolstered with the inclusion of consistent Madhya Pradesh batsman Amay Khurasia and all-rounder colleague Jayprakash Yadav. These changes will make West Zone's task of regaining the title much more difficult.
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