The Tamil Nadu gamers practice on the eve of the Ranji Trophy match towards Odisha in Bhubaneswar.
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On the eve of his group’s penultimate Group-A Ranji Trophy fixture towards Odisha on the KIIT Stadium right here from Thursday, Tamil Nadu red-ball coach M. Senthilnathan mentioned he has inspired his aspect to deal with the competition as a whole reset, underlining the necessity to transfer on from an underwhelming home season throughout codecs.
“We are able to’t change what occurred. We are able to change what’s in entrance,” he mentioned on Wednesday.
He confused that the group is approaching the Odisha match “with a constructive thoughts to undoubtedly win the sport.”
Tamil Nadu shall be with out its high run-getter Baba Indrajith as a result of private causes, however Senthilnathan framed it as a chance for “one of many kids” within the squad quite than a setback.
Center-order batter Nidhish S. Rajagopal, medium-pacer G. Govinth, and wicketkeeper-batter M. Vishal have been referred to as as much as the squad, and the coach mentioned that, if want be, “even all three of them have an opportunity to debut.”
Having had a take a look at the pitch, Senthilnathan expects early help for the pacers. “There’s quite a lot of grass. Initially, for one and a half to 2 hours, there shall be some deviation.”
Ought to Tamil Nadu bowl, the returning Gurjapneet Singh may get an early take a look at the situations. Admitting that the left-armer has been the group’s greatest pacer this red-ball season, Senthilnathan mentioned: “The one factor is that we didn’t get help for him. If any individual had carried out even half of what he was capable of, we most likely would have received matches.”
Spin-bowling all-rounder S. Mohamed Ali, left-arm spinner P. Vidyuth, and off-spinner J. Hemchudeshan additionally return for Tamil Nadu. Batters B. Sachin and R. Vimal Khumar, together with bowlers P. Saravana Kumar, Sandeep Warrier, and C.V. Achyuth, have been ignored.
Odisha, sixth on the factors desk and simply above the winless Tamil Nadu (seventh), will draw confidence from its place and look to captain Subhranshu Senapati and Swastik Samal with the bat, and pacers Badal Biswal and Sambit Baral with off-spinner Govinda Poddar with the ball.
Printed – January 21, 2026 09:09 pm IST
