India's [ Images ] middle order batsman V V S Laxman [ Images ] will lead the South Zone team for the Duleep Trophy tournament against the West Zone to be played at Vadodara from October 20 to 23.

Team: VVS Laxman [ Images ] (captain), P Ojha, Anirudh Singh, Swapnil Asnodkar [ Images ], Venugopal Rao [ Images ], KS Sahabuddin, Hemang Badani, Sridharan Sriram, Ramkumar, Dinesh Karthik [ Images ] (wicket keeper), Robin Uthappa [ Images ], Anil Kumble [ Images ], R Vinay Kumar, Sree Santh, Lakshmipathy Balaji

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R Barington, I Khaleel, R Jesuraj and Sreekumar Nair are kept as stand-by.

The South Zone selection committee meeting was chaired by V B Chandrashekar of Tamil Nadu. The other members are Vijay Mohan Roy (Hyderabad), P R Ashok Anandan (Karnataka [ Images ]), O K Ramdas (Kerala [ Images ]), Sharad Pednekar (Goa [ Images ]) and Chetan Dessai (Convenor), according to a press release.