Overview
- Narayan Jagadeesan was appointed vice-captain for the tournament.
- India left-arm pacer T Natarajan is included alongside R Sai Kishore, M Siddharth, Shahrukh Khan and Andre Siddarth.
- Tamil Nadu were placed in Elite Group D with Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Tripura, Jharkhand and Saurashtra.
- The team opens its campaign against Rajasthan in Ahmedabad.
- Chakravarthy takes charge after claiming five wickets in India’s 2-1 T20I series win in Australia.