Vijay Hazare Trophy: Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan eyeing big show

Tamil Nadu, led by Dinesh Karthik, will be aiming to make it two out of two this season. They have the team to aim for a double. The squad, however, will be missing the services of yorker specialist T Natarajan after he was released following a request from BCCI, which wanted him to be fresh for the white ball series against England. It won't be easy for Tamil Nadu, as they will face stiff competition from teams like Punjab and Karnataka, always a force to reckon with in national competitions. Bengal will miss the services of experienced campaigner Manoj Tiwary and it will be a challenge for stand-in-skipper Anustup Majumdar after the team made a group exit in Mushtaq Ali. Explosive left-handed opener Vivek Singh is in sublime form and will look to prove himself again after the IPL snub. Abhimanyu Easwaran has been released from the India squad and is available and he will form the back-bone of their batting. The teams have been divided into six groups ¿ five Elite Groups, one Plate Group. The group stage will be followed by quarterfinals with the summit clash scheduled for March 14.

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