{"id":268915,"date":"2025-08-13T00:24:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=268915"},"modified":"2025-08-13T00:24:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T18:54:41","slug":"techi-doria-selected-for-ne-zone-squad-for-duleep-trophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/techi-doria-selected-for-ne-zone-squad-for-duleep-trophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Techi Doria selected for NE zone squad for Duleep Trophy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 12 Aug:<\/strong> Arunachal Pradesh has reason to cheer as cricketer Techi Doria has been selected for the Northeast zone squad for the Duleep Trophy 2025-26, starting on 28 August in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is the only player from the state in the side, making his selection a proud milestone for Arunachal cricket, Arunachal Cricket Association secretary Nabam Vivek informed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another player from the state, Kamsa Yangfo, has been kept as a standby player. The selection was made during a meeting at a city hotel in Guwahati recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Duleep Trophy, one of India&#8217;s oldest and most respected first-class tournaments, will this year follow its traditional zonal knockout format.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Six zones &#8211; North, East, Central, South, West, and Northeast &#8211; will battle for the title, each led by prominent names from Indian cricket. Shubman Gill captains the North Zone; Ishan Kishan leads the East Zone with Mohammed Shami in the squad; Dhruv Jurel heads the Central Zone with Rajat Patidar as vice captain; Tilak Varma will guide a young South Zone side; and Shardul Thakur commands the West Zone alongside Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Doria, this selection is both an honour and a rare chance to prove himself against some of the country&#8217;s best talents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Performances in the Duleep Trophy are closely monitored by selectors, making the tournament a crucial stepping stone for players with national aspirations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 12 Aug: Arunachal Pradesh has reason to cheer as cricketer Techi Doria has been selected for the Northeast zone squad for the Duleep Trophy 2025-26, starting on 28 August in Bengaluru. He is the only player from the state in the side, making his selection a proud milestone for Arunachal cricket, Arunachal Cricket Association [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-268915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}