Natraj Behera of Odisha will lead the East Zone side which will take on West Zone in the Duleep Trophy match at Valsad (Gujarat) from January 27-30.
The squad: Natraj Behera (capt., Odi), Dheeraj Jadhav (Asm), M.S. Bardhan (Jhr), Anustup Majumdar (Ben), Ishank Jaggi (vice-capt., Jhr), Laxmi Ratan Shukla (Ben), Biplab Samantaray (Odi), Subhrajit Roy (Tri), Shreevats Goswami (wk, Ben), Ashoke Dinda (Ben), Abu Nachim Ahmed (Asm), Basanta Mohanty (Odi), Mohammed Sami Ahmed (Ben), Shahbaz Nadeem (Jhr) and Gokul Sharma (Asm). Stand-bys: Rana Dutta (Tri) and Abhilash Mallick (Odi).