KARNATAKA team to tour Namibia for One-day series

Bengaluru: A Karnataka cricket team will travel to Namibia on Tuesday to play a five-match One-day series against the national team. The series, beginning on June 2, will be held in the national capital Windhoek.An associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1992, Namibia failed to qualify for the 50-Overs World Cup, finishing third in the qualifier playoffs they hosted in March this year.The state team has been drawn from previous season’s senior, U-25 and U-19 squads.The team is likely to be led by opener R Samarth and comprises senior batter KV Siddharth, youngsters Vishat Onat and Nikin Jose and the pace duo of Vyshak Vijayku- mar and Vidwath Kaverappa. Although the Karnataka State Cricket Association is yet to name the coaches for the sea- son, PV Shashikanth, the sen- ior team coach last season, will travel with the team to Namibia. This is the second international exposure for the state team which won a limi- ted overs home series against the USA team in March.Team: Samarth R, Vishal Onat, Nikin Jose, KV Siddharth, Kishan Bidare, Kruthik Krishna, Shubhang Hegde, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Aneeshwar Gautam, Lochan Appanna, Chetan LR, Aditya Goyal, Rishi Boppanna; Coach: PV Shashikanth; Manager: Anutosh Poll; Official: Carlton Saldanha.Matches on: June 2, 4, 7, 9 & 11.