kochi the kerala cricket association kca has continued to play musical chair in selecting a captain for the state senior squad for ranji trophy as sachin baby has replaced rohan prem at the helm for the upcoming domestic season in the last six seasons the selectors have tried five different captains for ranji trophy with only sachin baby enjoying a successive twoyear stint as skipper 201314 1415rohan prem who led the team in the longer format last season is keralas highest rungetter in ranji trophy and was states top runscorer in the tournament last year 662 runs from nine matches however the selection committee which met on the sidelines of the mixedage tournament in thiruvananthapuram on tuesday felt that the team required a more dynamic leader and found idukkilad sachin baby who led the kerala team in shorter formats last year the man bestsuited for the jobrohan is more conventional in his approach the selectors and the newlyappointed coach dav whatmore felt that the team needs a more innovative captain and sachin fits the bill he is quite positive in his approach and his experience of rubbing shoulders with some top international players in ipl will help him handle the responsibility of leading the team better said k jayaram the chairman of the selection committee while the selection panels logic in choosing the captain is justified the wisdom of changing captains before the start of every domestic season needs to be questioned as the teams fortunes have showed no signs of improvingtwo new facessouthpaw rahul p from alappuzha and rightarm pacer asif from malappuram are the two new faces in the 15member squad the inclusion of two professional guest players toporder batsman arun karthik and allrounder jalaj saxena meant that there was no place in the squad for experienced campaigners like va jagadeesh robert fernandez while raiphi vincent gomez and p prasanth remained out of contentionkerala squad sachin baby captain sanju viswanadh samson rohan prem arun karthik jalaj saxena azharuddeen wicketkeeper akshay chandran salman nizar sandeep warrior basil thampi k mohnish md nideesh rahul p vishnu vinod asif stand byes fabid farook athif bin ashraf sijo mon joseph akshay k c daryl f chief coach dav whatmore bowling coach tinu yohannan asst coach mazar moidu babu video analyst rakesh menon trainer rajesh chauhan physio sreejith admin manager saji kumarfixtures oct 69 vs jharkhand greenfield thiruvananthapuram oct 1417 vs gujarat away game oct 2426 vs rajasthan greenfield thiruvananthapuram nov 14 vs jammu kashmir away game nov 1720 vs saurashtra greenfield thiruvananthapuram nov 2528 vs haryana lahli