Monty Panesar open to representing Puducherry in Ranji Trophy

“I am still trying to play professional cricket, but I have not found a County (team) yet. I am still working hard to find a County. I may try and play Ranji Trophy this year. I think there is one team — Puducherry — that allows overseas players to play,” Panesar was quoted saying by The Telegraph.

Puducherry, who have West Indies legend Alvin Kallicharan as their mentor, have already roped in three outstation players for this season — Karnataka’s R. Vinay Kumar, Tamil Nadu’s Arun Karthik and Paras Dogra from Himachal Pradesh. However, when asked about the possibility of Panesar’s inclusion in the squad, a Puducherry team official said that there's no confirmation on that yet. “Three outstation players have been finalised. But there’s no clue regarding Monty’s inclusion.”