2017-18 Ranji Trophy: 5 players who changed sides ahead of the upcoming season

#4 Karn Sharma (Railways to Vidarbha)

One of the players to watch out for

One of the players to watch out for in this Ranji season is leg-spinner Karn Sharma. The discarded Indian leggie has been turning heads with his performances of late. In the recently concluded Duleep Trophy, he picked 15 wickets in just three innings and in the two-match four-day series against New Zealand A, Karn accounted for 16 wickets in four innings turning out for India A.

If he continues to impress in the Ranji Trophy, a national call-up won't be too far for the former Railways skipper. Ever since making his debut in 2007, he represented Railways and has played over 150 matches for them across all three formats and has taken around 300 wickets. But, his decade-long association came to an end as Karn is set to represent Vidarbha from the upcoming season.

The reason for the move is that Vidarbha has lost one of their guest players, Ambati Rayudu and in his place, the team management roped in Karn when they could have easily gone for Piyush Chawla.