Devdutt Padikkal replaced Mayank Agarwal as Karnataka captain ahead of their final Ranji Trophy league match against Punjab. The captaincy change came less than a month after new KSCA administration under President Venkatesh Prasad took charge. Mayank, who has been retained in Karnataka's 15-member squad, amassed 298 runs in nine innings at an average of 33.11 in Ranji this season.