The Indian captain will lead a 15-member East Zone team for the Duleep Trophy match against North Zone.
While Sourav Ganguly fell for a duck in the second innings as well in Duleep Trophy final on Sunday.
After being skittled out for 150, East Zone had West Zone tottering at 61 for 5 on day 1 of the Duleep Trophy final.
Opener Dheeraj Jadhav struck an unbeaten half century to guide West Zone to a seven-wicket victory over Central Zone.
East Zone thrashed the visitors by an innings and 17 runs to enter the Duleep Trophy final.
The bowlers dominated the second day of the West Zone vs Central Zone Duleep Trophy match with as many as 18 wickets falling on Saturday.
Sourav Ganguly failed to sparkle but his team East Zone took a 206-run lead over Zimbabwe President's XI on Saturday.
East Zone were well-placed at 108 without loss, after dismissing Zimbabwe President's XI for 156, on day 1 of the Duleep Trophy match.
The Mumbai off-spinner said his ability to score runs in crunch situations down the order won him selection to the India one-day team.
Replying to Central Zone's first innings total of 478, South were 127 for 3 at stumps on day 2 in the Duleep Trophy match.
North Zone amassed 358 in their first innings to take control of the Duleep Trophy match against the Zimbabwe President's XI.
Amit Pagnis hit 142 and added 222 runs for the second wicket with Jyoti Yadav to help Central Zone post 299 for 3.
The visiting Zimbabwe President's XI were bowled out for a paltry 94 on the opening day of their Duleep Trophy league match.
Venugopal Rao hit an unbeaten 228 as South Zone won the Duleep Trophy match by six wickets.
West Zone need 76 runs more to register an outright victory after they bowled out South Zone for 211 in the second innings
Wasim Jaffer slammed a classy 133 to help West Zone to 314 for 8 and gain a 95-run lead over South Zone.
His 142-ball 117 gave East Zone a 113-run first innings lead over North, who were 106 for 3 in the second innings at stumps on day 2.
The deposed India captain was unbeaten on 19 as East, replying to North's first innings total of 178, were 77 for 1 at close on day 1 of the Duleep Trophy match.
The former Mumbai teammates claimed seven wickets to bowl out South Zone for 219. West Zone in reply were four for 2.
Nayan Mongia will be the wicketkeeper for the four-day league match against Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy.
North Zone clinched two points by virtue of a first innings lead of 155 runs over Central Zone.
Sri Lanka 'A' crushed West Zone by 195 runs in the Duleep Trophy.
Sri Lanka 'A' set West Zone a target of 466 after declaring their second innings at 290 for 7 on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match.
J P Yadav took 5 for 26 as North Zone were bowled out for a paltry 104 in their first innings on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy final.
Yuvraj scored 60 with seven boundaries and four sixes to lead North Zone to a seven wicket win over South Zone.
Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra claimed four wickets each to put North Zone on the brink of victory in the Duleep Trophy match.
East Zone defeated Bangladesh XI by an innings and 149 runs in their Duleep Trophy match in Nagpur.
Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, trailing East Zone by 312 runs in the first innings were reduced to 123 for 8 in the second.
The West Zone spinner claimed 7 wickets for 44 runs to dismiss South Zone for 187 on the opening day of the four-day Duleep Trophy match.
"Sachin is not declining. In fact, he is in his prime," coach John Wright told reporters.
Suresh Raina and Abbas Ali shared a 55-run stand for the fourth wicket to chase 139 runs on a difficult track.
The southpaw hit an unbeaten 100 to help North Zone score a thumping nine-wicket victory against West in the Duleep Trophy match.
Central Zone need 137 to win after J P Yadav took his second five-wicket haul of the match to dismiss East for 134 in the second innings.
Central Zone struggled to 74 for four after bowling out East for 194 on the opening day of the Dulep Trophy tie.
The pair enabled Elite 'C' post 273 for 3 in their first innings against Plate 'B' on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match.
After bowling out North Zone for 330, East were 287 for 8 at close on day 2 of the Duleep Trophy final.
Left-arm spinner Sourashish Lahiri claimed five for 118 to lead East Zone to a 93-run victory over England 'A' in the Duleep Trophy cricket match.
South Zone collapsed for 174 and conceded a 103-run lead in the Duleep Trophy match.
