Chandigarh, Jan. 9 -- Punjab team, led by Mandeep Singh, will lock horns with Kerala in their Elite A Group Ranji Trophy league match to be played at Trivandrum from January 11 to 14.

Punjab have so far garnered 18 points in their four matches and are heading the points table with Karnataka 16 points in the second place.

Their adversaries Kerala have so far logged three points. Punjab secured seven points against Rajasthan, seven against Hyderabad, three against Vidarbha and one against Delhi. Punjab team will be missing the services of their Vice Captain and opener Shubman Gill who will be leading India - A in One Day against New Zealand from January 17, in New Zealand. However, the team will be strengthened in the bowling department b...