Ajinkya Rahane will expectedly lead Mumbai throughout its Ranji Trophy marketing campaign, in a quest to finish its second-longest title drought within the premiere home event. Suryakumar Yadav is about to hitch the squad for the second spherical of the league stage.
The choice committee chaired by Salil Ankola introduced a 17-member squad for the league stage, starting December 13. The squad wears an analogous look to the one which made it to the ultimate through the event’s final version.
The two key members lacking from the squad are veteran pacer Dhawal Kulkarni and allrounder Shivam Dube, each dominated out for the primary half of the season because of accidents. As a consequence, Suyansh Shedge, a promising tempo bowling-allrounder, has obtained his maiden call-up. Mumbai will journey to Visakhapatnam for its season-opening in opposition to Andhra.
Suryakumar, having been given a break after enjoying a sterling position in India’s blues during the last 12 months, will be a part of the group forward of its residence recreation in opposition to Hyderabad, to be performed on the Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy in Bandra-Kurla Complex from December 20.
Ever since profitable its report forty first title in 2015-16, the home powerhouse has did not seize the coveted trophy. This is Mumbai’s longest stint with no Ranji title because the nine-year hole between 1984-85 and 1993-94.
The squad: Ajinkya Rahane (Capt.), Prithvi Shaw, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Armaan Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar, Hardik Tamore (w.okay.), Prasad Pawar (w.okay.), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Siddharth Raut, Roystan Dias, Suryansh Shedge, Shashank Attarde, Musheer Khan.