Mumbai players need to adapt to the ground condition at Wankhede: Shardul

After a much-needed triumph against Himachal Pradesh, Mumbai volition determination to the Wankhede Stadium for its adjacent Ranji Trophy outing against Pondicherry, and skipper Shardul Thakur believes that adaptability volition beryllium the key.

Since January 2024, Mumbai has played conscionable doubly astatine the Wankhede — successful a radical league fixture against Uttar Pradesh and the Ranji Trophy last past twelvemonth — and preferred the MCA-BKC Ground arsenic its ‘home base’.

But this clip around, with the Mumbai Cricket Association allotting the adjacent crippled to the iconic venue, the players request to regroup quickly. “There is not overmuch quality successful the ungraded astatine Wankhede. But successful presumption of crushed conditions, we cognize that Wankhede has a sand-based (outfield). So, successful presumption of adaptation, that volition beryllium cardinal for each 11 players erstwhile they are fielding,” Shardul said.

“They conscionable request to beryllium alert that the crushed aboveground has changed. So immoderate their idiosyncratic preparations are, we conscionable request to beryllium prepared arsenic a squad portion switching to sand-based crushed from a mean ground.”

Despite being a accordant performer, an India-A berth has eluded Shams Mulani, but Shardul is assured that the spin-bowling all-rounder’s hard enactment volition yet wage off.

“India is simply a large country. We request to recognize that lone 15 radical tin play for India and lone 15 radical tin play for India-A. That takes the number to 30. And we person got hundreds of bully players successful the country. So, helium volition get his owed astatine immoderate point. He conscionable needs to beryllium patient,” Shardul said.