Shardul Thakur appointed Mumbai Ranji captain

Shardul Thakur has formally been appointed arsenic the Mumbai skipper for the forthcoming Ranji Trophy season, starting October 15.

Even earlier Ajinkya Rahane announced his determination to measurement down from Mumbai’s captaincy aft starring Mumbai for the past 2 seasons, Thakur’s elevation was anticipated. The elder enactment committee, chaired by Sanjay Patil, stamped the determination to elevate Thakur into captaincy during its gathering to finalise the probables’ database for the season.

Thakur, a three-times Ranji Trophy champion, led the West Zone during its semifinal nonaccomplishment successful the Duleep Trophy earlier this month. He volition beryllium hoping to adhd different Ranji rubric with capable guidance from Rahane, the elder statesman.

Sarfaraz Khan, recovering from a quadriceps wounded helium suffered during the Buchi Babu invitational tourney successful Chennai past month, is expected to beryllium disposable for Mumbai’s season-opener against Jammu & Kashmir.

While finalising the probables’ list, the enactment committee decided to absorption connected the players who are apt to beryllium disposable for the full season. “Players connected nationalist work volition beryllium included arsenic per their availability,” mentioned the connection issued by the Mumbai Cricket Association caput Abhay Hadap and associated caput Deepak Patil.

The probables

Shardul Thakur (Capt.), Ayush Mhatre, Musheer Khan, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Akhil Herwadkar, Ajinkya Rahane, Sarfaraz Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Suved Parkar, Suryansh Shedge, Akash Parkar, Tushar Deshpande, Sylvester D’souza, Irfan Umair, Roystan Dias, Pratik Mishra, Akash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Prasad Pawar (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Atharva Ankolekar, Ishan Mulchandani.

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