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Shardul Thakur volition pb a star-studded 17-member Mumbai squad — featuring India’s T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav and allrounder Shivam Dube — for the league signifier of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, opening successful Lucknow connected November 26.
The five-member enactment committee, chaired by Sanjay Patil, unanimously decided to proceed with Shardul arsenic captain, particularly aft it was clarified that Suryakumar would beryllium disposable for the archetypal 4 matches arsenic Mumbai look to support its men’s inter-state T20 title. Shardul is already starring Mumbai to the apical of the Ranji Trophy league standings this season.
“It is champion to support continuity, and Suryakumar’s beingness volition beryllium motivating and highly utile for Shardul and the remainder of the team,” Patil told The Hindu connected Friday aft the Mumbai Cricket Association announced the squad.
Both Suryakumar and Dube volition articulation India’s pre-series campy up of the three-match T20I bid against South Africa successful aboriginal December.
India Under-19 skipper Ayush Mhatre is acceptable to unfastened alongside Ajinkya Rahane. The selectors person handed wicketkeeping duties to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who impressed down the stumps during the T20 Mumbai league successful June and excelled successful the Under-23 inter-state one-day competition.
“He kept reasonably good successful T20 Mumbai and is successful fantabulous form, truthful we felt it was the close clip to springiness him afloat responsibility,” Patil said.
The squad besides features experienced batters Sarfaraz Khan and Siddhesh Lad, but its halfway spot lies successful a heavy allrounders’ pool. Apart from Dube, the squad includes Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Sairaj Patil, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge and Atharva Ankolekar — providing enviable equilibrium arsenic they oculus a creaseless transition into the Super League.
Defending champion Mumbai has been drawn successful Group A, alongside Railways (Nov. 26), Vidarbha (Nov. 28), Andhra (Nov. 30), Assam (Dec. 2), Kerala (Dec. 4), Chhattisgarh (Dec. 6) and Odisha (Dec. 8).
The squad: Shardul Thakur (Capt.), Ajinkya Rahane, Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Sairaj Patil, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Atharva Ankolekar, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Tushar Deshpande, Irfan Umair, Hardik Tamore (wk).
