Mumbai introduced a 16-man squad for their remaining Elite Group B clash within the ongoing Ranji Trophy against Assam at MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. While a lot of the squad stays the identical with Ajinkya Rahane as captain and the likes of Shardul Thakur, Prithvi Shaw and Shivam Dube additionally a part of the workforce, Shreyas Iyer was the notable absentee. Iyer was not too long ago dropped from the Indian Test workforce, owing to poor type which has seen him averaging 19 within the final 10 innings.
If the directive from the BCCI as per a report by the information company PTI was true, Iyer ought to have made himself obtainable for Mumbai, which required gamers not within the Test workforce to play just a few Ranji matches with a purpose to play the IPL. Hence, Iyer’s absence has additional raised questions over the administration of the entire difficulty with Ishan Kishan on the centre of it. Kishan, who has taken a break has been seen practising in Baroda with the Pandya brothers however hasn’t made himself obtainable for Jharkhand within the Ranji Trophy.
How strict the directive is can be recognized in 24 hours when Jharkhand’s taking part in XI is introduced for their seventh Ranji Trophy clash against Rajasthan.
Mumbai, however, are at present on the prime of the desk in Group B with 4 wins in six video games and are heading in the right direction to make it by to the knockouts regardless of one in all their star gamers Sarfaraz Khan being with the nationwide facet.Â
Mumbai squad for Ranji Trophy match against Assam:Â Ajinkya Rahane (c), Shivam Dube, Prithvi Shaw, Bhupen Lalwani, Amogh Bhatkal, Suryansh Shedge, Prasad Pawar (wk), Hardik Tamore, Shardul Thakur, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Aditya Dhumal, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Royston Dias
