Arjun Tendulkar, son of nice batsman Sachin Tendulkar, has been included within the Ranji Trophy squad for the Mumbai Ranji Trophy. The Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) senior choice committee, led by former India pacer Salil Ankola, has picked a 20-man squad for the primary two Ranji Trophy matches in opposition to Maharashtra and Delhi to be performed in Kolkata from January 13.
“Arjun (Tendulkar) is bowling nicely, sadly, he acquired injured within the center, however after that he did nicely in each match he performed. We have chosen a group holding in thoughts the way forward for Mumbai cricket. Unfortunately our quick bowler Tushar Deshpande is injured however it’s a promising group. It is a blended group the place we’ve picked U-19 gamers and have been part of the Mumbai group for a couple of years now. Ankola advised The Indian Express.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dubey are different notable names within the Mumbai squad.
Tendulkar junior was a part of the Mumbai senior group final 12 months as nicely. The Indian board couldn’t set up 4 Ranji Trophy video games resulting from COVID-19, nonetheless, this 12 months, the BCCI has determined to prepare it at impartial venues.
Mumbai has introduced its squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy. Prithvi Shaw will lead.
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Mumbai had a disastrous white-ball assault for the group because the group was not in a position to qualify in Syed Mushtaq Ali and completed final in Group B of the Vijay Hazare Trophy (50 overs). The Mumbai group can be led by India’s opener Prithvi Shaw. The skilled gamers this season can be Aditya Tare and Dhawal Kulkarni.
The MCA choice committee has dropped Siddhesh Lad, whereas Suryakumar Yadav has not been picked as he’s more likely to be a part of India’s ODI sequence in opposition to South Africa.
“Unfortunately due to the pandemic, red-ball cricket could not take place last year, but we have tried to cover all areas. There are some young players like Prince Badiani who did well for us in the Under-19s. We wanted to promote him and see how he performs on the big stage. We have seen that players under the age of 19 have done well for the senior men’s team as well. We are hopeful that the team will do well going forward,” Ankola stated.
Shaft: Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Drew Gomel, Armaan Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin Yadav, Aditya Tare (WK), Hardik Tamore (WK), Shivam Dubey, Aman Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank Attarde , Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohit Awasthi, Prince Badiani, Siddharth Raut, Roystan Dias, Arjun Tendulkar.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
