Prithvi Shaw will captain Mumbai in the first two matches of the upcoming Ranji Trophy season.© AFP
Flamboyant opener Prithvi Shaw has been named Mumbai captain for the first two games of the upcoming Ranji Trophy season on Wednesday. The 41-time Ranji champion Mumbai has been placed in Elite nine-team Group C and will begin their campaign against Maharashtra on January 13. They will compete with Delhi from January 20 in Kolkata. “Prithvi is a brilliant captain and a fantastic opening batsman, what more do you need,” Mumbai chief selector Salil Ankola told PTI. Young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, mid-range batters Sarfaraz Khan, Arman Jaffer and Aakarshit Gomel have made it to the 20-man squad, along with veteran batter Aditya Tare.
All-rounder Shivam Dube, who has played one ODI and 13 T20Is, has also been chosen by the selection committee with Gulam Parkar, Sunil More, Prasad Desai and Anand Yalvigi.
The bowling attack is led by experienced pacer Dhaval Kulkarni. Medium pacer Mohit Awasthi, left-arm spinner Shams Mulani, off-spinner Shashank Attarde and left-arm medium pacer Roystan Dias make up the attack Pace all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar is also part of the squad.
Selection:Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit Gomel, Arman Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin Yadav, Aditya Tare (wicketkeeper), Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Shivam Dube, Aman Khan, Shams Mulan, Tanush Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank Attarde , Dhaval Kulkarni, Mohit Awasthi, Prince Badiani, Siddharth Raut, Roystan Dias and Arjun Tendulkar.
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