Mumbai: Testing India Deputy Captain Ajinkya Rakee on Monday asked by the Salil Ankola LED Committee to lead a strong 20-member Mumbai force for the league stage of the Syed Mushtaq T20 trophy – which will begin on November 11.
The opening of Prithvi Shaw, who led the side to the title Trophy Hazare Vijay last season, has been named his representative.
Placed in Elite Group B who saw them playing Karnataka, Services, Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Baroda, Mumbai will play their League stage match in Guwahati from November 4 with Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored 19 ball fifty recently for Rajasthan Royals against Chennai Super Kings in the IPL was also in their rank, Mumbai, who fell in the Tournament League stage last year before bouncing back to win the Hazare Vijay trophy, is a favorite to win the title.
After printing only 109 runs in four tests@15.57 in the UK, the Rahana will see to find the form in the tournament.
In significant development, Arman Jaffer, who did not vote last season, had made a comeback sideways.
“He performed well in a training match and on Tour Oman.
He was seen in a good touch,” said Mumbai Head of Selector Salil Ankola to Ti.
“Tour Oman served as a very good exposure trip for the team.
The children were seen in the form of wise fitness,” he said.
Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur, all of which are in India for the T20 World Cup, will miss the tournament.
Forces: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Prithvi Shaw, Aditya Tare, Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Sarfaraz Khan, Prashant Soanki, Shams Mulani, Atharva Ankolok, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Tamore, Mohit Awasthi, Sairaj Patil, Safe Khan, Arman Jaffer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tanush Kotian, Deepak Shetty, Roystan Dias.
Ajinkya Rahana to lead Mumbai in the Mushtaq Ali T20 Cup
