The Mumbai workforce for the upcoming Syed Myshtaq Ali Trophy has been introduced, and not too long ago traded Mumbai Indians star Shardul Thakur has been picked over Suryakumar Yadav because the skipper of the Mumbai State workforce.
Suryakumar Yadav, the present Workforce India T20I skipper and the seasoned Mumbai Indians batter who has been taking part in for the Mumbai state workforce for a number of seasons now, has lacked kind not too long ago, which has additionally raised doubts over his captaincy rise.
Suryakumar Yadav snubbed, Shardul Thakur handed Mumbai captaincy
After some not-so-convincing kind, Suryakumar Yadav has nonetheless made it to the Mumbai squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Regardless of having made it to the workforce, he has not been named the captain any additional.
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Moderately, Mumbai have named their bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur as the brand new T20I captain. He was earlier named the skipper for the Ranji Trophy season, after Ajinkya Rahane stepped down from the place.
Shardul Thakur has had expertise taking part in for India and has been a part of the Mumbai squad for over a decade; this time round, he has additionally been traded into the MI camp from the Lucknow Tremendous Giants, forward of the mini-auction.
Shivam Dube, the large CSK all-rounder who has emerged as a particular performer for India not too long ago with the ball, has additionally been named within the Mumbai squad. Kids Raghuvanshi and Ayush Mhatre have additionally been drafted into the squad and can play alongside the skilled Ajinkya Rahane.
The likes of Suryansh Shedge and Musheer Khan are named because the spin bowling all-rounders, whereas Sams Mulani and Tanush Kotian would be the lead spinners. Skipper Thakur, alongside Tushar Deshpande, is more likely to lead the tempo bowling deck.
Mumbai’s Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy workforce introduced
The senior choice committee of the Mumbai Cricket Affiliation, which consisted of Mr Sanjay Patil (Chairman), Mr Ravi Thaker, Mr Jitendra Thackeray, Mr Vikrant Yeligeti, and Mr Deepak Jadhav, who went on to pick the listed gamers to signify their state within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Full squad: Shardul Thakur (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Siddesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Sairaj Patil, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Atharva Ankolekar, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Tushar Deshpande, Irfan Umair, and Hardik Tamore (wk).
The Syde Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy can be performed from the twenty sixth of November 2025 on the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.
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Mumbai are ruling the Ranji Trophy below Shardul Thakur’s captaincy
Ajinkya Rahane determined to step down from captaincy forward of the beginning of the Ranji Trophy season in 2025-26. The Mumbai Cricket Affiliation went on to call all-rounder Shardul Thakur as the brand new captain of their Ranji Trophy season.
Although Shardul Thakur couldn’t carry out equally constantly with the ball or the bat after being appointed captain, the workforce has carried out convincingly below his management. Underneath his management, Mumbai has gained 3 matches and is undefeated within the season with 24 factors.
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