Defending champion Mumbai introduced its 16-member squad, sans India stars Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shreyas Iyer, to tackle Meghalaya in its must-win Ranji Trophy Elite Group A conflict, beginning right here on Thursday.
Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suryansh Shedge and Atharva Ankolekar have been known as again.
Mumbai, which is coming off a five-wicket defeat towards Jammu and Kashmir final week, might be with out India stars Jaiswal, Iyer and Rohit, who all have joined the Indian staff for the upcoming ODI collection towards England, beginning on February 6.
These three gamers had featured within the sixth spherical sport right here on the BKC Floor, with Rohit and Jaiswal following the BCCI diktat to play home cricket often.
Iyer, however, has been an important cog for Mumbai in home competitions throughout codecs this yr.
The trio can also be part of the Indian squad for the Champions Trophy subsequent month.
Karsh Kothari, who additionally featured in Mumbai’s enjoying XI towards Jammu and Kashmir, was not picked.
The defeat towards Jammu and Kashmir has dented Mumbai’s title defence because the Ajinkya Rahane-led facet will now be required to document a giant victory — with a bonus level — towards Meghalaya and hope that Baroda beats table-topper Jammu and Kashmir in its yard.
MUMBAI SQUAD
Ajinkya Rahane (c), Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Amogh Bhatkal, Siddhesh Lad, Akash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Suryansh Shedge, Shardul Thakur, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Mohit Avasthi, Sylvester D’Souza, Royston Dias, Shreyas Gurav, Atharva Ankolekar.