Mumbai turned Ranji Trophy champions for the forty second time earlier this yr, underneath the management of Ajinkya Rahane.
New Delhi: Mumbai will get the companies of Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur after they tackle Remainder of India within the upcoming Irani Trophy encounter, scheduled to happen in Lucknow from October 1-5. Ajinkya Rahane, who led Mumbai to Ranji Trophy triumph earlier this yr, will proceed to guide the facet.
The supply of Iyer and Thakur comes as a lift for the Mumbai facet, thus solidifying their depth in batting and bowling respectively. Whereas Iyer has been part of the Duleep Trophy matches, Thakur is coming after an ankle surgical procedure in June. The Indian all-rounder performed within the KSCA match and is believed to have made himself out there for the five-day encounter.
In the meantime, Iyer was the India D captain within the Duleep Trophy. Underneath Iyer’s captaincy, India D completed final within the factors desk with only one win from three video games. Their solely win got here in opposition to India B within the third spherical. In six innings, Iyer might rating solely 154 runs together with two fifties.
The fashionable right-hander can be hoping to search out some type within the Irani Cup tie in a bid to return to the nationwide crew. The Mumbai Cricket Affiliation is but to announce the squad for the Irani Cup match.