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Shreyas Iyer successful enactment for Mumbai successful the Ranji Trophy. (PTI)
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) elder enactment committee has appointed Shreyas Iyer arsenic their skipper for the Mumbai T20 squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The elder enactment committee met connected Sunday to prime a squad for the home tourney which is scheduled to footwear disconnected connected November 23.
Under Iyer’s captaincy, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won the IPL rubric past play and the MCA enactment committee felt Iyer is the champion antheral for the job.
Iyer starring the broadside means Ajinkya Rahane, who is starring Mumbai successful the ongoing Ranji Trophy play volition play nether Iyer’s captaincy. It is learnt that the enactment committee of MCA had intimated Rahane that they are looking for Iyer to skipper the Mumbai squad successful abbreviated format.
The enactment committee has besides included Prithvi Shaw, who was dropped from the Ranji Trophy crippled and was asked to amended his fitness. MCA felt that Shaw has shown betterment and helium is useful successful achromatic shot cricket.
“Iyer volition pb the Mumbai T20 broadside for Syed Mushtaq Ali and Shaw excessively has been included. Rahane volition beryllium playing nether Iyer’s captaincy arsenic MCA feels Iyer is the close prime for this format,” a root informed.
Meanwhile, all-rounder Shivam Dube, Musheer Khan and Tushar Deshpande are yet to retrieve afloat from their injuries and it was the main crushed MCA didn’t prime them.
Mumbai volition play against Goa, Maharashtra, Kerala, Nagaland, Services and Andhra successful their league games.
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