If the playing eleven of a team includes Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal as openers, batsmen like Shreyas Iyer and Ajinkya Rahane in the middle order, and Shivam Dubey and Shardul Thakur as all-rounders, then you will see it like the Indian team. It will take. But in reality, all these players are members of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy team, which is going to compete against Jammu & Kashmir from January 23.
Rohit Sharma and young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal have been included in Mumbai’s Ranji team on January 20, which already includes players like captain Ajinkya Rahane, batsman Shreyas Iyer, all-rounder Shivam Dubey and Shardul Thakur. This match will be played at MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, BKC, Mumbai. Rohit Sharma had confirmed playing in the Ranji match during the announcement of the team for the Champions Trophy on Saturday.
However, Rohit Sharma’s form has not been good in Test cricket. He has had a disappointing performance in six matches against New Zealand and Australia. BCCI has made domestic cricket mandatory for all contracted players, so Rohit will also have to take the field. If a player is injured or has workload issues, he will be exempted. At present, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav are away from cricket due to various reasons.
Mumbai’s Ranji squad is as follows: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ayush Matre, Shreyas Iyer, Sidhesh Lad, Shivam Dubey, Hardik Taimor, Akash Anand, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Awasthi, Sylvester D’Souza, Roston Dias, and Karsh Kothari.
