MUMBAI CRICKET NEWS
After his U19 stint in England, Mhatre will lead Mumbai now. © BCCI/IPL
Young Ayush Mhatre will captain the Mumbai side in the annual Buchi Babu tournament. The 17-member squad also features Sarfaraz Khan and Musheer Khan. Organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, the multi-day event will be held in Chennai from August 18 to September 9.
The appointment of 18-year-old Mhatre underscores his rising stature in both the Mumbai and India setups. He made an instant impact in his brief IPL stint with the Chennai Super Kings, and was later named captain of the India Under-19 team that toured England earlier this summer and will visit Australia next month.
Mumbai squad: Ayush Mhatre (captain), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parker (vice-captain), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand (WK), Hardik Tamore (WK), Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Roystan Dias, Sylvester Dsouza and Irfan Umair.
Meanwhile, Sai Kishore and Pradosh Rajan Paul will captain the two Tamil sides in the tournament. Kishore will lead TNCA President’s XI which also includes the likes of Vijay Shankar, Shahrukh Khan, Andre Siddarth and Baba Indrajith.
TNCA President’s XI: Sai Kishore (c), Andre Siddarth, Baba Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, Shahrukh Khan, Vimal Khumar, Radhakrishnan S, Lokeshwar S, Ajitesh G, Hemchudeshan J, Siddharth M, Ambrish RS, Achyuth CV, Trilok Nag H, Saravana Kumar P and Abhinav K
TNCA XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (c), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, Sachin B, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, Mohamed Ali S, Rithik Easwaran S, Athish SR, Lakshay Jain S, Chandrasekar DT, Vidyuth P, Sonu Yadav, Deepesh D, Prem Kumar J, Esakkimuthu A and Lokesh Raj TD
The tournament will be played from August 18 to September 9, with 16 teams, divided in four groups, taking part in it. Group A includes TNCA President’s XI, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. Group B teams are Railways, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha and Baroda. TNCA XI and Mumbai are part of Group C, which also includes Haryana and Bengal. Hyderabad, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand are in Group D.
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