When Mumbai plays Rest of India in the Irani Cup this coming Saturday in Lucknow, Ajinkya Rahane will be leading the team that won the Ranji Trophy. To play in the Irani Cup for Mumbai, Sarfaraz Khan is probably going to be freed from the Indian Test team.
Mumbai, September 23: All-rounder Shardul Thakur will make his first-class cricket comeback after surgery when Mumbai, the winners of the Ranji Trophy, take on Rest of India in the Irani Cup match in Lucknow, captained by Ajinkya Rahane.
It is expected that all of the best players, including Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Shreyas Iyer, and Musheer Khan, will participate in the match.
The team will be revealed Tomorrow
Look, the squad’s lone specialist middle-order batter is Sarfaraz. Axar Patel is an all-around player, while Dhruv Jurel is a keeper-batsman. What happens if a concussion replacement is required? However, if the Test match concludes early, traveling from Kanpur to Lucknow—even on September 30—won’t be a major concern because the Irani Cup begins on October 1st, a BCCI reported.
It is thought that all-rounder Shivam Dube and captain of the Indian T20 team, Suryakumar Yadav, would not be playing in the Irani Cup since they have to report to Gwalior on October 3 in preparation for the T20I series that begins on October 6.
