Shreyas Iyer and Shivam Dube to overlook Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy quarter-final
Shreyas Iyer has been dominated out of Mumbai’s upcoming Ranji Trophy quarter-final with again spasms, ESPNcricinfo has learnt. Mumbai may even be with out the in-form Shivam Dube due to a aspect pressure for the knockout recreation towards Baroda beginning February 23 at house.Iyer performed one spherical of the Ranji Trophy this 12 months to heat up for the Take a look at sequence towards England, as he was picked for the primary two video games. He was, nevertheless, not noted of the remaining three Assessments after scores of 27, 29, 35 and 13 within the Assessments in Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad. Iyer had skilled again spasms quickly after the second Take a look at, however had been cleared for choice for India.
It was a again harm that had stored Iyer out of the complete IPL 2023 and past till he returned for the Asia Cup in September, simply earlier than the ODI World Cup at house. He batted simply as soon as within the Asia Cup earlier than smashing 530 runs within the World Cup whereas averaging 66.25 and placing at 113.24, with two centuries and three half-centuries. He quickly returned to the Take a look at aspect too, for the South Africa tour, earlier than being retained for the primary two Assessments towards England at house.
Health allowing, Iyer will return to steer his IPL aspect Kolkata Knight Riders after lacking the final season with a again harm, and he has simply over a month to get better for that.
Other than accidents, the absence of India’s centrally-contracted gamers will probably be intently watched by the BCCI because the board secretary Jay Shah despatched a letter to them final week, warning them to not prioritise IPL over home cricket.
Mumbai will in all probability miss Dube extra within the quarter-final as a result of he had struck two attacking centuries and two half-centuries in his six Ranji innings this season. Dube picked up the harm within the final league recreation towards Assam and had gone for scans on the second day, when Mumbai trounced the guests by an innings and 80 runs. It was Mumbai’s third innings win of this Ranji season.
Dube has averaged 67.83 on this Ranji marketing campaign whereas placing at 82.38. His 117 off 130 had saved Mumbai from 86 for six within the second innings towards Uttar Pradesh, however it wasn’t sufficient to keep away from a two-wicket loss. Final week he hammered an 87-ball century with the assistance of 5 sixes towards Assam to assist script Mumbai’s fifth win of the season from seven league video games and high the Group B desk. He has additionally bowled 67 overs in seven innings this season for 12 wickets at simply 12.08, whereas delivering 23 maidens.
Mumbai’s 16-man squad introduced on Tuesday included allrounder Musheer Khan, brother of India’s latest debutant Sarfaraz Khan, who missed many of the Ranji season due to the Beneath-19 World Cup in South Africa the place India completed runners-up to Australia. Musheer struck two centuries there to finish with a tally of 360 runs from seven innings, the second-highest on the charts behind his team-mate Uday Saharan.
Mumbai will probably be led by Ajinkya Rahane with Prithvi Shaw, Shardul Thakur and Dhawal Kulkarni as the opposite worldwide gamers within the aspect.
Mumbai squad: Ajinkya Rahane (capt), Prithvi Shaw, Bhupen Lalwani, Amogh Bhatkal, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Prasad Pawar (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Shardul Thakur, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Aditya Dhumal, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Roystan Dias
