Vikrant Shekhawat : Jan 21, 2025, 07:00 AM
Ranji Trophy: Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma will soon be seen playing in the Ranji Trophy. This comeback is happening after a long gap of 10 years. His initiative has been appreciated not only by his fans but also by cricket experts. Rohit Sharma, who is facing criticism for his recent poor form, has decided to respond to this challenge with his performance.Return to Ranji: A sign of hard workRohit Sharma last played a Ranji Trophy match in 2015. At that time he was part of the Mumbai team and took the field against Uttar Pradesh. Since then he was focusing only on international cricket and IPL. However, his Test form has disappointed in recent times, raising questions about his place in the team. But Rohit did not give up and decided to work on his batting through domestic cricket.Will be part of Mumbai team, will play under Rahane's captaincyRohit Sharma will play under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane in the Ranji Trophy match against Jammu and Kashmir at Mumbai Cricket Association's BKC Ground from January 23. A total of 17 players have been selected in this team, which also includes talented players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, and Shardul Thakur.Why is this return important?Rohit Sharma's return to Ranji Trophy is being considered important from the point of view of Indian cricket. Ranji Trophy not only provides a platform for players to perform better at the domestic level, but it also gives an opportunity to those players to improve their form who are struggling at the international level.Mumbai Ranji Trophy team:
- Ajinkya Rahane (captain)
- Rohit Sharma
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Ayush Mhatre
- Shreyas Iyer
- Siddesh Lad
- Shivam Dube
- Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper)
- Akash Anand (wicketkeeper)
- Tanush Kotian
- Shams Mulani
- Himanshu Singh
- Shardul Thakur
- Mohit Awasthi
- Sylvester D'Souza
- Royston Dias
- Karsh Kothari