Cricket / Prithvi Shaw got a big success, the new captain of this team was made even before the IPL mega auction

Zoom News : Feb 08, 2022, 07:20 PM
Cricket | After a long wait, India's domestic tournament Ranji Trophy season is going to start. BCCI will organize this tournament in two phases. All the states have started their preparations for this. Now explosive opener batsman Prithvi Shaw has got great success. He has become the captain of a team before the IPL Mega Auction. And Ajinkya Rahane, the former vice-captain of the Indian Test team, will have to play under his captaincy.

captain of this team

Prithvi Shaw has been made the captain of the Mumbai team in the Ranji Trophy. In the Ranji Trophy, 41-time champions Mumbai have been placed in Group D along with Saurashtra, Goa and Odisha. The team will play its league match in Ahmedabad. Mumbai's senior selection committee comprising presidents Salil Ankola, Ghulam Parkar, Sunil More, Prasad Desai and Anand Yalvigi has named young opener Prithvi Shaw as the captain of the 21-man squad. The selectors of Mumbai have also included all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in the team. The team was announced on the website of the Mumbai Cricket Association. Senior wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare and fast bowler Dhawal Kulkarni have also got a place in the team.

Prithvi Shaw is a great batsman

Prithvi Shaw is a very good batsman. He attacks the bowlers as soon as he comes to the crease. He is crazy about his aggressive batting. He is always known for playing big innings. He plays for Delhi Capitals in IPL. In view of his lethal form, the Delhi team has retained him. He has also captained the Under 19 team. It was under his captaincy that Team India won the Under-19 World Cup title.

Rahane also got a place

Ajinkya Rahane, one of India's formidable batsmen, has also got a place in the Mumbai team. Ajinkya Rahane has been battling poor form for a long time. At the same time, BCCI Chief Sourav Ganguly also advised him to play Ranji Trophy. Ajinkya Rahane has played 82 Tests, 90 ODIs and 20 T20 matches for India. Currently, runs are not coming out of his bat and the sword is seen hanging on his Test career as well. In such a situation, he would like to get back his lost form by playing Ranji Trophy.

The team is as follows:

Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Drew Gomel, Armaan Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin Yadav, Aditya Tare, Hardik Tamore, Shivam Dubey, Aman Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank Attarde, Dhaval Kulkarni , Mohit Awasthi, Prince Badiani, Siddharth Raut, Royston Dias and Arjun Tendulkar.

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