MUMBAI:
Prithvi Shaw has been called up as a late re placement for Hyderabad batsman Ambati Rayudu, who has picked up a knee injury, for the
Duleep Trophy
, which will begin in Lucknow from Thursday.
The 17-year-old opener had slammed a hundred on first-class debut against Tamil Nadu in the Ranji semifinals at Rajkot last year, before scoring 71 & 44 in the final against Gujarat at Indore. During the India Under-19 team's recent tour of England, Shaw stroked three fifties in the youth 'tests,' before leading India to a 5-0 clean sweep in the One-dayers. Shaw, who was informed of his selection for the day/night tournament, which involves playing with the pink ball, only on Tuesday.
Nayar to lead MumbaiVeteran all-rounder
Abhishek Nayar will lead Mumbai in the Bapuna Cup in Nagpur. The team doesn't include quite a few regulars for various reasons.
While skipper Aditya Tare, and seamers
Balwinder Singh Sandhu
and
Tushar Deshpande are injured, batsmen Shreyas Iyer, Shaw and experienced seamer
Dhawal Kulkarni will play in the Duleep Trophy. Siddhesh Lad has been given permission by the
Mumbai Cricket Association
(MCA) to play for Indian Oil.
Fast bowler
Shardul Thakur too would miss the tournament as he'll only return from Sri Lanka on Thursday, and is likely to be a part of the Indian team for the limited overs series against Australia.
The team will leave on Thursday, the opening day of the tournament, which includes Madhya Pradesh and two teams from Vidarbha.
Squad: Abhishek Nayar (Captain),
Suryakumar Yadav, Akhil Herwadkar, Shubham Ranjane, Aakash Parkar, Vijay Gohil, Sufiyan Shaikh, Eknath Kerkar, Aakarshit Gomel, Aditya Dhumal, Minad Manjrekar, Shivam Malhotra, Royston Dais, Vishal Dabholkar, Sagar Trivedi.
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