Vijay Hazare Trophy: Ajinkya Rahane to lead Mumbai

AHMEDABAD: India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane will lead Mumbai in the first two matches of the Vijay Hazare Trophy against Sikkim (November 23) and Kerala (Nov 25) at Bengaluru. Earlier, Mumbai had crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy when they lost to Baroda in Mohali.

Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is missing from the squad as he's likely to be picked in the Indian team for the five-match T20I series against Australia, which will kick off on November 23. Veteran pacer Dhawal Kulkarni has been 'rested' from the tournament.

"We want him to be fresh for the Ranji Trophy," a source in the Mumbai Cricket Association said.

The Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Shams Mulani, Prasad Pawar, Hardik Tamore, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Roystan Dias, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suved Parkar, Atharva Ankolekar, Jay Bista, Khizar Dafedar, Saksham Jha, Ajit Yadav

Stand byes: Sagar Mishra, Sairaj Patil, Sylvester Dsouza