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Shreyas Iyer will captain Mumbai in the domestic T20 tournament Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024-25. For this, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has announced a 17-member team. The tournament will be played from 23 November to 15 December. Mumbai’s first match is against Goa.
Earlier reports had come that like Ranji Trophy, Rahane will captain Mumbai in Mushtaq Ali Trophy also. But keeping in mind the T20 format, Iyer has been made the captain. On Sunday, an MCA official said, Iyer will be the captain of Mumbai’s T20 team for Syed Mushtaq Ali, Shaw has also been included in the team.
Prithvi Shaw’s return
25-year-old Prithvi Shaw was dropped from the team in Ranji Trophy due to fitness. After which he has returned to the team. The squad has experienced players like Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul Thakur and Siddhesh Lad, while Suryakumar Yadav can also play the tournament after a few matches. The name of Tanush Kotian, who recently played for India-A, is also included in the team.
Prithvi Shaw was dropped from the team in Ranji Trophy due to fitness.
Iyer in great form
Shreyas Iyer, who is out of the Indian team, has been in great form since the Ranji Trophy. He has scored 452 runs at an average of 90.40 in this Ranji season. Which also includes 1 double century and 1 century. He played an innings of 233 runs on 228 balls against Odisha. He hit 24 fours and 9 sixes in the innings.
After this, in the very next match against Maharashtra, he scored 142 runs on 190 balls. During this, he hit 12 fours and 4 sixes. Ajinkya Rahane will be seen playing under the captaincy of Iyer in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Shreyas has played 14 test matches for India. During this period 811 runs have been scored. He has scored 2421 runs in 62 ODI matches. He has scored 1104 runs in 51 T20 International matches.
Kolkata released Iyer in IPL
Shreyas Iyer, who led Kolkata to the third IPL title in 2023, has been released by Kolkata Knight Riders before IPL 2025. The mega auction of IPL-2025 will be held on 24 and 25 November. Many teams can bid for Iyer.
Mumbai team: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Jai Bista, Ajinkya Rahane, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Sairaj Patil, Hardik Tamore (wk), Akash Anand (wk), Shams Mulani, Himanshu Singh, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur. , Mohit Awasthi, Royston Dias and Junaid Khan.