Young opening batter Ayush Mhatre will skipper Mumbai’s 17-man squad for the Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament in Chennai later this month. India hitter Sarfaraz Khan is also in the team. On August 18, Mumbai will play their first match.
While leading India U-19, Ayush Mhatre scored back-to-back centuries against England U-19 in the Youth Tests.
After making his Mumbai First-Class debut last season, he played for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL and was named India U-19 captain for their multi-format tour of England.
He will lead India U-19 on another multi-format tour of Australia commencing September 21, with three one-day matches and two four-day games at Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane. In his first local maidan match as India U-19 captain, Ayush Mhatre scored 82 off 48 balls for Sainath Sports Club against Dadar Union Sporting Club in the Kanga League B Division on August 11.
Vice-captain Suved Parkar has eight First-Class matches for Mumbai. Musheer Khan, who was injured in a car accident, returns to the team.
Mumbai and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) batter Angkrish Raghuvanshi is out due to a thumb injury from the Mumbai Emerging Team’s England tour, and captain Suryansh Shedge is not.
The group also includes Eagle Thane Strikers allrounders Sairaj Patil and Aakash Parkar. In the T20 Mumbai League in Pune, Patil, who has played 10 white-ball matches for Mumbai, was awarded Player of the Tournament after hitting 233 runs and taking seven wickets at 16.29 in six matches. The Buchi Babu Invitational Tournament runs August 18–September 9.
Mumbai’s squad
Ayush Mhatre (c), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar (vc), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand, Hardik Tamore, Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Royston Dias, Sylvester D’Souza, Irfan Um
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