Mumbai, Oct 15 All-rounder Suryansh Shedge and Angkrish Raghuvanshi were on Thursday named in Mumbai’s 16-member squad for their next Ranji Trophy Elite Group D clash against Himachal Pradesh in Bilaspur.
Mumbai, who won their season opener against Chandigarh by an innings and 155 runs at the Wankhede Stadium, will play their second round match from October 18 to 21 with changes to their top order.
With a right hamstring injury sidelining vice-captain Ayush Mhatre, and India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal linking up with the India ‘A’ side for their three-match unofficial Test series in New Zealand, Mumbai will have a new pair of openers.
Raghuvanshi and Divyaansh Saxena are thus likely to form the new opening pair.
Shedge was recently on India ‘A’ duty against Australia ‘A’ in their three-match unofficial ODI series which the hosts lost 1-2.
While he took 4/40 in the first match which India lost, Shedge’s 66 (60 balls; 7 fours, 2 sixes) had helped the home team record a consolation victory in the final List A game.
Mumbai, meanwhile, will also be without the services of former captain Shardul Thakur who remains on a comeback trail, having suffered a blow to his hand during a pre-season training.
Mumbai squad for the match against Himachal Pradesh: Siddesh Lad (c), Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suryansh Shedge, Divyaansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Musheer Khan, Suved Parkar, Akash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Atharva Ankolekar, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Sylvester Dsouza, Onkar Tarmale.
(PTI News)
