Mumbai (Staff Correspondent), November 17: Shreyas Iyer has been appointed captain of 17-member Mumbai squad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which is scheduled to take place on November 23. There is a lot of discussion about who is going to lead Mumbai in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy. Ajinkya Rahane is also one of the candidates in discussion, but the Mumbai Cricket Association has decided that Iyer will be captaining and Ajinkya Rahane playing under him.
“Iyer has been chosen to lead the Mumbai T20 team, and Shaw has been included as well. Rahane will play under Iyer’s captaincy, as the MCA believes Iyer is the ideal candidate for this format,” a source stated.
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 Groups:
Group A:
Bengal, Punjab, Bihar, Rajasthan, Hyderabad, Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram
Group B:
Baroda, Gujarat, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Saurashtra, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura
Group C:
Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand
Group D:
Assam, Railways, Chandigarh, Puducherry, Vidarbha, Odisha, Chhattisgarh Group E:
Goa, Mumbai, Kerala, Services, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Andhra
Mumbai squad for Syed Mustaq Ali trophy:
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Jay Bista, Ajinkya Rahane, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Sairaj Patil, Hardik Tamore (wk), Aakash Anand (wk), Shams Mulani, Himanshu Singh, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Royston Dias,Juned Khan.
