MUMBAI: Opener
Prithvi Shaw will lead Mumbai in the knock-out rounds of the
Ranji Trophy, beginning from June 6 in Bengaluru.
Mumbai are set to play Uttarakhand in the quarterfinals and the Salil Ankola-led senior selection committee on Monday picked the 21-member squad, which was announced late night.
The selectors have reposed their faith in batter Sarfaraz Khan, who had a decent IPL for
Delhi Capitals
.
Other young batters, including Armann Jaffer and
Yashasvi Jaiswal have also been named in the squad along with veteran wicket-keeper batter Aditya Tare.
The bowling attack is led by experienced pacer Dhawal Kulkarni and has all-rounder Shams Mulani and pacer Tushar Deshpande.
Shreyas Iyer will be on national duty for the T20 series against South Africa.
Squad: Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Bhupen Lalwani, Arman Jaffer ,Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar, Aakarshit Gomel, Aditya Tare, Hardik Tamore, Aman Khan, Sairaj Patil, Shams Mulani, Dhrumil Matkar , Tanush Kotian, Shashank Attarde , Dhaval Kulkarni , Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Roystan Dias, Siddharth Raut and Musheer Khan