MUM VS SAU: Mumbai and Saurashtra will go head to head at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai for the next Ranji fixture scheduled to begin from December 22. The 41-time Ranji champions, Mumbai are having a bad run in this season and are placed at the thirteenth spot in combined Group A and Group B standings. In five games so far, Mumbai have failed to secure a single win. With 1 loss and 4 draws they have managed 8 points and this is a must-win game for the champs to stay alive in the race to secure a spot in quarter-finals.
On the opposite, Saurashtra are sitting at the top of the ladder with 3 wins and 3 draws. They have registered two consecutive wins against Karnataka by 87 runs and Maharashtra by 5 wickets in last two encounters and will be looking to continue their two-match winning streak when they face off-colour Mumbai at Wankhede Stadium tomorrow.
MUM VS SAU TEAM NEWS
- Mumbai Cricket Association has released a 15-member squad
- Dhawal Kulkarni is back in the squad after missing a couple of encounters
Mumbai vs Saurashtra PLAYING 11
MUM Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper – Aditya Tare
Batsmen – Siddhesh Lad (c), Shreyas Iyer, Eknath Kerkar, Vikrant Vilas Auti
All-rounder – Shivam Dube, Shubham Ranjane
Bowlers – Royston Dias, Akash Parkar, Badre Alam, Karsh Kothari/Dhawal Kulkarni
SAU Playing 11:
Wicket-keeper – Snell Patel
Batsmen – Sheldon Jackson, Harvick Desai, Aarpit Vasavada
All-rounder – Prerak Mankad, Kamlesh Makvana
Bowlers – Jaydev Unadkat (c), Hardik Rathod, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya
MUM VS SAU SQUADS
Mumbai- Siddhesh Lad (C), Shreyas Iyer, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Eknath Kerkar, Shivam Dube, Jay Bista, Akash Parkar, Vikrant Auti, Shubham Ranjane, Karsh Kothari, Dhrumil Matkar, Royston Dias, Minad Manjrekar, Tanush Kotian
Saurashtra- Jaydev Unadkat (c), Chirag Jani, Sheldon Jackson, Kamlesh Makvana, Hardik Rathod, Aarpit Vasavada, Snell Patel (wk), Prerak Mankad, Harvik Desai, Vishvaraj Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Jaydev Shah, Shaurya Sanandia, Avi Barot, Jay Chauhan, Samarth Vyas, Yuvraj Chudasama, Kishan Parmar, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Agnivesh Ayachi
