Shardul Thakur to lead, Ajinkya Rahane also included as Mumbai announce 16-member squad for Ranji Trophy

Mumbai have announced their squad for the Ranji Trophy and have decided to appoint Shardul Thakur as the team's captain. Ajinkya Rahane, who had recently stepped down as the side's captain, has also been included in the squad and will be seen playing under Thakur's leadership. 

The squad also includes of Sarfaraz Khan, who has fallen way down the pecking order when it comes to India's squad and is currently not in the team's plans for any format. 19-year-old Ayush Mhatre, who had come into prominence in IPL 2025 while playing for the Chennai Super Kings, has beeen named in the Mumbai squad as well. 

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Another notable player who has made it to Mumbai's Ranji Trophy squad is Shivam Dube. He had impressed for India in both the batting and bowling departments in the recently-concluded Asia Cup and had even played a key role in the final against Pakistan. Notably, the left-hand batter had also scored a 62-ball century for Mumbai in their warm-up match against Maharashtra and will be looking to maintain this form in the highly-important domestic tournament. 

Shreyas and Suryakumar miss out

However, the two key players that are missing from the squad are Shreyas Iyer and Suryakumar Yadav. While Shreyas has taken an indefinite break from red-ball cricket, Suryakumar is the captain of India's T20I team and is busy with multiple series in hand. Both of them had featured for Mumbai last season where the side had gotten defeated by eventual-champions Vidarbha in the semi-final.

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Mumbai, who have won the Ranji Trophy a record 42 times, are present in Elite Group D alongside the likes of Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Hyderabad, Jammu & Kashmir, Pondicherry and Rajasthan. Shardul Thakur & Co. will be beginning their campaign with the clash against Jammu & Kashmir which is set to begin from October 15.

Mumbai's squad for Ranji Trophy: Shardul Thakur (c), Ayush Mhatre, Akash Anand (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Siddhesh Lad, Ajinkya Rahane, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Tushar Deshpande, Sylvester D’Souza, Irfan Umair, Musheer Khan, Akhil Herwadkar, Royston Dias.