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MUMBAI: Mumbai main selector Sanjay Patil has made it wide that helium is yet to perceive from Rohit Sharma, amidst reports that the erstwhile India skipper is acceptable to marque himself disposable for the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!“I person not received immoderate connection from Rohit Sharma yet. But if helium plays for Mumbai, it volition beryllium bully for us. It volition beryllium a bully happening for the youngsters. I truly admit this large measurement by the BCCI, Ajit Agarkar (chief selector) and
Gautam Gambhir
(India caput coach) (of asking India players to crook retired for their teams successful home cricket erstwhile available),” Patil told TOI connected Wednesday. Another elder Mumbai Cricket Association authoritative excessively said that helium did not person immoderate ceremonial connection successful this respect from the seasoned batting superstar.
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However, the information that Rohit trained astatine the MCA-BKC crushed for astir an hr past week, erstwhile Mumbai were playing their location
Ranji Trophy
crippled against Himachal Pradesh, is simply a bully capable denotation that Rohit volition privation to play immoderate competitory cricket erstwhile helium can.
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The radical signifier of the Vijay Hazare Trophy volition beryllium held betwixt Dec 24, 2025 and January 8, 2026. Mumbai person been placed successful Elite Group C, alongside Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Himachal, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Goa and volition play their matches successful Jaipur.
The three-match ODI bid against South Africa volition beryllium held from Dec 3-9, portion the adjacent 1 against New Zealand volition instrumentality spot from Jan 11 – some astatine home.Earlier this year, the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) had made it compulsory that each the India players indispensable diagnostic successful home cricket, erstwhile not connected nationalist work and not injured oregon recuperating astatine the Centre of Excellence (CoE). As a effect of that BCCI directive, Rohit and
Virat Kohli
some featured successful a Ranji Trophy crippled for Mumbai and Delhi, respectively.
However, the 2 greats present lone play successful the ODI format for India.Kotian, Awasthi instrumentality to Mumbai squadMeanwhile, successful a large boost for Mumbai, off-spinner Tanush Kotian and seamer Mohit Sawasthi are acceptable to instrumentality to Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad against Pondicherry astatine the Wankhede Stadium from Nov 16. Kotian missed Mumbai's past 2 matches arsenic helium was engaged turning retired for India A against South Africa A astatine the BCCI's CoE-he took 8 wickets (4-83 & 4-26) successful the archetypal of the 2 ‘tests’ of that series.
In a important development, besides returning to enactment aft a agelong lay-off owed to wounded is seamer Mohit Awasthi, who past played for Mumbai successful the 2024-25 Ranji Trophy semifinal against Vidarbha astatine Nagpur successful Feb this year.
The 32-year-old has taken 99 wickets successful 31 first-class matches.Off-spinner Himanshu Singh, who was drafted successful Kotian's spot and took 3 for 26 successful the archetypal innings against Himachal, and seamer Irfan Umair person been excluded from the squad.
