Four players included in the Mumbai squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy have tested positive for Kovid-19 and new players have been selected in their place. According to the report, the infected players include Shams Mulani, Sairaj Patil, Prashant Solanki and Sarfaraz Khan.
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has also been known to select new players in place of these four, whose names will be announced shortly. “We are doing the rapid RT-PCR test (of the four new players) and their report will arrive shortly after which they will join the team. We will also have the other team members do RT-PCR tests,” said the sources.
These four Corona positive players were sent home and asked to remain in isolation for seven days. The team led by Ajinkya Rahane was going to Guwahati on Wednesday (October 27) morning when the players were found to be Covid-positive. Let us tell you that Mumbai has remained in Group B for the tournament that starts on November 4 and will play its league matches in Guwahati. His first match will be against Karnataka.
It is worth noting that Ajinkya Rahane, the vice-captain of the Indian Test team, will lead Mumbai in the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, while Prithvi Shaw, who led Mumbai to the Vijay Hazare Trophy title in 2020-21, will be the vice-captain.
Mumbai team: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw (vice captain), Aditya Tare, Shivam Dubey, Tushar Deshpande, Atharv Ankolekar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Tamore, Mohit Awasthi, Siddhesh Lad, Aman Khan, Armaan Jaffer, Kasothasvi Jaiswal , Deepak Shetty and Roystan Dias.
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