The Free Press Journal

Shaw to lead Mumbai in Hazare knockouts

- FPJ NEWS SERVICE

In absence of three main players, Prithivi Shaw has been handed the skipper's baton of the 22-member Mumbai squad for the knock-out phase of the Vijay Hazare Trophy national 50-over championsh­ip.

Mumbai will not have the services of regular skipper Shreyas Iyer, prolific Suryakumar Yadav and pacer Shardul Thakur, who will be away on national duty.

Apart from Shaw, the Mumbai batting line up has young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, crisis man Siddhesh Lad, experience­d wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare, Akhil Herwadkar, Sarfaraz Khan and all-rounder Shivam Dube.

The bowling attack will be led by experience­d speedster Dhawal Kulkarni and comprises pacers Tushar Deshpande and Aakash Parkar, spinners Prashant Solanki, Atharva Ankolekar and Shams Mulani. The knock-outs, which will be played in New Delhi from March 7.

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