Suryakumar Yadav Named Mumbai Captain for T20 Trophy

Mumbai has named Suryakumar Yadav captain for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with the 16-member side scheduled to open against Hyderabad in Kolkata on November 14. The Mumbai Cricket Association announced the appointment on November 9, putting the India T20 captain in charge of the team for the domestic competition.

The squad includes India allrounders Shivam Dube and Shardul Thakur, as well as Sarfaraz Khan and Musheer Khan. Thakur returns to competitive cricket after missing the first leg of the Ranji Trophy because of a hand injury, according to the association announcement. The 16 players named are Suryakumar, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Divyaansh Saxena, Suved Parkar, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Sairaj Patil, Shivam Dube, Atharva Ankolekar, Shams Mulani, Maxwell Swaminathan, Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Sylvester DSouza and Hardik Tamore.

Mumbai is in Elite Group D alongside Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Hyderabad, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Vidarbha. Its opening fixture against Hyderabad is scheduled for November 14 in Kolkata; the announcement does not report a match result.

Suryakumar said representing Mumbai was a matter of pride and that he was honoured to lead...