Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Four players of Mumbai got corona, tournament will start from November 4

Four players of Mumbai Corona Positive: Four players included in Mumbai’s squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy have been found positive for Kovid-19 and new players have been selected in their place. According to the report, among the infected players are Shams Mulani, Sairaj Patil, Prashant Solanki and Sarfaraz Khan.

It has also been learned that the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has selected new players in place of these four, whose names will be announced soon. “We are getting the rapid RT-PCR test done (of the four new players) and their report will come soon after which they will join the team. We are also getting the other team members RT-PCR tested,” the sources said.

These four Corona positive players were sent home and asked to remain in self-isolation for seven days. The Ajinkya Rahane-led team was going to Guwahati on Wednesday (27 October) morning when the players were found to be Covid positive. Let us tell you that Mumbai has been kept in Group B for the tournament starting from 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.

The team of Mumbai is as follows- (four more players will be added)

Mumbai Squad: 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, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tanush Kotian, Deepak Shetty and Roystan Dias.