Chennai Super Kings’ young batting sensation Ayush Mhatre will be the leader of Mumbai in the Buchi Babu Trophy. The tournament featuring teams from different states is organised by the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) and will start on August 18.
Suved Parker will be Mhatre’s deputy, and the Mumbai side also has star players like Sarfaraz Khan, who has represented India in Test cricket, and his brother Musheer Khan.
R Sai Kishore will lead the TNCA President’s XI and his team contains players like Baba Indrajith, Vijay Shankar and Shahrukh Khan.
This year, the tournament will be played in Chennai between 16 teams, divided into four groups. Group A consists of TNCA President’s XI, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Maharashtra. Group B contains Railways, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, and Baroda. Group C features Mumbai, TNCA XI, Haryana, and Bengal. Group D consists of Hyderabad, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, and Jharkhand.
Mumbai squad: Ayush Mhatre (captain), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parker (vice-captain), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand (WK), Hardik Tamore (WK), Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Royston Dias, Sylvester Dsouza and Irfan Umair.
TNCA President’s XI: R Sai Kishore (c), Andre Siddarth, Baba Indrajith, Vijay Shankar, Shahrukh Khan, Vimal Khumar, Radhakrishnan S, Lokeshwar S, Ajitesh G, Hemchudeshan J, Siddharth M, Ambrish RS, Achyuth CV, Trilok Nag H, Saravana Kumar P and Abhinav K.
TNCA XI: Pradosh Ranjan Paul (c), Boopathi Vaishna Kumar, Sachin B, Tushar Raheja, Kiran Karthikeyan, Mohamed Ali S, Rithik Easwaran S, Athish SR, Lakshay Jain S, Chandrasekar DT, Vidyuth P, Sonu Yadav, Deepesh D, Prem Kumar J, Esakkimuthu A and Lokesh Raj TD.
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