Vijay Hazare Trophy: Arjun Tendulkar, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw named in probables for Mumbai camp

Mumbai: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav and Arjun Tendulkar have been named in the list of 104 Mumbai players picked by Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for a camp ahead of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

The MCA released the names of these players on its website on Saturday.

Arjun, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar, recently made his Mumbai senior debut in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy when he played against Haryana. The 21-year-old has bowled to the Indian team in the nets in the past.

Shaw was part of the India’s squad which won the Test series in Australia 2-1. He, however, featured only in the Adealaide Test where he didn’t perform well.

Other prominent names like Shivam Dube, Suryakumar Yadav, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Arman Jaffer, Dhawal Kulkarni have been also named for the camp beginning on Monday.

“All the above selected players are requested to report at MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Bandra Kurla Complex on Monday, 1st February 2021 at 8.00 am in coloured clothing,” MCA secretary Sanjay Naik and Joint Secretary Shahalam Shaikh said in a statement.

The BCCI will not be conducting Ranji Trophy this year, instead it has decided to conduct the 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy, the U-19 National One Day tournament and the Women’’s national 50-over tournament.

The detailed schedule of the tournaments are still being worked out. (UNI)