Mumbai allrounder Abhishek Nayar has been left out of the 14-member Ranji Trophy squad announced to play against Tripura at Wankhede Stadium starting November 25. ESPNcricinfo understands that Nayar has been dropped from the squad.
The 34-year old will have to wait for his 100th first-class cap, after he was not named in the squad together with reserve spinner Aditya Dhumal. Vijay Gohil, a left-arm spinner, was added to the squad. In Mumbai’s last match against Andhra, Nayar scored 73 runs across both innings and took one wicket.
However, in the match against Baroda – which was also Mumbai’s 500th first-class game – Nayar blocked his way to eight runs off 108 balls in the second innings to help his team escape what seemed like certain defeat ahead of the final day. Mumbai, currently third in Group C, must beat Tripura in their final group-stage match to be assured of qualification into the knock-out rounds.
Mumbai Squad: Aditya Tare (captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Jay Bista, Prithvi Shaw, Siddhesh Lad, Shreyas Iyer, Akash Parkar, Karsh Kothari, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shardul Thakur, Minad Manjrekar, Vijay Gohil, Akhil Herwadkar, Sufiyan Shaikh.
Source: ESPN Crickinfo