It’s unlikely that Mumbai could have an injured Yashasvi Jaiswal of their ranks, however the resilient defending champions are agency favourites in opposition to Vidarbha within the Ranji Trophy semifinal, starting in Nagpur on February 17, 2025.
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It is unlikely that Mumbai could have an injured Yashasvi Jaiswal of their ranks, however the resilient defending champions are agency favourites in opposition to Vidarbha within the Ranji Trophy semifinal, starting in Nagpur on Monday (February 17, 2025).
PTI understands that Jaiswal would possibly journey to the BCCI Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru for additional evaluation of his unspecified damage quickly, as he has been named as a “non-travelling reserve” in India’s Champions Trophy squad.
However the potential absence of Jaiswal under no circumstances reduces the firepower of Mumbai in a match that’s the repeat of final yr’s ultimate.
Mumbai have a number of stars of their line-up resembling skipper Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Shardul Thakur who can alter the course of the sport on their very own.
However greater than the presence of some acclaimed and completed gamers, their dedication makes the 42-time champions a crew reduce from completely different fabric.
On a number of events this season, Mumbai’s top-order malfunctioned however their lower-order batters like Thakur and Tanush Kotian have bailed them out with gritty efforts.
Even within the quarterfinal in opposition to Haryana, they have been tottering at 113 for seven earlier than Shams Mulani and Kotian milked 183 runs for the eighth wicket to rescue Mumbai.
Mumbai would hope that the massive weapons will return to run-making methods on the Nagpur pitch that always sides with batters.
Whereas the tales of such late-order resistance are heart-warming, Mumbai would really like a extra polished effort from their top-order in opposition to Vidarbha, who’re in red-hot type this season.
They do not have huge names of their bowling line-up, however Harsh Dubey, Yash Thakur, Aditya Thakare and Nachiket Bhut have persistently struck for Vidarbha.
The truth is, left-arm spinner Dubey is the best wicket-taker this Ranji season with 59 victims in his bag.
Therefore, Vidarbha will likely be keen to take advantage of that barely wobbly nature of Mumbai top-order and put them below strain early.
Not one of the Mumbai batters determine among the many high 20 of the best run-makers this season.
Siddesh Lad (565 runs) is their high run-aggregator and he’s twenty second on the run-maker’s record.
In distinction, Vidarbha’s frontline has been in a lot better form this season as Yash Rathod (728 runs) is the fourth-highest run-getter within the chart.
Karun Nair (591) and skipper Akshay Wadkar (588) too have chipped in with essential runs.
Nonetheless, they want some higher outings from openers Atharva Taide and Dhruv Shorey.
Groups (from):
Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Ayush Mhatre, Angrish Raghuvanshi, Amogh Bhaktkal, Suryakumar Yadav, Yashasvi Jaiswal (Injured), Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, Akash Anand (WK), Hardik Tamore (WK) S SHEDGE, SHARDul Thakur, Shams Mulani , Tanush Kotian, Mohit Avasthi, Sylvester D’Souza, Royston Dias, Atharva Ankolekar, Harsh Tanna.
Vidarbha: Akshay Wadkar (C & W), Atharva Taide, Aman Mokhade, Yash Rathod, Harsh Dubey, Akshay Karnewar, Yash Kadam, Akshay Wakhare, Aditya Thakare, Darshan Nalkande, Nachiket Bhute, Sidhsh Yash Thakur, Danish Malewar, Partth Rekhade, Karun Nair, Dhruv Shorey.
Match begins at 9.30 am.
Revealed – February 16, 2025 02:25 pm IST
