Indian bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur will lead Mumbai in the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy, as confirmed by the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) while releasing their list of probables for the prestigious tournament.
This marks Shardul’s first tournament at the helm of the Mumbai team. With senior India’s Ajinkya Rahane surrendering the Mumbai captaincy before the season commenced, Thakur, as the captain of West Zone in the Duleep Trophy during the same season in which his side fell in the semis, had communicated to be open to take on the responsibility of leading Mumbai.
“Yes, I am open for the Mumbai captaincy. And of course, this was one of the steps (the Duleep Trophy) where I got that experience of captaincy. It was just my first game and there were a lot of learnings. I would not say that captaincy is difficult, but there are a lot of things which you learn only when you step into the captain’s shoes,” he said after his side had lost to Central Zone as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.
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One letter from MCA on Friday said, “The Senior Selection Committee of Mumbai Cricket Association consisting of Sanjay Patil (Chairman), Ravi Thaker, Jitendra Thackeray, Vikrant Yeligeti and Deepak Jadhav has selected the following players as probables for Ranji Trophy 2025-2026
Mumbai will begin their Ranji campaign against Jammu and Kashmir from October 15 onwards, targeting their 43rd title after a semifinal finish last season.”
Mumbai Probable list for Ranji Trophy
- Shardul Thakur (Captain)
- Ayush Mhatre
- Musheer Khan
- Angkrish Raghuvanshi
- Akhil Herwadkar
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Siddhesh Lad
- Suved Parkar
- Suryansh Shedge
- Akash Parkar
- Tushar Deshpande
- Sylvester Dsouza
- Irfan Umair
- Roystan Dias
- Pratik Mishra
- Akash Anand (WK)
- Hardik Tamore (WK)
- Prasad Pawar (WK)
- Shams Mulani
- Tanush Kotian
- Himanshu Singh
- Atharva Ankolekar
- Ishan Mulchandani
