Haryana captain-coach Ajay Jadeja will also add to star value in high-profile game.
Sachin Tendulkar (L) and Zaheer Khan during a practice session on the eve of the Ranji Trophy match against Haryana in Lahli. - PTI
Defending champions and 40-time winners Mumbai will begin their Ranji Trophy campaign against Haryana in the sleepy little town of Lahli on Sunday. The four-day match, to be played at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium, is a precursor to Sachin Tendulkar’s final days as an international cricketer. The batting legend will pad up for his beloved Mumbai one last time as he prepares for the two-match Test series against the West Indies next month.
In Lahli, Tendulkar will have the company of good friend and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan. The fit-again left-armer, who will lead Mumbai in the absence of newly-appointed skipper Rohit Sharma, is also hoping to make a comeback into the Test side. The domestic giants will also enjoy the services of Wasim Jaffer, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhishek Nayar and Dhaval Kulkarni.
What’s more, Haryana will be captained and coached by Ajay Jadeja. The 42-year-old former India batsman, who last played first-class cricket in 2007, seems to be enjoying his new role.
TEAMS (FROM)
Haryana: Ajay Jadeja (Captain & Coach), Avi Barot, Sanjay Budhwar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Dalal, Rahul Dewan, Ashish Hooda, Joginder Sharma, Abhimanyu Khod, Harshal Patel, Sachin Rana, Nitin Saini (WK), Sandeep Singh, Mohit Sharma, Sunny Singh, Jayant Yadav
Mumbai: Zaheer Khan (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Abhishek Nayar, Vishal Dabholkar, Iqbal Abdulla, Wasim Jaffer, Javed Khan, Aditya Tare (WK), Dhaval Kulkarni, Siddhesh Lad, Kaustubh Pawar, Ajinkya Rahane, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Hiken Shah, Sufiyan Shaikh (WK)
ELSEWHERE...
Group A: Jharkhand vs Delhi in Jamshedpur, Punjab vs Odisha in Chandigarh, Vidarbha vs Gujarat in Nagpur
Group B: Bengal vs Baroda in Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh vs Railways in Indore, Saurashtra vs Rajasthan in Rajkot, Services vs Tamil Nadu in New Delhi
Group C: Assam vs Kerala in Guwahati, Himachal Pradesh vs Goa in Dharamsala, Hyderabad vs Andhra in Hyderabad, Maharashtra vs Tripura in Pune
Sachin Tendulkar (L) and Zaheer Khan during a practice session on the eve of the Ranji Trophy match against Haryana in Lahli. - PTI
Defending champions and 40-time winners Mumbai will begin their Ranji Trophy campaign against Haryana in the sleepy little town of Lahli on Sunday. The four-day match, to be played at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium, is a precursor to Sachin Tendulkar’s final days as an international cricketer. The batting legend will pad up for his beloved Mumbai one last time as he prepares for the two-match Test series against the West Indies next month.
In Lahli, Tendulkar will have the company of good friend and pace spearhead Zaheer Khan. The fit-again left-armer, who will lead Mumbai in the absence of newly-appointed skipper Rohit Sharma, is also hoping to make a comeback into the Test side. The domestic giants will also enjoy the services of Wasim Jaffer, Ajinkya Rahane, Abhishek Nayar and Dhaval Kulkarni.
What’s more, Haryana will be captained and coached by Ajay Jadeja. The 42-year-old former India batsman, who last played first-class cricket in 2007, seems to be enjoying his new role.
TEAMS (FROM)
Haryana: Ajay Jadeja (Captain & Coach), Avi Barot, Sanjay Budhwar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Rahul Dalal, Rahul Dewan, Ashish Hooda, Joginder Sharma, Abhimanyu Khod, Harshal Patel, Sachin Rana, Nitin Saini (WK), Sandeep Singh, Mohit Sharma, Sunny Singh, Jayant Yadav
Mumbai: Zaheer Khan (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Abhishek Nayar, Vishal Dabholkar, Iqbal Abdulla, Wasim Jaffer, Javed Khan, Aditya Tare (WK), Dhaval Kulkarni, Siddhesh Lad, Kaustubh Pawar, Ajinkya Rahane, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Hiken Shah, Sufiyan Shaikh (WK)
ELSEWHERE...
Group A: Jharkhand vs Delhi in Jamshedpur, Punjab vs Odisha in Chandigarh, Vidarbha vs Gujarat in Nagpur
Group B: Bengal vs Baroda in Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh vs Railways in Indore, Saurashtra vs Rajasthan in Rajkot, Services vs Tamil Nadu in New Delhi
Group C: Assam vs Kerala in Guwahati, Himachal Pradesh vs Goa in Dharamsala, Hyderabad vs Andhra in Hyderabad, Maharashtra vs Tripura in Pune
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