Mumbai drops Prithvi Shaw for Vijay Hazare Trophy
The HinduA day after Mumbai head coach Omkar Salvi hoped Prithvi Shaw will “peak at the right time”, the enigmatic opener was dropped by the Mumbai men’s senior selection committee for the Vijay Hazare Trophy – the domestic one-day championship – league stage, starting next Monday in Ahmedabad. The names of Shaw, all-rounder Shams Mulani and veteran Ajinkya Rahane – the Player of the Tournament in the Mushtaq Ali Trophy – were found missing from the squad of 17 that was finalised by the selection committee chaired by Sanjay Patil. He will be in touch with us and the selectors about his availability for the latter stage,” Abhay Hadap, the Mumbai Cricket Association secretary who convened the selection committee meeting, told The Hindu on Tuesday. That’s what we expect.” The squad: Shreyas lyer, Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Jay Bista, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube, Suryansh Shedge, Siddhesh Lad, Hardik Tamore, Prasad Pawar, Atharva Ankolekar, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur, Royston Dias, Juned Khan, Harsh Tanna, Vinayak Bhoir.