Shaw to lead Mumbai in Vijay Hazare knockouts

Young opener Prithvi Shaw will lead a 22-member Mumbai squad for the knock-out phase of the Vijay Hazare Trophy national 50-over championship. The Mumbai Cricket Association named the squad for the knock-outs, which will be played in New Delhi from March 7. The domestic giants Mumbai remained unbeaten in the league stage and won all their five games in Elite Group D.

Mumbai will not have the services of regular skipper Shreyas Iyer, prolific Suryakumar Yadav, and pacer Shardul Thakur, who will be away on national duty. Apart from Shaw, the Mumbai batting lineup has young opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, 'crisis man' Siddhesh Lad, experienced wicket-keeper batsman Aditya Tare, Akhil Herwadkar, Sarfaraz Khan, and all-rounder Shivam Dube. The bowling attack will be led by experienced speedster Dhawal Kulkarni and comprises pacers Tushar Deshpande and Aakash Parkar, spinners Prashant Solanki, Atharva Ankolekar, and Shams Mulani.

The Squad: Prithvi Shaw (captain), Yashaswi Jaiswal, Akhil Herwadkar, Siddhesh Lad, Dhaval Kulkarni, Sarfaraz Khan, Aditya Tare, Chinmay Sutar, Hardik Tramore, Shivam Dube, Aakash Parkar, Atif Attarwala, Shams Mulani, Atharva Ankolekar, Sairaj Patil, Sujit Nayak, Tanush Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Aman Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Siddharth Raut, and Mohit Awasthi.