Suryakumar Yadav, India’s T20 captain, and all-rounder Shivam Dube have notified the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) selectors that they will be eligible for selection for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, with the final two T20 games taking place in Hyderabad. Mumbai’s final two games will be against Andhra on December 3 and 5, respectively.
Yadav missed four league games due to his sister’s marriage, but he is scheduled to rejoin the Mumbai club on Monday evening. Meanwhile, Dube will make his return three months after the Duleep Trophy began in September.
He notified us that he is available to play the final T20 game, and MCA has added his name. “He will fly on Monday,” an MCA source said.
It will be intriguing to observe whether the Mumbai team decides to change their batting order for India’s short-format captain. Prithvi Shaw, Angkrish Raghuvansi, Shreyas Iyer, and Ajinkya Rahane have been Mumbai’s opening batsmen. If Yadav makes it, he will have to rank fifth.
The Mumbai Indians’ 360 players bat in the top four positions for the Indian squad. The team management and Mumbai skipper Iyer will decide on Yadav’s batting position. When an MCA official queried Yadav about his batting position.