Prithvi Shaw to lead Mumbai in Ranji knockouts

Mumbai are set to play Uttarakhand in the quarterfinals and the Salil Ankola-led senior selection committee on Monday picked the 21-member squad, which was announced late night.

Prithvi Shaw in action . (File)

Opener Prithvi Shaw wil lead Mumbai in the knock-out rounds of the Ranji Trophy, beginning from June 6 in Bengaluru.

Mumbai are set to play Uttarakhand in the quarterfinals and the Salil Ankola-led senior selection committee on Monday picked the 21-member squad, which was announced late night.

The selectors have reposed their faith in batter Sarfaraz Khan, who had a decent IPL for Delhi Capitals.

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Other young batters, including Armann Jaffer and Yashasvi Jaiswal have also been named in the squad along with veteran wicket-keeper batter Aditya Tare.

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The bowling attack is led by experienced pacer Dhawal Kulkarni and has all-rounder Shams Mulani and pacer Tushar Deshpande.

Shreyas Iyer will be on national duty for the T20 series against South Africa.

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Squad: Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Bhupen Lalwani, Arman Jaffer ,Sarfaraz Khan, Suved Parkar, Aakarshit Gomel, Aditya Tare, Hardik Tamore, Aman Khan, Sairaj Patil, Shams Mulani, Dhrumil Matkar , Tanush Kotian, Shashank Attarde , Dhaval Kulkarni , Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Roystan Dias, Siddharth Raut and Musheer Khan

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