Sanju Samson to lead Kerala in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021

Sanju Samson will lead Kerala in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021, with Sachin Baby as his deputy. The tournament gets underway from November 4.

The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA), on October 24, announced the 20-man squad for the tournament, where Kerala is placed alongside Railways, Assam, Gujarat, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh in Elite Group D. Somes of the key names squad includes are those of veteran Robin Uthappa and Jalaj Saxena, alongside youngster Mohammed Azharuddeen, K Asif and Basil Thampi.

Kerala fixtures Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy:

Match 1, Nov 4 – Kerala vs Gujarat

Match 2, Nov 5 – Kerala vs Bihar

Match 3, Nov 6 – Kerala vs Railways

Match 4, Nov 8 – Kerala vs Assam

Match 5, Nov 9 – Kerala vs Madhya Pradesh

Kerala squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy: Sanju Samson (c), Sachin Baby (vc), Robin Uthappa, Jalaj Saxena, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Vishnu Vinod, K M Asif, Basil Thampi, Sijomon Joseph, Vatsal Govind, P K Midhun, S Midhun, Rohan Kunnummal, Rojith Ganesh, Sharafuddeen, Viswesar Suresh, Manu Krishnan, M S Akhil, Abdul Basith, Vaisakh Chandran.

Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey to lead Mumbai, Karnataka respectively

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) announced earlier this month that Indian Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane is set to lead Mumbai in the tournament, while Manish Pandey will be at the helm for Karnataka.

Mumbai squad includes Shivam Dube, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sarfaraz Khan, who were all recently playing the Indian Premier League 2021, whereas from Karnataka, all in Manish Pandey, Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal and Prasidh Krishna were active during the second of the league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Mumbai Squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Prithvi Shaw (Vice Captain), Aditya Tare, Shivam Dube, Tushar Deshpande, Sarfaraz Khan, Prashant Solanki, Shams Mulani, Atharva Ankolekar, Dhaval Kulkarni, Hardik Tamore, Mohit Awasthi, Siddhesh Lad, Sairaj Patil, Aman Khan, Arman Jaffer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Tanush Kotian, Deepak Shetty and Roystan Dias

Karnataka Squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy

Manish Pandey (c), Mayank Agarwal, Devdutt Padikkal, KV Siddharth, Rohan Kadam, Anirudha Joshi, Abhinav Manohar, Karun Nair, Sharath BR, Nihal Ullal, Shreyas Gopal, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jagadeesha Suchith, Pravin Dubey, KC Cariappa, Prasidh Krishna, Prateek Jain, Vyshak Vijaykumar, MB Darshan, Vidyadhar Patil.