Vijay Hazare Trophy 2020-21: Arjun Tendulkar selected for the probable players' camp

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has decided to host the 2021 edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy along with Vinoo Mankad Under-19 Trophy and the Senior Women’s One-day tournament. The 2020-21 domestic season was curtailed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, however, after the success of the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, which commenced on January 10, 2021, in a biosecure bubble, BCCI is keen to host other tournaments too.

It would be the first time in 87 years that the Indian board would not host the Ranji Trophy tournament. BCCI Secretary Jay Shah wrote a letter on Friday to the state associations to make them aware of the upcoming domestic Men’s and Women’s tournament.

“The pandemic has tested each and every one of us and there is no life that has remained untouched by it, and while it has been difficult, your support has meant that we have been able to resume both domestic and international cricket in the men’s category.

“However, it was extremely important for us to ensure that women’s cricket takes place and I am extremely happy to inform you that we are going to conduct the Senior Women’s One-day tournament simultaneously with the Vijay Hazare Trophy and follow it up with Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under 19. This has been decided after having received your feedback on the domestic season 2020-21,” Jay Shah said in the letter.

MCA reveals a list of 100 players for the probable player’s camp

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) announced a pool of 100 players for the probable players’ camp for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2021. Few notable mentions in the squad are Suryakumar Yadav, Prithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar, Shivam Dube, Aditya Tare, Sarfaraz Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Dhawal Kulkarni.

MCA Secretary Sanjay Naik and Jt Secretary Shahalam Shaikh said in a statement as quoted by Times Now News, “All the selected players are requested to report at MCA Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy, Bandra Kurla Complex on Monday, February 1, 2021 at 8 am in coloured clothing.”

100 players shortlisted by MCA are: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Shivam Dube, Surya Kumar Yadav, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Lad, Dhaval Kulkarni, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Akarshit Gomel, Bhupen Lalwani, Arman Jaffar, Prayag Bhati, Akhil Herwadkar, Divyansh Saxena, Kevin Almeida, Bravish Shetty, Akhil Rajput, Vaidik Murkar, Chinmay Sutar, Hashir Dafedar, Jayesh Pokhare, Nikhil Patil (Jr), Agni Chopra, Gaurish Jadhav, Suved Parkar, Nikhil Patil (Sub Jr), Siddharth Akre, Japjeet Randhawa, Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Kaushik Chikhlikar, Varun Lawande, Atharva Ankolekar, Shams Mulani

Sujit Nayak, Dhrumil Matkar, Asif Shaikh, Karsh Kothari, Kunal Thorat, Sagar Mishra, Shreyas Gurav, Vinayak Bhoir, Vijay Gohil, Yash Dicholkar, Yash Chavan, Aditya Dhumal, Nehal Katakdhond, Rahul Sawant, Prasad Patil, Gaurav Jathar, Rraunak Ssharma, Khizar Dafedar, Prashant Solanki, Parikshit Valsangkar, Pardeep Sahu, Tanush Kotian, Shashank Attarde, Salman Khan, Ankush Jaiswal, Akshay Ghorpade, Kalpesh Sawant, Akash Parkar, Aman Khan, Sairaj Patil, Shubham Ranjane, Hardik Tamore

Prasad Pawar, Akash Anand, Ajinkya Patil, Vaibhav Kalamkar, Siddhanth Adatrao, Adeeb Usmani, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Ravi Solanki, Kruthik Hanagawadi, Minad Manjrekar, Prathamesh Dake, Atif Attarwala, Vikas Singh, Saksham Jha, Arjun Tendulkar, Abul Kalam, Roystan Dias, Aquib Qureshi, Siddharth Raut, Danish Shaikh, Hruthik Kamble, Nikhil Date, Nadeem Shaikh, Anjdeep Lad, Atif Shaikh, Deepak Shetty, Harsh Tanna, Swapnil Salvi, Prasad Patil, Swapnil Pradhan, Parag Khanapurkar, Sumit Ghadigaonkar, Rugved Kulkarni.