Tendulkar, Zaheer, Agarkar to play Ranji final Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:33 [IST]
Mumbai: Former champions Mumbai will be at full-strength for
the Ranji Trophy Super League final against Bengal
to be played here from February 2-6.
Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar and Ramesh Powar, who are currently
doing duty for the country in the one-day series against West
Indies, have been included in the 19-member squad, which was
announced today.
Eyeing to regain the honours, the 36-time winners of the national title will be
led by middle-order batsman Amol Muzumdar, the leading run-scorer for Mumbai
this season.
Apart from retaining the eleven that played in the semi-final against Baroda in an away tie,
Iqbal Abdullah, Prashant Naik, Bhavin Thakkar and Kshemal Waingankar also have
been kept as a part of the squad.
Tendulkar last played for Mumbai in the national championship in 2000-01
against Baroda at MIG Club ground in a zonal
Ranji tie while left-arm seamer Zaheer, who was Baroda's bowling spearhead, would be making
his debut for Mumbai.
Marginal gate fees of Rs 50 on a daily basis for the Garware Stand has been
kept while entries for the other stands are free of cost.
Agarkar and Powar played in the Mumbai's final league match against Maharashtra
at Nasik before
switching to national duty.
Mumbai Squad: Amol Muzumdar (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer
Khan, Ramesh Powar, Sahil Kukreja, Wasim Jaffer, Hiken Shah, Rohit Sharma,
Abhishek Nair, Wilkin Mota, Vinayak Samant (w/k), Nilesh Kulkarni, Swapnil
Hazare, Rajesh Verma, Iqbal Abdullah, Prashant Naik, Bhavin Thakkar and Kshemal
Waingankar. |