Overview
- Rahane will miss the two remaining group fixtures: Hyderabad away on January 22–25 and Delhi at MCA-BKC on January 29–February 1.
- A senior MCA official told PTI that Yashasvi Jaiswal is also not available for the rest of the season, while Rahane’s absence is for personal reasons.
- Mumbai have reinforced the squad with Suved Parkar and Sairaj Patil, with the final list to be confirmed.
- Rahane stepped down as Mumbai captain before this season under successor Shardul Thakur and has one century in four Ranji matches this campaign.
- Mumbai enter phase two leading Elite Group D on 24 points from five matches.