Overview
- Suryakumar Yadav has been named in Mumbai’s 17-member Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad but will play under captain Shardul Thakur.
- Selectors finalized the squad a day after reports suggested Suryakumar would lead, reversing the early expectation and confirming Thakur’s role.
- Suryakumar said Shubman Gill’s rapid rise into leadership motivates him and insisted he has “left fear long back,” pointing to a strong T20I win record as captain.
- Mumbai open their SMAT campaign on November 26 in Lucknow, with Suryakumar and Shivam Dube expected to feature early before joining India for T20Is against South Africa starting December 9.
- BCCI selectors were slated to name India’s T20I and ODI squads on November 23, with reports noting uncertainty over ODI captaincy should Shubman Gill remain unavailable due to a neck issue.