Mumbai include Rahane, Agarkar for Ranji clash against Karnataka
Ajinkya Rahane is presently with the India squad for the second Test against the West Indies © AFP
Mumbai: Nov 15, 2011
Mumbai have drafted in Ajinkya Rahane, who is in the India squad for the second Test against the West Indies but not in the playing 11, to bolster their batting against Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match from November 17.
The Mumbai selectors also brought in fit-again veteran pacer Ajit Agarkar, to prop up the bowling that was taken to the cleaners by defending champions Rajasthan in their second league match that ended in a draw on Sunday.
To accommodate the duo, the 39-time champions dropped Nikhil Herwadkar and Kshemal Waingankar. The four-day match between the group’s joint leaders (9 points each) is to be played at the Brabourne Stadium.(PTI)
Squads:
Mumbai: Wasim Jaffer (c), Ajit Agarkar, Ramesh Powar, Rohit Sharma, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Suryakumar Yadav, Nikhil Patil (Jr), Kaustubh Pawar, Murtuza Hussain, Onkar Gurav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Avishkar Salvi, Iqbal Abdullah, Ankit Chavan.
Karnataka: R Vinay Kumar (c), K B Pawan, Robin Uthappa, Ganesh Satish, Manish Pandey, C M Gautam, Amit Verma, Stuart Binny, S Aravind, Abhimanyu Mithun, K P Appanna, Bharat Chipli, S K Moinuddin, Sunil Raju, S L Akshay, K J Gautham.