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New Delhi: Mumbai announced a strong 17-member squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on November 21. Shardul Thakur will lead the team. while Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube are also included in the squad.
The 2025–26 season of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy is set to start on November 26, with Mumbai playing their league-stage games at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Suryakumar’s comeback to domestic T20 cricket comes at an important time. He scored 717 runs at a strike rate of 167.91 in the IPL 2025, but his form in international cricket has dipped. In 2025, he managed to score just 184 runs across 15 T20I innings, averaging 15.33 with a strike rate of 127.77.
The T20I captain will look to regain some form by playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, ahead of India's busy white-ball calendar. After the Test series, the Men in Blue will face South Africa in the five-match T20I series, starting from December 9.
The first game of the five-match T20I series will be played in Cuttack, followed by Chandigarh (11 December), Dharamshala (14 December), Lucknow (17 December), and Ahmedabad (19 December).
After the South Africa series, India will host New Zealand for three ODIs and five T20I matches, beginning from January 11, while the 2026 T20 World Cup will start in February. The defending champions also included experienced players like Shivam Dube, Ajinkya Rahane, Sarfaraz Khan, and Ayush Mhatre, offering depth and firepower to the team.
Shardul Thakur (C), Ajinkya Rahane, Ayush Mhatre, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube, Sairaj Patil, Musheer Khan, Suryansh Shedge, Atharva Ankolekar, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Tushar Deshpande, Irfan Umair and Hardik Tamore (wk)
