Mumbai and Rest of India team have been announced for Irani Cup. Mumbai will be captained by Ajinkya Rahane and a total of 16 players have been selected in the team. The big news is that Prithvi Shaw has joined this team, while Sarfaraz Khan has not been selected in Mumbai's team. Sarfaraz Khan is currently in the Indian Test team. However, the interesting thing here is that BCCI has informed that if Sarfaraz does not play the second Test, he will be released from the team, but Mumbai's selectors have not kept this player in the squad. The second Test between India and Bangladesh is starting from September 27, while the Irani Cup will start from October 1.

Big news came from Mumbai team

The command of the Mumbai team has been handed over to Ajinkya Rahane. Apart from him, Shreyas Iyer has also been selected in the team. Shreyas Iyer failed to perform well in the Duleep Trophy. Siddhesh Lad has returned to the team while Ayush Mahatre has been selected in the team for the first time.

Strong team of Rest of India

The command of Rest of India has been given to Rituraj Gaikwad. Abhimanyu Easwaran has been made the vice-captain. Dhruv Jurel and Yash Dayal have also got a chance in this team, who are also in the Test team for the Bangladesh series. If these players do not get a chance in the playing eleven, then they will be released from Team India and that is why they have been selected in the Rest of India team.

Irani Cup

Irani Cup is a domestic cricket competition in India which is played between the Ranji Trophy champions and a team made up of the best players of other teams called Rest of India. This tournament was played for the first time in 1959-60. Mumbai has won the Irani Cup the most number of times, i.e. 14 times. The big thing is that the Mumbai team has not won the Irani Cup for 25 years.

Mumbai: Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Ayush Mahatre, Mushir Khan, Shreyas Iyer, Siddesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Hardik Tamore, Siddhant Adhatrao, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Awasthi, Mohammad Junaid Khan, Royston Dias.

Rest of India: Rituraj Gaikwad, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sai Sudarshan, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Ishan Kishan, Manav Suthar, Saransh Jain, Prasidh Krishna, Mukesh Kumar, Yash Dayal, Ricky Bhui, Shashwat Rawat, Khalil Ahmed, Rahul Chahar. (News is being updated)