Mumbai team suffered a big blow. (Photo- PTI)

Team India is going to leave for Australia tour soon. At the same time, the rest of the star players will be seen playing in Ranji Trophy 2025-26. Ranji Trophy is going to start from Wednesday 15th October, in which a total of 38 teams will participate. A total of 19 matches will be played in the first round of this tournament. Then there will be 138 matches in the second round. But before the start of this tournament, the Mumbai team has suffered a big setback. A star player of the team is out of the first match of the tournament.

Mumbai team got a big shock

Indian all-rounder Shivam Dubey had to be ruled out of the first match of Ranji Trophy. Due to the cold of Srinagar, he has got stiffness in his back, due to which he will not be able to play in the first match for Mumbai against Jammu and Kashmir. The team management has advised Dubey to rest. Let us tell you, Shivam Dubey had gone to Srinagar with the Mumbai team, where this match will be played. But on the instructions of the medical team, he has returned back to Mumbai.

Shivam Dubey's absence in this match starting on Wednesday is a blow for Mumbai, especially when the team was out of the play-offs last season. In Elite Group D, Mumbai has to face strong teams like Hyderabad, Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Pondicherry, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Last year, Jammu and Kashmir surprised everyone by defeating Mumbai on their own ground, and now the team will try to make a comeback under the captaincy of Shardul Thakur.

Part of India's T20 team

Let us tell you, Dubey has been selected in the Indian T20 team which will play five T20 matches against Australia at the end of this month. In such a situation, it is expected that Dubey will recover soon and will leave for Australia with the Indian team on 23 October. Shivam Dubey was recently a part of the Indian team in the Asia Cup 2025, which won the title. His performance in this tournament was also very good.