Mumbai
Indian Test and ODI team captain Rohit Sharma returned to Ranji Trophy after a gap of almost a decade. Mumbai team started playing against Jammu and Kashmir at BKC ground in Mumbai from today (Thursday). During this time all eyes were on Rohit and Yashasvi Jaiswal. While the fans were excited by the explosive performance in the Kolkata T20 on Wednesday night, they were disappointed the next morning i.e. Thursday. In fact, the failure of Team India’s ODI and Test captain Rohit Sharma, who tried his hand in domestic cricket, continued.
Ajinkya Rahane won the toss in the Ranji Trophy match between Mumbai and Jammu and Kashmir which started today (January 23). He decided to bat first. Both Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal flopped in the match. Yashasvi Jaiswal was out LBW on the ball of Aaqib Nabi after scoring 4 runs. Jaiswal was caught while Rohit Sharma also scored 3 runs and was caught by Paras Dogra on the ball of Umar Nazir. Rohit Sharma came to play in Ranji after 9 years and 3 months.
For the last few months, 37 year old Rohit has not been able to play big innings. He is facing criticism after the crushing defeat in the Test series on home soil in New Zealand and Australia. In the last Australia tour, Rohit was able to score only 31 runs in 5 innings of 3 Tests.
This match against Jammu and Kashmir may be the only match for Rohit this season. Rohit will captain India in the three-match ODI series against England starting from February 6 and then in the Champions Trophy.
Rohit last played Ranji cricket in 2015
Indian captain Rohit Sharma was last seen playing Ranji cricket in 2015 (7 to 10 November). Then Rohit played a brilliant inning of 113 runs against UP at Wankhede Stadium. Rohit has so far scored 9290 runs in 128 first class matches, here his highest score is 309*. Apart from this, Rohit has also taken 24 wickets in first class matches while bowling.
Rahane is captaining
Ajinkya Rahane is the captain of Mumbai in this match against Jammu and Kashmir. Mumbai team is adorned with star players in this match. Apart from Rohit Yashasvi, there are many star players of Team India in the playing 11.
Mumbai’s playing 11 against Jammu and Kashmir: Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ajinkya Rahane (captain), Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dubey, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Mohit Awasthi, Karsh Kothari.
Jammu and Kashmir playing 11 against Mumbai: Paras Dogra (captain), Shubham Khajuria, Kanhaiya Wadhawan (wicketkeeper), Aaqib Nabi, Vivarant Sharma, Yawar Hasan, Abdul Samad, Abid Mushtaq, Yudhveer Singh, Umar Nazir Mir, Vanshaj Sharma.
