Akhil Herwadkar leaves Mumbai team, Jackson returns to Saurashtra
Left-arm opener Akhil Herwadkar, who made his first-class debut in 2011, has left the Mumbai team, while veteran domestic cricketer Sheldon Jackson has returned to the Saurashtra team. Herwadkar has decided to pull out of the team after his name was not considered in the probable list announced by the Mumbai Cricket Association for the pre-season camp. Jackson has decided to return to Saurashtra after spending a year with Puducherry as a professional.
The 26-year-old Herwadkar, who scored 879 runs in Mumbai’s title-winning 2015-16 season, had sought an NOC from the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) and the MCA had given it a few days ago, though Hervadkar did not specify the status. Teams are changing. It is understood that Puducherry are looking for a left-handed opener. Hervadkar last played first-class cricket for Mumbai three years ago in 2018.
Meanwhile, Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) president Jaydev Shah on Sunday confirmed that 34-year-old batsman Sheldon Jackson will play for his state side this year, which was part of their Ranji Trophy winning team in the 2019-20 season, but what Hervadkar will replace Jackson, it has not been confirmed from Puducherry.
A Puducherry Cricket Association official said, “We need a left-handed opener, but we have options. We have time to decide.
Meanwhile, Mumbai’s senior selection committee comprising Salil Ankola (Chairman), Ghulam Parkar, Sunil More, Anand Yalvigi and Prasad Desai has picked players like Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Shardul Thakur, Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav, who will be playing in England. and are on national duties in Sri Lanka.
Mumbai’s probable squad: Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Shardul Thakur, Prithvi Shaw, Dhawal Kulkarni, Shivam Dubey, Aditya Tare, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, Arjun Tendulkar, Siddhesh Lad, Drew Gomel, Pragnesh Kanpilewar, Divyansh Saxena, Chinmay Sutar, Armaan Jaffer, Suved Parkar, Bhupen Lalwani, Hardik Tamor, Akash Parkar, Aman Khan, Shubham Ranjan, Sujit Nayak, Sairaj Patil, Prasad Pawar, Shams Mulani, Atharv Ankolekar, Dhrumil Matkar, Shreyas Gurav, Tanush Kotian , Ankush Jaiswal, Shashank Attarde, Prashant Solanki, Parikshit Valsangkar, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Awasthi, Nikhil Date, Roystan Dias, Atif Attarwala, Siddharth Raut, Kritik Hanagwadi, Deepak Shetty, Ravi Solanki.
