Suryakumar Yadav, is ready to appear in the Ranji Trophy 2025 quarter-final match against Haryana.He will be the one to give Mumbai the necessary aggressive batting needed to set the tone for the innings.

On other side Shivam Dube's performance will come in Mumbai plays at upcoming quarter-final match against Haryana. 

Mumbai Road to quarter-finals

Mumbai have qualified for the quarter-finals by completing the league stage second in their group, and a match lost  to Jammu and Kashmir. Dominating performances in the league stage, with a much  win against Meghalaya, secured Mumbai a spot in the knockouts. Yadav and Dube are expected to help Mumbai to win its 42nd Ranji Trophy title.

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Match Details:

• Fixture: Mumbai vs Haryana – Ranji Trophy Quarter-Final
• Date: February 8, 2025
• Venue: Eden Gardens , Kolkata, West Bengal
• Time: 9:30 AM IST

Suryakumar Yadav preparing for the Ranji Quarters. 🌟 pic.twitter.com/XEue2UMeh7

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) February 7, 2025

Live Stream and Telecast:

• TV: Watch live on Sports18.
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• Updates: Follow BCCI’s social media for live scores and highlights.

Exceptation from the match:

Lahli pitch is known to help the bowler mainly pacer. Mumbai strong batsmen, including Yadav, Dube, and skipper Ajinkya Rahane, would take  Haryana's bowling attack. For Haryana, facing the match would like to win and entry the semi-finals.

It's going to be a highly charged knockout pressure situation, with players returning, which promises this quarter-final to be an exciting contest.

T20 Mumbai League Returns: Third Edition Scheduled After IPL 2025

The Mumbai Cricket Association said certainly to bringing back the T20 Mumbai League. All the Players who enjoy playing cricket in Mumbai are extremely happy. After the major IPL games finish on May 25, our own Mumbai games will start on May 26 or 27 and run until June 5. What's confusing is that all of this was decided at a really fast meeting on a Friday by the major chiefs of the Mumbai Cricket Association.

They were ready to begin that, even though it's going to happen right after those important IPL games. The best part is, they want to demonstrate all the young cricketers in Mumbai, so they'll make the T20 League happen no matter what. Abhay Hadap, who helps lead, is like, we're going to make this work for our cricket Players. And they must speak to the BCCI, which is somewhat like the cricket chiefs, to get the green light from them.

A good news for all the Mumbai Cricket fans

MCA will be once again starting the T20 Mumbai League (3rd edition) after the completion of IPL 2025.

The tournament will be from May 26/27 to June 5

Looking forward to it ❤️🙏

— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994) January 29, 2025

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Those games are going to be amazing because they'll let a large amount of local players blew the ball and swing the bat in eight different teams. It's vitally key they try their best so they can get picked, someday, for very, very big IPL teams, or even the largest the India team!,And in the first ever T20 Mumbai League, the Triumph Knights were the champions. That was significantly in 2018. People really enjoyed watching the league then, but they haven't played in a while. That's why this news makes cricket lovers in Mumbai move up and down a lot! The T20 Mumbai League is coming back and everyone is very happy because it's going to help local cricket players get noticed for larger games.

A lot of famous players come from there. To show how amazing they are at cricket, the city has a new idea. They're making an exceptionally wonderful cricket museum, with the brilliant centerpiece of demonstrating all the interesting parts about Mumbai's cricket and the players that made the city so good at the game. 

The Ranji Trophy is going on and the Mumbai vs Jammu & Kashmir match taking place in Mumbai. 

Meanwhile, Indian Captain Rohit Sharma playing domestic for Mumbai, today is 3rd day of the match between Mumbai and J&K.

Jammu and Kashmir need 205 runs to win the match and Mumbai has to defend this and the team Mumbai is being led by Indian player Ajinkya Rahane.

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However, before the match started, Rohit Sharma was seen giving a preparation talk to the Mumbai team.

Here’s the video:

Rohit Sharma giving Pep Talk to Mumbai team ahead of defending 205 runs at BKC. 👌

pic.twitter.com/FEmRJduafX

— Rohan💫 (@rohann__18) January 25, 2025

This video showed his leadership skills and the responsibility of the senior player as he is also the captain of the Indian team. 

Now, his fans over the twitter, spreading this video and showing his skills and support towards the team.

Meanwhile, the match condition is not in favor of Mumbai as J&K has already scored 72 runs.

If we talk about the condition of this match, Mumbai batted first and scored 120 runs, followed by J&K scoring 206 runs before getting all out. After that, Mumbai scored 290 runs, and now J&K is at 78-1, needing 127 more runs to win.

The Ranji Trophy match is going on, that is on 23rd January the match between Mumbai and Jammu & Kashmir is taking place in Mumbai.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma and opener Yashasvi Jaiswal also participated in this match.

There were questions regarding Rohit Sharma's test form, which led BCCI to decide that all Indians would play domestic cricket.

Keeping all these things in mind, Rohit Sharma entered the domestic circuit and played his first match against Jammu & Kashmir.

But Rohit Sharma could not give a good start, he was out for only 3 runs in 19 balls.

Watch the Video of Rohit Sharma's Dismissal:

Our selfless captain sacrificed his wicket for this youngster so that he can get a chance in his career to play for indian cricket team.
Rohit Sharma✨🤞 pic.twitter.com/xIyAUz2r2R

— Humza Sheikh (@Sheikhhumza49) January 23, 2025

After Rohit's dismissal, some of his fans were angry, some fans also supported him that he would make a comeback.

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Rohit Sharma is preparing for Champions Trophy 2025 by playing in Ranji Trophy but his first match did not go much and he could score only 3 runs.

But people believe that Rohit will make a comeback in the Champions Trophy 2025 because it has been seen that no matter how bad Rohit's form is, his performance in the ICC tournament has been amazing.

While the Indian Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma is set to return to the Ranji Trophy, it has forced the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) to increase the seating capacity for the upcoming match.

Defending champions Mumbai are ready for the crucial upcoming Ranji Trophy 2024-25 match against Jammu and Kashmir. Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC (Mumbai) will host the match, starting on January 23. It is a must-win game for both teams to stay in contention for the knockout stage qualification. 

Ajinkya Rahane will continue his leadership role in the Mumbai side for the upcoming group stage match, while the Indian stars Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma are likely to open for the 42-time Ranji Trophy champions.

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There will also be proper security arrangements at BKC too

An MCA source told the Times of India that the regional governing body is increasing the seating capacity for the upcoming Ranji Trophy match due to the presence of Indian stars. In fact, there are also proper security arrangements for the match, while the fans will have to show their I-cards at the entry point.

The source told TOI, "Normally, there are seating arrangements for 100-odd spectators at BKC, but we will have around 500 seats for fans near the ground machinery there. Fans will have to show their I-cards at the entry point. Considering the presence of the India stars, there will also be proper security arrangements at BKC too."

Rohit Sharma is a legend for Mumbai

Rohit Sharma played his last Ranji Trophy match in 2015. So, the upcoming encounter against Jammu and Kashmir will be Rohit’s first Ranji game in almost the last 10 years. With 3941 runs, Rohit is the ninth-leading run-scorer for Mumbai in first-class cricket history. The right-handed batter has an average of 66.79, the highest among the Mumbai batters with 3000+ first-class runs, and he has scored 14 centuries and 15 half-centuries in 65 innings.

Indian Test and ODI captain Rohit Sharma is set to make his Ranji Trophy return as he has been named in the 17-member full Mumbai squad for their upcoming home encounter against Jammu and Kashmir. Rohit will play under the skipper Ajinkya Rahane. 

Defending champions Mumbai battling to qualify for the knockout stages

The defending champions Mumbai are ready to host Jammu and Kashmir in their upcoming Ranji Trophy 2024-25 group stage match, starting on January 23. It is a crucial game for both teams as the Elite Group A second-placed Jammu and Kashmir have 23 points (three wins and two draws) and the third-placed Mumbai have 22 points (three wins, one loss, and one draw). Baroda are leading the table with 27 points (four wins and one draw). Only the top two of the points table can advance to the knockout stages.

Ajinkya Rahane is set to continue his leadership role for Mumbai, where Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Shivam Dube, etc. are set to challenge the present Group A runners-up.

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Rohit Sharma is ready to make his Ranji Trophy return after almost a decade

The 37-year-old Rohit Sharma is set to play a Ranji Trophy match for the first time since 2015. He is struggling in the red-ball cricket as the right-handed batter hasn’t scored many runs in the 2024-25 Test season.

In his last eight Tests, Rohit scored 164 runs in 15 innings with an average of 10.93. Except for one 52 runs against New Zealand during the third innings of the Bengaluru Test, Rohit managed only one more 20+ runs in his last 15 Test innings. 

In the recently concluded Australia tour, where India lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 by 3-1, skipper Rohit scored only 31 runs in five innings (average 6.20) and dropped himself from the last Test at Sydney.

For Mumbai, Rohit is the ninth leading first class run-scorer with 3941 runs in 65 innings (45 matches) with an average of 66.79, including 14 centuries and 15 half-centuries with the highest score of 309 not out. Among the Mumbai batters with 3000+ first-class runs, Rohit has the highest batting average.

Before the beginning of the home ODI series against England, Rohit Sharma needs a good batting performance in the Ranji Trophy to regain his confidence. He is a very important name for Team India for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2025. ​

Complete Mumbai Squad for Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match against Jammu and Kashmir

Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ayush Mhatre, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, Hardik Tamore (wk), Akash Anand (wk), Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Awasthi, Sylvester Dsouza, Royston Dias, Karsh Kothari. 

In a record-breaking run feast at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Mumbai mount a gigantic first-innings score of 403 for the loss of seven wickets against Nagaland in the Group C fixture of the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy. Ayush Mhatre and Angkrish Raghuvanshi set the tone early on with a scintillating 156-run opening stand and Shardul Thakur subsequently applied the finishing touches by slamming 73 (28) to help Mumbai cross the 400-run barrier.

It was a day to forget for the Nagaland bowlers. They received some heavy pounding from the Mumbai batters, mostly notably from Mhatre, Raghuvanshi, and later from the Mumbai skipper Thakur who smoked them to all parts. Nagaho Chishi turned out to be the most expensive bowler finishing with expensive figures of 2-100 in his 10 whereas Imliwati Lemtur was the only bowler who bowled with some degree of control finishing with formidable figures of 1-49 while going at 4.9 RPO.

Shardul's late flourish with the bat powers Mumbai to a massive score

With the stage perfectly set for an insane assault towards the back end of the innings, the former Indian all-rounder wasted no time in getting into the act. Walking in to bat at number six, Shardul raced to his half-century in a matter of only 24 balls. He remained unbeaten till the end and improved his individual score to 73. In his 28-ball innings,  Shardul hammered two fours and eight sixes and scored at a breathtaking strike rate of 260.71.

Shardul predominately scored on both sides of the wicket however, his wagon wheel suggests that the hard-hitting all-rounder favored the off-side more than the on-side. Nearly 52% of his runs came on the off side. He primarily targeted the long off boundary and the mid-wicket boundary and smashed as many as six boundaries in these regions. Third man and fine leg have been his least productive scoring regions in his blazing 28-ball innings.

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Shardul's Wagon Wheel

At the time of writing, Nagaland had already commenced their run chase and it was Shardul Thakur again who sprung back into action with the ball this time reducing Nagaland to 13-2 by the end of the fifth over.

The exclusion of Prithvi Shaw from Mumbai's domestic squad for the 2024-25 Vijay Hazare Trophy has made several headlines in recent times. But given his ongoing struggles with form, fitness, and discipline, such a development was on the cards for the promising batter. Previously, his omission from the Mumbai Ranji squad also left Shaw immensely frustrated. 

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Shaw vents his frustration on his Instagram

Facing exclusions on both fronts has been a bitter pill to swallow for the former U-19 World Cup-winning captain. With over 100 domestic appearances for Mumbai across formats, Shaw was not only frustrated but was left baffled as to what more an individual needs to do in order to cement his place in the side.   

To express his anguish following his snub, Shaw took to Instagram to post a story that read the following:

“Tell me, God, what more do I have to see… If 65 innings, 3399 runs at an average of 55.7 with a strike rate of 126, I'm not good enough… but I will keep my faith in you, and hopefully, people believe in me still… because I will come back for sure. Om Sai Ram.”

MCA uncovers the real reason behind Shaw's snub in the Vijay Hazare Trophy

Prithvi Shaw's Instagram story did not go unnoticed by MCA. In a recent turn of events, the governing body stated that the young 23-year-old batter was dropped solely on grounds of fitness and discipline. 

Although MCA highlighted fitness and discipline as their key areas of concern, they also advised Shaw to work on his game and remain hopeful of a resounding comeback from him if all boxes are ticked.

“The fitness concern is there, but the performance is also not there currently. He needs to work on his fitness, discipline, and performance. The main issue is the fitness. You see the matches. You get the image, right? Just by looking at his frame, the fitness issues are there for everyone to see. We hope he works on these issues and makes a strong comeback. We all know his talent. It is just about him putting in the hard yards.”

Prithvi was a part of Mumbai's victorious run in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. However, he did not make a significant contribution. Although Mumbai secured the championship, Shaw faced difficulties with his batting. Over the course of nine innings, he was unable to accumulate 200 runs, maintaining an average of less than 25 and consistently finding it challenging to perform against the new ball.

Mumbai create new T20 cricket history after openers Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane’s thrashing start and Suryansh Shedge’s fiery finish in the high-scoring chase of the SMAT 2024-25 quarter-final against Vidarbha.

After Mumbai chose to field first, Vidarbha scored 221/6 in 20 overs. In reply, Mumbai chased the target in 19.2 overs after losing four wickets. 

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Vidarbha had two half-centuries before Shubham Dubey's fiery batting

Vidarbha openers Atharva Taide and Karun Nair provided a solid start with a 60-run opening partnership before Nair lost his wicket for 26 runs in the sixth over. While the opener Taide scored 66 off 41 balls (10 fours and one six), the no.4 batter Apoorv Wankhade scored 51 off 33 balls (two fours and three sixes). They had an 81-run partnership for the third wicket. Later, Shubham Dubey fired up with 43 not out off 19 balls with three fours and three sixes.  

Among the Mumbai bowlers, Atharva Ankolekar (2/32) and Suryansh Shedge (2/36) took two wickets each while Tanush Kotian (1/19) got a wicket. 

Shaw and Rahane started strongly before Dube and Shedge's outstanding finishing

Mumbai openers Prithvi Shaw and Ajinkya Rahane started the chase in a dominant way. The openers had an 83-run partnership for the first wicket before Shaw was dismissed for 49 off 26 balls with five fours and four sixes. 

Rahane continued his strong batting performances despite the captain Shreyas Iyer (5) and Suryakumar Yadav (9) losing their wickets cheaply. When Rahane was dismissed in the 16th over, Mumbai scored 157/4, and they still required 65 runs in 29 balls. 

Rahane scored 84 off 45 balls with the help of 10 fours and three sixes. The right-handed batter completed his 47th T20 half-century in 27 balls. It was his fourth 50+ score in his last five T20 innings (52, 68, 22, 95, and 84). 

Shivam Dube and Suryansh Shedge slammed the opponent bowlers and comfortably chased the giant target. While Dube scored 37 not out off 22 balls (one four and two sixes), Shedge scored 36 not out off just 12 balls (one four and four sixes).

Highest successful chase in a T20 knockout stage

It was the highest successful chase in a knockout match in T20 cricket history. The previous record was successfully chasing the 210-run target by Karachi Dolphins against Rawalpindi Rams at Lahore during the semi-final of the Faysal Bank T-20 Cup 2010-11.  

Meanwhile, it was also the joint third-highest successful chase for a team in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy history. 

Shreyas Iyer has finally brought his consistent form with the bat as he scored his second consecutive first-class century in domestic cricket, which shined in a double century. 

Although Shreyas Iyer led Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to win the IPL 2024 title, which was the third IPL trophy success for the team, Iyer is now under pressure for his inconsistent form. After scoring 351 runs in 14 innings in the IPL 2024, Iyer struggled in the ODI series in Sri Lanka, where the right-handed batter scored only 38 runs in three innings. 

During the Duleep Trophy, Iyer failed to reach the double-digit scores in the first innings chances and scored 54, 41, and 50 runs in the second innings opportunities. 

In the first two first-class games for Mumbai this season, the right-handed batter scored 95 runs in four innings, including 57 runs against Rest of India in the Irani Cup. Iyer's inconsistent batting form forced KKR to release him from the squad before the mage auction. 

Shreyas Iyer scored 233 runs

After scoring 142 runs against Maharastra in his previous Ranji Trophy match, Iyer was absent against Tripura due to his shoulder injury. Returning to the team, Iyer now scored 233 runs off 228 balls against Odisha with the help of 24 fours and nine sixes. 

Iyer had a 354-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Siddesh Lad, who scored 169 not out off 337 balls with 17 fours. Their batting powered Mumbai to score 602/4 before captain Ajinkya Rahane declared the innings. Rahane disappointed the innings with a golden duck. 

Apart from Lad and Iyer, the KKR cricketer Angkrish Raghuvanshi also shined against Odisha, as the opener scored 92 runs in 124 balls with 13 fours and three sixes. 

In reply, Odisha scored 146/5 at the stumps of the second day. They are trailing by 456 runs. 

Iyer played two Tests during England tour of India this year

Apart from 62 ODIs, Iyer has played 51 T20Is and 14 Tests for India. His last T20I was in December 2023 during the Bengaluru T20I against Australia. 

Iyer played his last Test in February during the home five-match Test series against England. Iyer featured in the first two Tests of the series, where he scored 13, 35, 29, and 27 runs, respectively.