da brwin： Amol Muzumdar, once rated among the best batsmen in the country bypundits in Mumbai, has been dropped from the squad that will take onRest of India for the Zal Irani Trophy in Chennai later this month
Wisden CricInfo staff02-Sep-2003Amol Muzumdar, once rated among the best batsmen in the country bypundits in Mumbai, has been dropped from the squad that will take onRest of India for the Zal Irani Trophy in Chennai later this month.Sachin Tendulkar returns to the Mumbai squad as captain and SairajBahutule has been named vice-captain. Vinod Kambli, just back from areasonably successful stint at Boland, also makes a comeback.Muzumdar’s omission is hardly unexpected, given that he scored a mere173 runs from 10 innings in the last season. Youngsters like BhavinThakkar and Vineet Indulkar have grown from strength to strength in thattime.Dilip Vengsarkar, the chairman of selectors, told Mid-Day.comthat this was not the end of the road for Muzumdar. He was quoted assaying: “Amol is very much part of our plans. He is among the probablesand could use the Times Shield to get back among the runs.”The pace department is led by Ajit Agarkar, backed up by AavishkarSalvi, who recently made his debut for India in a one-day international.Swapnil Hazare, the under-19 medium-pacer and Robin Morris, the seambowling allrounder are expected to chip in.Apart from Bahutule, Tendulkar can also turn to Nilesh Kulkarni if hewants spin.The Rest of India team is widely expected to be a strong one, and a keencontest is in the offing.Mumbai squad Sachin Tendulkar (capt), Sairaj Bahutule (vice-capt),Wasim Jaffer, Vinayak Mane, Nishit Shetty, Vinod Kambli, NileshKulkarni, , Bhavin Thakkar, Ramesh Powar, Vinayak Samant (wk), RobinMorris, Vineet Indulkar, Ajit Agarkar, Swapnil Hazare, Avishkar Salvi.