MUMBAI: Mumbai have called up in-form opener Divyaansh Saxena, left-arm spinning allrounder Sujit Naik and ‘keeper-bat Prasad Pawar into their squad as replacements for Sarfaraz Khan and Yashasvi Jaiswal for the knockouts of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Ahmedabad. Mumbai play Uttar Pradesh in the pre-quarterfinal on Saturday.
This is a maiden Mumbai senior team call-up for the talented Divyaansh, who earned his berth in the senior team due to a fine show for Mumbai in the Under-25 State A Trophy (One-dayers) at Rajkot. Picked as Jaiswal’s replacement, the left-hander is currently the top run-getter (264 runs, including 2 centuries (116 vs Orissa & 148 vs Rajasthan) in 3 games, average: 132.00) in that tournament. Before this, the youngster had stroked 3 consecutive centuries in local cricket for Dadar Union-one in the Kanga League and 2 in the Purshottam Shield. In addition to his batting skills, he is ambidextrous- he can bowl with both his hands!
