Suryakumar Yadav to lead Mumbai team in Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy

Suryakumar Yadav will captain Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy starting on November 14. Mumbai is placed in Elite Group D alongside Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Hyderabad, Odisha, Uttarakhand, and Vidarbha. The team plays its first match against Hyderabad in Kolkata on November 14.

Squad and Key Players

The squad includes India all-rounder Shivam Dube and Shardul Thakur. Shardul Thakur returns to competitive cricket after recovering from a hand injury that kept him out of the first leg of the Ranji Trophy. The full team list features Suryakumar Yadav as captain, along with Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Divyaansh Saxena, Suved Parkar, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Sairaj Patil, Shivam Dube, Atharva Ankolekar, Shams Mulani, Maxwell Swaminathan, Tushar Deshpande, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Avasthi, Sylvester D'Souza, and wicketkeeper Hardik Tamore.

Player Background

Suryakumar Yadav was replaced earlier this year by Shreyas Iyer as India's T20I captain and also lost his place in the national team. During his time leading India, the team did not lose any T20 bilateral series, winning eight and drawing one with South Africa. He also guided India to the 2025 Asia Cup title and the 2026 T20 World Cup victory at home. He has scored 3,272 runs in 113 T20Is with four centuries and 25 half-centuries, making him India's third-highest run scorer in the format behind Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

Context

The Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy is a domestic Twenty20 cricket championship in India played between various state teams. Domestic tournaments give senior international players a platform to regain form and fitness while allowing young domestic talents to showcase their skills in front of selectors.