Shreyas Iyer: The mega auction of Indian Premier League season 18 i.e. IPL 2025 will be held next week. The IPL 2025 auction is going to be held on 24-25 November. This auction is going to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and everyone is very excited for this, because during this auction many star players are going to be bid on. One of those star players is also Shreyas Iyer.
However, Shreyas Iyer has got very good news even before the IPL 2025 auction and he has been made the captain of Mumbai. So let us know what is the whole matter and why he has been made the captain of Mumbai.
Shreyas Iyer became the captain of Mumbai
Let us tell you that Shreyas Iyer’s performance as a batsman has been very good at the present time. Along with this, Kolkata Knight Riders also won the trophy under his captaincy in IPL 2024. Because of this, the Mumbai Cricket Association has handed over the command of the Mumbai team to him for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024.
Iyer will be seen captaining in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy
It is known that the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024 is going to start from November 23 and in its first match, Hyderabad is going to face Meghalaya. In this Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season, Shreyas Iyer will be seen leading the Mumbai team and under his leadership, the Mumbai team will face Goa on November 23 itself.
Till some time ago, there was news that Ajinkya Rahane could take the responsibility of leading the Mumbai team in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024. But this has not happened, rather due to the T20 format, the Mumbai Cricket Association has given the responsibility to Iyer.
Mumbai team for Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2024
Shreyas Iyer (captain), Prithvi Shaw, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Jai Bista, Ajinkya Rahane, Siddhesh Lad, Suryansh Shedge, Sairaj Patil, Hardik Tamore (wicketkeeper), Himanshu Singh, Tanush Kotian, Shardul Thakur, Akash Anand (wicketkeeper), Shams Mulani, Mohit Awasthi, Royston Dias and Junaid Khan.
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