Mumbai will enter the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 without several key players. Mumbai Cricket Association announced a 16-member squad for the playoffs, with Siddhesh Lad named as the captain, while regular captain Shardul Thakur will miss the matches due to a calf injury.
The Vijay Hazare Trophy has progressed to the knockout stage after the league stage, with eight teams qualifying for the quarter-finals. Notably, following the BCCI guidelines, many top Indian players including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh and Rishabh Pant returned to the 50-over tournament.
Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey left in as Siddhesh to lead Mumbai into the knockout
The team will go into the knockout stage without Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dubey. Rohit and Iyer are part of India’s squad for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, while Suryakumar and Dubey will return to the national team for the T20I series.
The team, which finished second in its group, will be led by Siddhesh Lad till the end of the tournament. He has made some changes in his team, including all-rounder Atharva Ankolekar and fast bowler Mohit Awasthi in place of Chinmay Sutar and Sylvester D’Souza.
Lad missed a major part of the league stage due to the presence of Indian internationals like Iyer, Suryakumar and Dubey. The experienced batsman is now ready for the challenge of leading the team into the knockouts with a balanced team.
Mumbai team for Vijay Hazare Trophy knockout:
Siddhesh Lad (captain), Sarfaraz Khan, Tushar Deshpande, Shams Mulani, Mohit Awasthi, Atharva Ankolekar, Tanush Kotian, Akash Anand, Hardik Tamore, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Ishan Moolchandani, Shashank Attarde, Omkar Tarmale, Sairaj Patil.
Defending champions Karnataka will take on the Siddhesh Lad-led side in the first quarter-final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy in Bengaluru on Monday. 12 januaryKarnataka finished on top of their group, while Mumbai finished second to qualify for the knockouts,
Both teams have good players who can change the game quickly. With strong teams from both sides, the match promises to be an exciting encounter.
Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025-26 has entered the knockout stage
A total of 38 teams participated in the domestic circuit in the List-A format. With only eight sides left in the competition, the tournament has now entered its most competitive phase. The quarterfinal winners will advance to the semi-finals and the two teams that win there will advance to the final to fight for the title.
The teams that have qualified for the knockout stage are Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Mumbai, Punjab, Saurashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha.
The quarter final matches are Karnataka vs Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh vs Saurashtra, Punjab vs Madhya Pradesh and Delhi vs Vidarbha. All four matches will be played at the Center of Excellence in Bengaluru, with two matches taking place on January 12 and the remaining two on January 13.
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