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Rahane, Pujara named in Ranji squads

Rahane, Pujara named in Ranji squads

New Delhi, Feb 8 : India Test batters Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara have been named in Mumbai and Saurashtra squads respectively for the upcoming Ranji Trophy season. Both Rahane and Pujara, who are going through a prolonged lean patch, were expected to play Ranji to regain form. Ranji will be held in two phases, with the first phase to be played from February 10 to March 15 and the second half from May 26 to June 26. The domestic heavyweights Mumbai have been placed in Elite Group D along with Saurashtra, Odisha and Goa. The teams will play their matches at Ahmedabad. Arjun, son of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, also features in Mumbai squad which will be led by Prithvi Shaw. Wicket-keeper Aditya Tare and pacer Dhawal Kulkarni have also made it to the 21-member team. Saurashtra will be captained by left-arm speedster Jaydev Unadkat. Seasoned campaigners Sheldon Jackson along with pacer Chetan Sakariya, who made a mark in the IPL, have also been named in the squad. Mumbai squad: Prithvi Shaw (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit Gomel, Arman Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin Yadav, Aditya Tare (wk), Hardik Tamore (wk), Shivam Dube, Aman Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank Attarde, Dhaval Kulkarni, Mohit Awasthi, Prince Badiani, Siddharth Raut, Roystan Dias, Arjun Tendulkar. Saurashtra squad: Jaydev Unadkat (c), Cheteshwar Pujara, Sheldon Jackson, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Kamlesh Makwana, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Chetan Sakariya, Prerak Mankad, Vishvarajsinh Jadeja, Harvik Desai, Kevin Jivrajani, Kushang Patel, Jay Chauhan, Samarth Vyas, Parthkumar Bhut, Yuvrajsinh Chudasama, Devang Karamta, Snell Patel, Kishan Parmar, Aditya Jadeja. (UNI)

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