Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025: Star India players Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Suryakumar Yadav, and Shivam Dube haven't been picked for Mumbai's team for the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025. As per Sanjay Patil, who is the chairman of the senior selection committee, these players weren't available for the first round and will be available whenever they are available.
The BCCI has made it mandatory for all senior players to play at least two rounds of this tournament. Most of them are currently playing the five-match T20I series against South Africa and the three ODI series against New Zealand.
A few of them were hoping that Rohit would be playing throughout the tournament since he has retired from both T20Is and Tests and is gearing up to seal a spot for the 2027 World Cup.
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“All these Indian players will be accommodated in the Mumbai squad when they are available. If they aren’t available, it’s not right to name them in the squad and deprive a youngster of a place in the team," Patil was quoted as saying to the TOI.
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At the same time, Jaiswal, who was admitted to a hospital in Pune after suffering from acute gastroenteritis in Mumbai's last SMAT match.
“He will be included in the Mumbai squad once he gets clearance from the medical team," he said.
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At the same time, veteran batter Ajinkya Rahane is also not part of the team owing to a hamstring issue.
“He has got a hamstring issue, and will rest and recover. He will join the Mumbai team after the first couple of matches," he added.
They might have failed to defend the title or even qualify for the semis, but the selectors were satisfied with their performance.
“I’m quite happy with our performance. We won eight out of our 10 matches, which means that we played some good cricket. Everyone played well, especially Sarfaraz Khan. It’s just that we suffered badly due to the Net Run Rate Rule," he concluded.