Rohit Sharma's poor form with the bat continued as he wad dismissed for just 3 runs in the Ranji Trophy match against Jammu & Kashmir on Thursday. The opener tried to work Umar Mir's delivery into the leg-side, but only managed a leading edge, easily puched by opposition captain Paras Dogra.
Of late there have been questions over Rohit's form in the longest format after his forgettable outing in his last eight Tests, including against New Zealand at home and against Australia Down Under. The BCCI recently made it mandatory for all contracted India players to participate in domestic cricket except when there are fitness issues.
Rohit had cited a busy schedule with the national team as reasons for not playing domestic cricket. Rohit last played in the Ranji Trophy in November 2015, when he scored 113 runs against Uttar Pradesh. Mumbai are without Suryakumar Yadav who is leading the Indian T20 side against England and Sarfaraz Khan who is reportedly not available due to injury.
Squad details
Mumbai Squad: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rohit Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ayush Mhatre, Shreyas Iyer, Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, Hardik Tamore (WK), Akash Anand (WK), Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Himanshu Singh, Shardul Thakur, Mohit Awasthi, Sylvester Dsouza, Royston Dias, Karsh Kothari
J&K squad: Paras Dogra (C), Shubham Khajuria (VC), Kanhaiya Wadhawan (WK), Auqib Nabi, Vivrant Sharma, Yawer Hassan, Abdul Samad, Sahil Lotra, Abid Mushtaq, Yudhvir Singh, Umar Nazir, Nasir Lone, Sunil Kumar, Vanshaj Sharma, Waseem Bashir.
