Suryakumar, Rahane, Shreyas amongst icon gamers for T20 Mumbai

Suryakumar Yadav has been in high-quality type for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.
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Suryakumar Yadav, India’s T20I captain, and former Take a look at captain Ajinkya Rahane lead the pack of eight icon gamers for the third version of the T20 Mumbai, to be performed on the Wankhede Stadium from Might 26.

The Mumbai Cricket Affiliation (MCA) on Tuesday formally introduced the listing of eight icon gamers, all of whom are worldwide stars. Suryakumar has been in stupendous contact with the willow within the Indian Premier League, main Mumbai Indians’ march in direction of a spot within the playoffs.

Rahane, in the meantime, is main the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025. Additionally among the many icon gamers is Shreyas Iyer who has carried his exploits from India’s triumphant Champions Trophy marketing campaign into the IPL.

The opposite 5 icon gamers are middle-order batter Sarfaraz Khan, all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Shivam Dube, pacer Tushar Deshpande and opener Prithvi Shaw who has just lately fallen off the radar. Ought to Sarfaraz be picked for India’s tour of England, he could also be changed with Tanush Kotian.

“Having these gamers within the league will even elevate its stature and supply followers with an exciting and memorable expertise,” mentioned Ajinkya Naik, MCA president.

The Hindu understands forward of the participant public sale, to be held within the second week of Might, the MCA will conduct a draw of heaps among the many franchises to choose an icon participant every. Every icon participant shall be richer by ₹15 lakh.