T20 Mumbai League: Suryakumar Yadav Triumph Knights’ icon participant; Shreyas Iyer goes to SoBo Mumbai

India T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav was named the icon participant for the Triumph Knights Mumbai NorthEast, whereas Shreyas Iyer went to SoBo Mumbai Falcons within the icon gamers’ draft for the T20 Mumbai League, right here on Friday.
The eight-team match is ready to be performed right here on the Wankhede Stadium from Might 26-June 8.
Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy captain Ajinkya Rahane will play for Namo Bandra Blasters, whereas India all-rounder Shivam Dube has been named within the roster for Arcs Andheri.
Indian Check batter Sarfaraz Khan went to Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs, whereas Tushar Deshpande was allotted to Mumbai South Central Maratha Royals.
Shardul Thakur was allotted to Eagle Thane Strikers and Prithvi Shaw went to North Mumbai Panthers.
After getting nearly 2,800 registrations for the third version of the T20 Mumbai League, the participant public sale shall be from a pruned listing of 400 gamers right here on Might 7, mentioned Mumbai Cricket Affiliation president Ajinkya Naik.
Former India captains Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar may also be related to the league however their roles shall be revealed at a later date.
India’s Check and ODI captain Rohit Sharma was earlier revealed because the model ambassador of the league which was beforehand held in 2018 and 2019.
Naik confirmed that Indian gamers, who will get ₹20 lakh every for his or her participation, have conveyed their availability for the match until they’re named within the nationwide aspect or are affected by any damage.
India are set to tour England from June 20 for a five-Check collection.
“The Indian gamers from Mumbai have agreed to take part within the T20 Mumbai League, which is able to convey plenty of inspiration and power to our rising gamers to show themselves on the bigger platform,” Naik informed the media.
“The eight groups will shortlist the gamers together with those that are in our system from the senior choice committee, U-23 and U-19 groups for the public sale. The pool shall be of round 400 gamers.”
“However will probably be essential to have one participant at the least from U-19 within the taking part in XI and the squad energy shall be of 18 gamers,” he added.
The T20 Mumbai League chairman Vihang Sarnaik mentioned, “We are going to tie up with a ticketing associate which shall be introduced in coming days.”
Each the public sale in addition to match shall be telecast stay on TV.