The focus will be on Prithvi Shaw and the national selectors, who oversee the Mumbai captain’s performance as his side take on Uttar Pradesh in the final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy on Sunday. Shaw scored 754 runs in the tournament, including 105 not out, 227 not out, 185 not out, and 165, making him a contender to return during the three ODIs against England if Rohit Sharma opted to rest. Choose. It is still unclear whether this will happen or not, but the 21-year-old Shaw has certainly learned his lessons during the National One-Day Championship along with his continuity.
He is above the others at the domestic level and it is difficult for the national selectors to keep him out of the mix.
For Uttar Pradesh, a very stable organization led by coach Gyanendra Pandey, he has played solid cricket and led the team without the brilliant performance of Karan Sharma, a young captain.
His left-arm fast bowler Yash Dayal can imagine returning the ball to see if Shaw’s problems against Inswinger have been resolved. However, Dayal does not have the pace of Mitchell Starc and could be cannon fodder for the opener alongside fellow fast bowler Aaqib Khan.
Other Mumbai batsmen, who need Shaw’s superb batting, will also have to play their part.
Be it Yashwavi Jaiswal, Sarfaraz Khan, veteran wicketkeeper batsman Aditya Tare, all-rounder Shams Mulani or Shivam Dubey.
In the case at hand, Shaw, who now holds the record for the highest individual score in the tournament and the highest score by an Indian in a List A Chase, fails to come good, one of them has to take responsibility.
The Mumbai bowler, led by veteran fast bowler Dhawal Kulkarni (14 wickets), and the spin trio of Tusshar Deshpande and Prashant Solanki, Tanush Kotian and Shams Mulani, delivered more than once and Arun Jaitley will need to bowl in the right areas. . Stadium in Delhi.
On the other hand, Uttar Pradesh defeated Gujarat by five wickets to advance to their third summit clash.
And for him the role of veteran captain Akshdeep Nath as well as captain Karan (225 runs) and wicketkeeper Upendra Yadav (276 runs) will be important.
His openers Abhishek Goswami (187 runs) and Madhav Kaushik will also need to give a strong start, thwarting the challenge posed by a formidable Mumbai attack.
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Mumbai, which has won the tournament three times, the final one in 2018-19, is looking to achieve its fourth title and end the season on a high note.
On the other hand, UP would be playing its third final, eyeing a second title, the game ended in a tie after sharing the trophy with Tamil Nadu in 2004–05.
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