Mumbai, Oct 10: India all-rounder Shardul Thakur was on Friday appointed Mumbai captain while Sarfaraz Khan and Ajinkya Rahane also were included in their 16-member squad for their Ranji Trophy 2025-26 season opener against Jammu and Kashmir.

Thakur succeeds Rahane as Mumbai skipper after the former left his role ahead of the new season.

The 42-time champions Mumbai will take on Jammu and Kashmir in their first match of the Ranji season at Srinagar’s Sher-I-Kashmir Stadium from October 15-18.

Mumbai, who had lost their last match to J&K in the previous season by five wickets here, are placed in Elite Group D along with Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Hyderabad, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Pondicherry.

The squad includes India batter Sarfaraz who has been out of national reckoning from the Tes

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