Sarfaraz returns to Mumbai from UP | Cricket News

MUMBAI: Three years after leaving Mumbai to play in Uttar Pradesh, leaving many observers surprised, Sarfaraz Khan is back in town. On Monday, the talented 20-year-old drummer submitted a no-objection certificate from the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA), as well as a letter expressing his willingness to play again for Mumbai.

Khan, however, will not be chosen for the senior team of Mumbai this season Ranji because it must serve the mandatory one year reflection period. It is learned that the youngster, who plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, recently refused an offer from the Indian Navy to join them and thus be eligible to play for the services team as he was eager to play again for Mumbai. "Three years ago, he was not yet mature and left for UP because of his father's advice, but he now has his head on his shoulders and knows how important it is to play for a team like Mumbai ". near him.

Parsi Secy meets CoA

Meanwhile, armed with a "protest letter" in which he claimed to have the signatures of 38 members of the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) requesting an Extraordinary General Assembly ( EGM) to remove the breeders, Khodadad Yazdegardi, Vice President and Cricket Secretary of Parsee Gymkhana, met with the Committee of Trustees (CoA) at the badociation's office on Monday.

The Bombay High Court named CoA includes retired judges Hemant Gokhale and VM Kanade. "We had a representation of him, we are going to look at him," said a senior MCA official.

Yazdegardi, and the clubs supporting his campaign, want the selectors to be sacked because they believe that some deserving players like Shubham Ranjane (scored close to 2000 races last season), Bravish Shetty, Raunaq Sharma and Shashank Singh, who have all done well in the local cricket, have been excluded from a pre-season camp by the coaches of the senior team of Mumbai, which are led by Ajit Agarkar, former versatile player of the year. India. Iqbal Abdulla, who has already completed his cool down period of one year after returning from Kerala, has not found a place in this list.

After meeting the CoA, Yazdegardi was confident that the MCA would request a CMS before August 20th to do the necessary. "I had a 50-minute meeting with them, I handed the letter with 38 signatures and I told them that my grievance is that they did not watch a single match (local) for the whole season As a coach, it is your job to watch at least the semifinals and finals of the major tournaments in Mumbai, it is from these events that the players are selected for the Team of Mumbai. "The selectors have completely failed this account," said Yazdegardi.