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Hyderabad keen to exploit Mumbai's situation

Principal Correspondent

HYDERABAD : Not very often does Mumbai start its third match of a Ranji Trophy season without any points and this is exactly a situation which Hyderabad is keen to exploit when the four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group `B' match commences at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium (Uppal) here on Sunday.

Hyderabad, which avoided a defeat at the hands of Gujarat in the last match at the same venue, is hoping the pitch does have extra bounce. Bowling coach Kanwaljit Singh is looking for a sporting wicket and he hinted that Hyderabad might play three medium-pacers. The one major concern is the inability of the openers T. Suman and D.B. Ravi Teja to give a decent start despite both of them individually shining in different matches.

Apparently, Mumbai will depend a lot on skipper Amol Mojumdar, fresh from his century against Punjab and Bhavin Thakkar who slammed 157 against Bengal. Potential star Rohit Sharma will love to make amends for his scores of 21 and 22 this season. India discard Romesh Pawar, with 17 wickets so far, is going to be the strike bowler for Mumbai.

The teams (from):

Hyderabad: Anirudh Singh (capt), D.B. Ravi Teja, T. Suman, N. Arjun Yadav, A.T. Rayudu, D. Vinay Kumar, Ibrahim Khaleel, P. Pragyan Ojha, P. Indrasekhar Reddy, P. Kaushik Reddy, N.P. Singh, Alfred Absolom, Shiv Shanker, Sashank Nag and M.P. Arjun. Coach: Vivek Jaisimha.

Bowling coach: Kanwaljit Singh. Manager: Kamalesh Parikh.

Mumbai: Amol Mozumdar (capt), Sahil Kukreja, Ramesh Powar, Bhavin Thakker, Vinayak Mane, Rohit Sharma, Hiken Shah, Vinayak Samant (wk), Wilkin Mota, Nilesh Kulkarni, Swapnil Hazare, Moondeep Mungela, Nishit Shetty, Kshemal Waingankar and Sushant Marathe. Coach: Praveen Amre. Bowling coach-cum-selector: Abhey Kuruvilla.

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