December 30: The Mumbai selectors retained their faith in the 15-member squad that played against Vadodara for their last and crucial zonal one-day and Ranji Trophy matches against Maharashtra commencing at Pune from January 3.Despite none-too-encouraging performances of late, the selectors -- Ajit Wadekar, Dilip Sardesai, Milind Rege and Subhash Bandiwadekar -- met this afternoon surprisingly decided to affect no changes.
In the only significant decision, wicket-keeper and opening batsman Amol Rane and all-rounder Shreyas Khanolkar were added to the probables list.
The team: Vinod Kambli (captain), Amit Pagnis, Wasim Jaffer, Manoj Joglekar, Sameer Dighe (wicket-keeper), Jatin Paranjape, Praveen Amre, Sairaj Bahutule (vice-captain), Rajesh Sutar, Paras Mhambrey, Nilesh Kulkarni, Abey Kuruvilla, Santosh Saxena, Faisal Shaikh and Manish Patel. Manager:Ashok Mankad
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