The youngster Prithvi Shaw has been named in the Maharashtra Squad for the upcoming Buchi Babu Tournament in Chennai, slated to begin on August 18.

After spending his entire cricket career with Mumbai, the 25-year-old joined Maharashtra in the upcoming domestic season. He was dropped from the Ranji Trophy squad last season, which made Shaw decide to leave Mumbai for another team.

Shaw requested a No Objection Certificate from Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) which was granted. He was dropped from the Ranji squad after complaints of his ‘poor fitness and lack of discipline.’

In the meantime, Maharashtra have also called up Ruturaj Gaikwad and wk-batter Saurabh for the Buchi Babu tournament.

However, the duo will be available for only one game, as they will later join West Zone for the Duleep Trophy.

Chennai Super Kings batter Ayush Mhatre has been named as the captain in the Mumbai squad for the Buchi Babu tournament. He recently led the India U19 squad in England where he scored 340 runs in four innings and finished as the leading run scorer of the series.

Sarfaraz Khan has been added to the squad who was part of the Australia squad for the Australia series, but was dropped for the England tour. He will be awaiting to make a notable contribution in the domestic circuit aiming the road to national team.

Maharashtra Squad: Ankit Bawane (CAPT), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Prithvi Shaw, Siddhesh Veer, Sachin Dhas, Arshin Kulkarni, Harshal Kate, Siddharth Mhatre, Saurabh Nawale (WK), Mandar Bhandari (WK), Ramakrishna Ghosh, Mukesh Choudhary, Pradeep Dadhe, Vicky Ostwal, Hitesh Walunj, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar.

Mumbai squad: Ayush Mhatre (CAPT), Musheer Khan, Divyansh Saxena, Sarfaraz khanSuved Parkar (VC), Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Harsh Aghav, Sairaj Patil, Aakash Parkar, Aakash Anand (WK), Hardik Tamore (WK), Shreyas Gurav, Yash Dicholkar, Himanshu Singh, Himanshu Singh, Roy Singhu Singh, Roy Sylvester d’Souza, Irfan Umair