MCA to release stamp, coffee table book on occasion of Wankhede's 50th year

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Cricket Association will stage a grand function in November to celebrate the Wankhede Stadium's landmark 50th year. "To mark the special occasion, the MCA, in association with the postal department of the government of India, will release a special stamp. The association will also launch a coffee table book, which will have pictures of all the memorable cricketing moments at the Wankhede Stadium," a source said.
The Wankhede Stadium staged its first Test in the 1974-75 season against West Indies.India lost that match by 201 runs.
Lad, Herwadkar picked for Mumbai team's off-season camp
Meanwhile, in a strong indication that they could make their comeback into the Mumbai team this season, middle-order batsman Siddhesh Lad and opener Akhil Herwadkar, who played for Goa and Chhatisgarh in the 2022-23 season, were on Thursday included amongst the 30 players for Mumbai's off-season camp.
Led by a new chief selector in Sanjay Patil, Mumbai's senior selection committee on Thursday picked 33 players (including three standbyes) for the camp, which will begin at the MCA's Sharad Pawar Indoor Cricket Academy in Bandra Kurla Complex from June 3. "Like last year, Mumbai's probables will go for a residential camp to the KSCA facility in Alur, and then to the Buchi Babu Trophy," a source said.
Mumbai won their 42nd Ranji Trophy title in March, beating Vidarbha by 169 runs in the final at the Wankhede Stadium.
"Since most of our senior/performing players will be on India or India A duty, we will need some experienced players, especially in the batting department. Hence, Lad and Herwadkar have been picked for his camp," a said a source in the MCA.
"All the India players will directly report for the camp. Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw are playing county cricket and will join the camp later. Shreyas Iyer, Tushar Deshpande, Tanush Kotian, Shams Mulani, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Musheer Khan, Sarfaraz Khan are attending the NCA High Performance Camp and will join the camp later," the MCA's secretaries Ajinkya Naik and Deepak Patil mentioned on the website.
Players for Senior off season camp: Divyansh Saxena, Bhupen Lalwani, Amogh Bhatkal, Akhil Herwadkar, Suved Parkar, Akash Anand, Siddhesh Lad, Hardik Tamore, Prasad Pawar, Siddharth Adhatrao, Shashank Attarde, Karsh Kothari, Atharva Bhosale, Himanshu Singh, Aditya Dhumal, Tushar Deshpande, Roystan Dias, Mohit Avasthi, Harsh Tanna, Sylvester Dsouza, Deepak Shetty, Amol Tanpure, Jitendra Paliwal, Junaid Khan, Atharva Ankolekar, Khizer Dafedar, Sairaj Patil, Suryansh Shedge, Dhanit Raut, Prem Deokar.
Stand Byes: Jay Bista, Dhrumil Matkar, Gaurish Jadhav.