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Who Is Siddhesh Lad: Mumbai team will once again field with a new captain in the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season. Mumbai has changed the captaincy of the team for this tournament. Siddhesh Lad has been given this responsibility in place of Shardul Thakur. Siddhesh Lad will be seen leading the 42-time champion team Mumbai in Ranji Trophy 2026-27. Shardul Thakur captained Mumbai last season, but this season he has been removed. Rajesh Pawar, Chairman of Mumbai’s Senior Selection Committee, said that this decision has been taken under workload management. Now Siddhesh Lad will take charge of Mumbai. Know who is Siddhesh Lad…

Who is Siddhesh Lad?

34 year old Siddhesh Lad is a middle order batsman from Mumbai. He played with Shardul Thakur in the last season of Ranji. (Shardul Thakur) Playing under the captaincy of Mumbai, he scored 774 runs. In this, he scored 5 centuries and 1 half-century with his bat. Siddhesh Lad has been rewarded for this brilliant performance in the form of captaincy this season. Siddhesh Lad made his debut in first class cricket in 2013 at the age of 21. He scored a brilliant half-century against Delhi in his second match. Siddhesh Lad has scored more than 8 thousand runs in domestic cricket. In 2015, he made his debut for Mumbai Indians in IPL, but could play only one match.

Why did Siddhesh Lad get the captaincy?

The selectors of Mumbai Cricket Association say that this decision has been taken keeping in mind the workload management of Shardul Thakur. The selectors want that Shardul Thakur should not have the extra load of captaincy. He will remain an important part of the team’s strategies. However, due to workload management, he may be given rest in some matches. In such a situation, captaincy has been handed over to Siddhesh Lad in his place. Let us tell you that this season, Mumbai has to play a total of 10 league matches, in which the first match will be against Chandigarh on October 11.

Siddhesh Lad’s statistics in domestic cricket

Talking about the career of Siddhesh Lad, he played 82 matches in first class cricket. In this he scored 5,623 runs at an average of 44.27. At the same time, in List-A cricket, Siddhesh has scored 1,571 runs in 56 matches at an average of 41.34, while in T20, he has scored 944 runs in 61 matches. Besides, he has also taken 23 wickets in T20.