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Kulkarni to lead Mumbai

January 08, 2005 16:23 IST

Left-arm spinner Nilesh Kulkarni will lead Mumbai [ Images ] in the West Zone limited-overs tournament, to be held in Ahmedabad [ Images ] from January 10 to 17. He replaces originally named captain Sairaj Bahutule.

Announcing the change, Mumbai Cricket Association joint-secretary Lalchand Rajput said Onkar Khanvilkar will replace the injured Bahutule in the squad, which takes on Baroda first on January 10.

Bahutule suffered a hamstring injury during Mumbai's penultimate Ranji Trophy Elite Division Group A match against Karnataka [ Images ] last month and has not recovered.

The squad: Nilesh Kulkarni (capt), Ajit Agarkar [ Images ] (vice-capt), Wasim Jaffer [ Images ], Vinayak Mane, Vineet Indulkar, Amol Muzumdar, Nishit Shetty, Vinayak Samant, Ramesh Powar [ Images ], Usman Malvi, Wilkin Mota, Praful Waghela, Bhavin Thakkar, Rahul Thakur and Onkar Khanvilkar.

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