MUMBAI: Mumbai will kick off their Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy campaign next month against Mizoram on October 11 in Rajkot, as per the list of domestic fixtures (TOI has a copy) for the 2022-23 season sent by the BCCI to the state associations on Tuesday.
Mumbai are placed in Group A with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Railways, Uttarakhand, Vidarbha and Mizoram, and will play all their league matches at Rajkot.
Placed in Group E, Mumbai play their Vijay Hazare Trophy league matches in Ranchi from November 12-23.
The 41-time champions begin their Ranji Trophy campaign against Andhra in Andhra on December 13. After a gap of two seasons, the Ranji Trophy will be played on a home and away basis.
Mumbai are placed in Elite B with Saurashtra, Hyderabad, Andhra, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Assam.
Mumbai's fixtures in the 2022-23 season:
Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (T20): Vs Mizoram on Oct 11, Vs Madhya Pradesh on Oct 12, Vs Assam on Oct 14, Vs Vidarbha on Oct 16, Vs Rajasthan on Oct 18, Vs Railways on Oct 20, Vs Uttarakhand on Oct 22.
Vijay Hazare Trophy (One-day): Vs Bengal on Nov 12, Vs Services on Nov 13, Vs Maharashtra on Nov 17, Vs Mizoram on Nov 19, Vs Pondicherry on Nov 21, Vs Railways on Nov 23.
Ranji Trophy: Vs Andhra from December 13-16 (Andhra); Vs Hyderabad from Dec 20-23 (Mumbai); Vs Saurashtra from Dec 27-30 (Mumbai); vs Tamil Nadu from Jan 1, 2023-Jan 6 (Mumbai); vs Assam from Jan 10-13 (Assam); vs Delhi from Jan 17-20 (Delhi); vs Maharashtra from Jan 24-27 (Mumbai).
MCA to consider request for pension for widows of Mankad, Dalvi today
The Mumbai Cricket Association will consider a request for pension for the widows of former Mumbai cricketers Rahul Mankad and Madhav Dalvi in its Apex Council meeting on Thursday.
Former Mumbai captain and chief selector Milind Rege has urged the MCA to provide Rahul Mankad's widow with pension. Rahul, who passed away in London on March 30 this year at the age of 66, was the youngest son of legendary cricketer Vinoo Mankad. He scored 2,111 runs in 47 games between 1972-73 and 1984-85, averaging 35.77 with five tons and 12 fifties.
Dalvi, who passed away in 2012, played for Mumbai and Vidarbha between 1947 and 1962, and averaged 48.03 in 27 matches. He had achieved the unique feat of scoring centuries both on his debut and the last match of his first-class career. At one time, he scored three consecutive centuries for Bombay A road accident brought a premature end to his career in 1962.
"We have received an email dated 23rd August from Anjali Gadkari requesting to provide a pension for his widow. It's been listed in the agenda of the meeting," a source in MCA told TOI.
On July 28, in response to Rege's request to grant pension to his widowed sister-Pushpa Diwadkar (wife of former Mumbai spinner Sharad Diwadkar) and the wives of late cricketers Ajit Naik and Ranjan Baindoor, the MCA decided to grant widows of ex-Mumbai cricketers who are 70-plus, a pension of Rs 20,000 per month from August 1. The widows of ex-cricketers below 70 will receive Rs 10,000 per month.
"I'm requesting the MCA to provide pension to the widows of all former Mumbai First Class cricketers," Rege told this paper.
