The CAB general secretary, Biswarup Dey, told media reporters that after a successful Vijay Hazare campaign, the former Indian opener was an obvious choice to lead the side in the Twenty20 tournament.
"Ganguly's selection is obvious,” said Biswarup Dey while speaking to media reporters after announcing the squad on Tuesday. “He led us to the national one-dayers title in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. He said he was okay with it," the CAB general secretary added further.
Whilst the selectors have retained a majority of the Vijay Hazare trophy squad, they do see the return of Manoj Tiwary to the side. His inclusion in the squad for the Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be a huge boost for Bengal. The other two new faces included in the squad are all-rounders Aritra Chatterjee and Alok Sharma.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Cricket Association selectors have also announced the squad for the domestic Twenty20 tournament. The MCA selectors have retained Ajit Agarkar as the captain for the tournament.
The opening match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy will be played between Baroda and Karnataka at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) on the morning of March 23. Since Bengal has topped the East Zone leg, they receive a by till the quarterfinals scheduled for March 25, and they will play against the winner of the Karnataka-Baroda fixture.
Mumbai have also qualified for the tournament and will take on Tamil Nadu in the second quarterfinal at the same venue, on March 24.
Squads:
Bengal: Sourav Ganguly (c), Manoj Tiwary, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Anustup Majumdar, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Arnab Nandi, Sanjib Sanyal, Aritra Chatterjee, Iresh Saxena, Mohammad Shami Ahmed, Ashoke Dinda, Subhamoy Das, Debabrata Das, Shreevats Goswami, Alok Sharma.
Mumbai: Ajit Agarkar (Capt), Ajinkya Rahane (V-Capt), Wasim Jaffer, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Abhishek Nayar, Aditya Tare, Iqbal Abdullah, Shoaib Shaikh, Ankit Chavan, Kshemal Waingankar, Anup Revandkar, Siddharth Chitnis, Javed Khan.
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