Chhattisgarh all-rounder Shashank Singh, 33, who toiled hard on the Mumbai maidans while growing up and represented Mumbai in age-group cricket and white-ball formats, is excited about playing his maiden Ranji Trophy game against the 42-time champions at the MCA-BKC ground starting today. Shashank, an attacking batter, who did exceptionally well for Punjab Kings in IPL-18, scoring 350 runs as a finisher, is keen to showcase his class in the red-ball game against the city he grew up in. 

Never in Mumbai’s Ranji side

“I have played all my age group cricket like U-19, U-23 for Mumbai and also represented Mumbai in Vijay Hazare Trophy and Mushtaq Ali Trophy, but I was never part of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy team. I even represented Mumbai University in the Vizzy Trophy in an inter-university tournament,” Shashank, who has played 23 first-class matches so far, told mid-day on the eve of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘D’ league game on Friday.