Vijay Hazare Trophy: Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane set to boost Mumbai in semis

Mumbai crushed Bihar by nine wickets in a lop-sided affair in the quarter-finals to make it to the semis

Ahead of the Vijay Hazare Trophy semi-finals, Mumbai has received a major boost with the availability of players with the likes of Prithvi Shaw, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane.

Of these, Sharma, who played in the quarter-finals of the national ODI tournament, will be available for at least the semis along with Shaw and Rahane, who both featured in the victorious Test squad against the West Indies.

Mumbai's chief selector and former India pacer Ajit Agarkar confirmed that all the three players were available to play in the semis. Mumbai crushed Bihar by nine wickets in a lop-sided affair in the quarter-finals to make it to the semis.

Shaw had played in the initial part of the tournament for the domestic giants before making a spectacular debut in the Test series against the Windies in which he picked up the man of the series award too. The semi-finals of the national One-Day International (ODI) tournament will be played on October 17 and 18.

Mumbai's opponents will be decided after the other two semi-finals conclude later in the day.

The five-match ODI series against West Indies begins on October 21 with the first match scheduled at Guwahati in Assam. Rohit Sharma is named as vice-captain for the first two matches of the series, the squad for which was announced earlier.