Jaiswal set to play third round of Ranji Trophy for Mumbai

India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is set to feature in the next round of the 2025-26 Ranji Trophy starting on November 1, when Mumbai play Rajasthan in Jaipur in an Elite Group D fixture.

Having just returned from Australia where he was part of India's ODI squad, Jaiswal expressed his keenness to be match-ready ahead of the home Tests against South Africa starting November 14 in Kolkata. This is in line with the BCCI's directive to all contracted players to feature in domestic competitions when available.

Jaiswal is understood to have communicated his availability to Sanjay Patil, Mumbai's chairman of selectors, who along with his panel will pick the squad for the Rajasthan game after the completion of the ongoing round on Tuesday.

If Jaiswal plays, he will make his first appearance for Mumbai since re-committing to the team in May, after he had initially sought a NOC to play for Goa.

He last played for the side during a group fixture against Jammu & Kashmir at the BKC grounds, the same game where Rohit Sharma made a much-publicised Ranji appearance on the back of a disappointing Australia tour. Jaiswal's most-recent domestic appearance came in August, when he featured for West Zone in the season-opening Duleep Trophy in Bengaluru.

After they opened their season with a win over Jammu & Kashmir, Mumbai have seen rain hamper their chances of forcing an outright win at home against Chhattisgarh.