Tendulkar relinquishes Mumbai captaincy too

Former Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar has requested the Mumbai Cricket Association to relieve him of the captaincy of the State side. This was announced by Mumbai Cricket Association joint secretary Ratnakar Shetty in Mumbai on Tuesday. Tendulkar had earlier been named captain for the Ranji Trophy semifinal against Tamil Nadu to be played from April 11 to 15 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Tendulkar will now be replaced by Samir Dighe as captain. Shetty said that ``Tendulkar felt since Dighe had led the side for the entire season, it would be better if he continues to do so. Besides, he reasoned that the new boys in the side would be more comfortable under Dighe".

The Mumbai squad: Samir Dighe (capt), Amol Muzumdar, Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli, Wasim Jaffer, Amit Pagnis, Jatin Paranjpe, Ajit Agarkar, Abey Kuruvilla, Santosh Saxena, Rajesh Pawar, Ramesh Powar, Nilesh Kulkarni, Paras Mhambrey, Sriram Kannan and Amit Dani.