Opening batsman Prithvi Shaw lost his place in the Mumbai team once again as the Sanjay Patil-led senior selection committee decided not to pick him for the first three matches — (v Karnataka on Dec 21, v Hyderabad on Dec 23 and Arunachal Pradesh on Dec 26) — of the Vijay Hazare Trophy that begins in Ahmedabad on Saturday.

The in-form Ajinkya Rahane is not available for the first two games due to personal reasons. He was the highest scorer (469 runs) in Mumbai’s Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy [SMAT] triumph in Bangalore recently. Shreyas Iyer, who led Mumbai to their second domestic T20 championship title on Sunday, will lead the team in the 50-over format as well with India’s T20 skipper Suryakumar Yadav and India all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Shivam Dube also in the squad.