Former left arm spinner and current selection panel head for Mumbai U19, Rajesh Pawar, and former IPL player Paul Valthaty are set to feature in the inaugural T20 Mumbai League to be held in Mumbai from March 11-21.
Valthaty, now 34, was a member of India’s U19 WC squad with Irfan Pathan and Parthiv Patel in 2002. He was snapped up by Mumbai South Central for Rs 50,000.
On the other hand, left-arm spinner Pawar had played for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy and then Baroda before his action was called “suspect”. Pawar was chosen by the Mumbai North team for Rs 80,000.
Meanwhile, the six franchises bought 119 players for a collective sum of Rs 2.03 crores during the players’ auction on Saturday for the inaugural League.
The teams – Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South – had a budget of Rs 35 lakhs each to form a squad consisting of a minimum of 16 players and a maximum of 20 players.
