Irani Cup: Nayar seeks Tendulkar's help in leading Mumbai against ROI

Handed the captaincy role after injury to Ajit Agarkar Mumbai39s standin skipper Abhishek Nayar on Tuesday said that he would take help from senior players like Sachin Tendulkar in leading the Ranji champion side in the Irani Cup match against Rest of India which begins in Mumbai on Wedneday quotIt will be a challenge I will be leading Mumbai for the first time at the senior level It will be a big challenge but I have people to help me like Sachin Tendulkar Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane So I think with their help the work will become easier Hopefully we have a good gamequot he said on the eve of the match quotI think I will obviously enjoy it It does add a bit of pressure With the help of my team mates hopefully we can have a good gamequot The Mumbai bowling attack looks depleted in the absence of Agarkar and Zaheer Khan and Nayar said quotWe obviously have a young attack We have got four bowlers who are almost playing their first season quotIt is not going to be as easy as we think it is but I think it is a chance for someone to step up and show what they are worth It is always going to be an opportunity for everyone Hopefully we can deliver Whatever we have been doing in the nets hopefully we can implement that in the match and give our bestquot he noted WHATu00a0CAMARADERIE Mumbai39s Rohit Sharma in the foreground and Ajinkya Rahane centre relax with Rest of India39s Harbhajan Singh right Suresh Raina in whites and Praghyan Ojha when the two teams had their training session at the at the Wankhede stadium on Tuesday the eve of their Irani Cup tie PicSuresh KK Asked about the possible team composition for tomorrow39s match he said quotTeam is pretty much there We haven39t decided the 11 as of now we will decide once we have a look at the pitch in the morning We look good as a batting unit bowling is a bit inexperiencedquot Mumbai has been on the losing end on all the six Irani Cup matches they have played and Nayar said quotIt is difficult to analyse all six times I have been part of Irani Trophy losing team twice or thrice Not very proud of it We will try and do the right things This time we have just come out of a Ranji Trophy victory quotObviously Ajit not being there is a bit of a setback The fact that Dhawal Kulkarni has been bowling exceptionally well and we have been batting pretty well Obviously Ajinkya and Rohit coming back into the side hopefully we have a strong enough side to beat Rest of India this time aroundquot said Nayar His counterpart Virender Sehwag declined to talk to the waiting mediapersons but his teammate Harbhajan Singh said that Mumbai would have the advantage of playing at home quotIn terms of playing cricket we are equal but Mumbai has the advantage of playing at home Of course they have a big advantage of having Tendulkar in their sidequot Harbhajan said quotWe have good players Viru Sehwag is leading the team Besides we have Shikhar Dhawan Ambati Rayudu Murali Vijay They are all one step away from representing India It is a great opportunity This is a comeback game for all of us Everyone will try to do well quotHopefully they do well and get back into the Indian side Suresh Raina of course batted well in the ODI series against England it is a great opportunity for him to score some big runs here and play Test cricketquot the senior offie said Asked about the Wankhede wicket he said quotIt is a true wicket if you bat for a couple of days it will seam around move around Good carry from the wicket and good for the fast bowlers in the first couple of days If you do get in as a batsman you get to score a lot of runs quotAs a spinner you are always there in the game in this wicket You need to be consistent with your line and length Here and there you can go for plenty It is a challenging wicket I hope the wicket behaves the same way This is the best wicket in India to play cricketquotu00a0