Dabholkar, who has taken as many as 27 wickets in six games so far, and off spinner Ankush Jaiswal - in his Ranji debut against Madhya Pradesh in Indore, were reported by the umpires to have flexed their elbows beyond the 15-degree permissible limit in the game and cannot play till their rectified action is cleared by the Cricket Board.
"It happened in the last match against MP. It was noticed in a couple of balls. They were reported to the (Mumbai) team manager. They (Dabholkar and Jaiswal) have already attended the Chennai facility (of BCCI for checking suspect bowling actions), just to check it again with the same action. We are awaiting the report," said Mumbai team coach Chandrakant Pandit today.
"We would like to keep the winning momentum going which is important. We want to finish the league well," said Pandit.
While Mumbai have already sealed their last eight berth, Gujarat are on the threshold to do so, with 23 points in their kitty, and need to take the first innings lead against Mumbai to cement their quarter final berth.
Patel mentioned that the pitch sported a green tinge.
"There's a bit of green tinge, there's also more grass than yesterday. It will be interesting to see how it looks tomorrow," said the wicket keeper batsman.