The five-time champions, Mumbai Indians (MI) have roped in left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya Singh in order to replace injured Mohd Arshad Khan. Arshad will be missing the remaining part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Kumar Kartikeya Singh, who represents Madhya Pradesh in domestic cricket, has so far played nine first-class matches, 19 List A games, and eight T20s, in which he has managed to scalp picking 35, 18, and 9 wickets respectively.
Kumar Kartikeya Singh was with the Mumbai Indians (MI) as part of the support team and as a net bowler. The official statement regarding the replacement from IPL read: “The left-arm spinner will join Mumbai Indians for the price of INR 20 lakh”.
Wishing our all-rounder Mohd. Arshad Khan a speedy recovery.💪
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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 28, 2022
From being a support player to now being drafted into the first team! 🙌
Welcome to #OneFamily, Kartikeya 💙#DilKholKe #MumbaiIndians @Kartike54075753 https://t.co/KYSVibKHfl
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) April 28, 2022
Mumbai Indians, who have failed to win a single in the eight games they have played so far, are already out of contention for a playoff berth in the IPL 2022. The Rohit Sharma-led side will now on Rajasthan Royals on April 30 at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
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Mumbai seemed to be very keen on retaining their core group of veteran cricketers and in the process, they spent heavy bucks on Ishan Kishan, Tim David, and Jofra Archer. They also looked at future talents to develop them into their core for the next editions of the IPL.
Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, and Sanjay Yadav were the highly talked about youngsters in the auction. Tim just got a couple of chances to prove his credibility but failed to do so and was straightaway dropped providing a platform for young Brevis to shine by displaying his potential and talent.
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MI has been facing a lot of criticism in recent times regarding their inability to win even a single match this season with a relatively new and inexperienced squad. To add to this, Mumbai has also been struck with injuries and players’ unavailability as first Tymal Mills, and then now, Arshad Khan has been ruled out of the remainder of the season for Mumbai.
