Ahead of the upcoming 12th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the most successful franchise Mumbai Indians have released their latest jersey that the team will sport in the annual event. The release of the new livery was made official in a video featuring Pandya brothers, Hardik and Krunal, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and the skipper Rohit Sharma.
During the launch of the jersey, talking to Star Sports, Sharma said, “Our aim is to gel well as a unit. With a couple of games scheduled in the first week, we are aiming to settle down to excel in the forthcoming IPL competition. We have set small goals to come good in the long tourney. As a team, we will go ahead on the week-to-week performance which will help us in doing well in this edition.”
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In the minute-long video, flamboyant all-rounder Hardik says ‘Season Naya’ whereas Rohit appears while saying ‘Andaaz Naya’ and Krunal follows him by stating ‘Tewar Wahi’ before Rohit appears back by saying ‘Flavour Naya’. Later in the video, all of Rohit, Hardik, Kruna, and Bumrah appear together asking the fans to watch their favourite team in a fresh ‘avatar’ in the upcoming IPL 2019.
Here is the video of the same:
New season, new avatar👌🏻
Watch @ImRo45, @Jaspritbumrah93, @hardikpandya7 and @krunalpandya24 in the all-new MI kit today 👕🧢💙
👀: MITV
⏱: 1.00 PM
📺: @StarSportsIndia 1 Hindi and SS 1 HD Hindi#CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/iPD5O0htyB— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) February 24, 2019
The 2019 IPL is scheduled to commence on 23 March with the opening match to be played between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Mumbai Indians have won the IPL on three occasions and will look to clinch the trophy back from Chennai Super Kings come the final of 2019 final.
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Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2019:
Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Evin Lewis, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Barinder Singh Sran, Lasith Malinga, Yuvraj Singh, Anmolpreet Singh, Pankaj Jaswal, Rasikh Dar, Quinton de Kock and Jayant Yadav.
