The Mumbai Indians, who have won the Indian Premier League (IPL) five times, have again had a rough start in the T20 league. After losing their first two games in IPL 2023, Rohit Sharma’s team is again near the bottom of the table. In IPL 2022, they came in last. In addition, their fast bowler from England, Jofra Archer, is having trouble throwing because he is hurt.
MI’s star bowler Jasprit Bumrah has already been ruled out of the IPL 2023 season, so they were hoping that Archer, who they bought for Rs 8 crore at the IPL 2022 sale, would be able to fill that spot. Archer had some pain in his arm after the first IPL 2023 game against the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), so he was held out of the team’s first home game against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Saturday at the Wankhede Stadium.
Archer is returning to competitive cricket after a long injury break. He also missed the whole IPL 2022 season because of an illness. MI doesn’t want to put too much pressure on Archer, especially since he’s hurt his arm before.
In Archer’s place, Jason Behrendorff will lead the pace attack against the Delhi Capitals on Tuesday at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi in match 16 of the IPL 2023. The MI bowling attack needs to be stronger. Sandeep Warrier will likely join Behrendorff, and Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, and Hrithik Shokeen, all-rounders, will probably take care of spin bowling.
Khaleel Ahmed will also be unable to play for the home team, DC because he is hurt. All-rounder Mitchell Marsh has also left to get married and bring his girlfriend Greta Mack back home. David Warner’s team has a much stronger bowling attack now that Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, and Kuldeep Yadav are all on it.
DC’s batting will be the biggest thing to worry about. Opener Prithvi Shaw is struggling to get back into form, and it is well-known that he needs help with fast left-arm bowlers. Rilee Roussouw from South Africa has yet to be fired either, and Warner was criticized in the last match for not trying hard enough.
Predicted Playing 11 Of Delhi Capitals:
David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Abishek Porel (wk), Chetan Sakariya, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje.
