Five-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Mumbai Indians (MI) made one forced change to the squad for the upcoming season. MI replaced an injured Jason Behrendorff with England’s left-arm pacer Luke Wood.
Wood's T20 numbers
Wood has represented England in five T20Is and two ODIs. He has yet to take his maiden ODI wicket. In T20Is, he has eight scalps so far. The 28-year-old has been roped in by Hardik Pandya-led MI for his base price of Rs 50 lakh. Wood was Babar Azam-led Peshawar Zalmi's highest wicket-taker in the recently-concluded PSL. He picked up 12 wickets from 11 games. His economy rate was 8.24 runs per over. He has played a total of 140 T20s and taken 147 wickets.
Behrendorff’s IPL career
In the previous season, Behrendorff made his debut for MI. He picked up 14 wickets from 12 games. His economy rate was not impressive at 9.21 runs per over. He made his IPL debut for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL 2019. He picked up five wickets from five games and was traded to MI in the 2022 edition.
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MI's opening game
Pandya will make his MI captaincy debut against his former franchise Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on March 24. In the first phase of the schedule announced, MI will play its second away game against Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on March 27. MI's home games will be against Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Delhi Capitals (DC) on April 1 and April 7 respectively.
Mumbai Indians' updated IPL 2024 squad
Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Vishnu Vinod, Hardik Pandya (c), Romario Shepherd, Nehal Wadhera, Gerald Coetzee, Mohammad Nabi, Jasprit Bumrah, Luke Wood, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Anshul Kamboj, Shreyas Gopal, Shams Mulani, Naman Dhir, Shivalik Sharma
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