Five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI), who have had a nightmarish run in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), have roped in Akash Madhwal for his base price of Rs 20 lakh as a replacement for Suryakumar Yadav in team's squad for the rest of the tournament.
“Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed Akash Madhwal as a replacement for batter Suryakumar Yadav who was ruled out of the TATA IPL 2022 owing to a left forearm muscle injury,” IPL said in a statement.
“Madhwal is a 28-year-old medium-pacer from Uttarakhand who has played 15 T20s and taken 15 wickets at an average of 26.60. He will join MI at the price of INR 20 Lakh,” the statement added.
Madhwal has been with the MI as part of the support team and has now signed on to join the squad for the 2022 season. Suryakumar was ruled out of the cash-rich league after he sustained a muscle-related injury in his left forearm. The unfortunate incident took place during MI’s match against the Gujarat Titans (GT) on May 6.
Yadav, 31, was one of the few bright spots for Mumbai in a forgettable campaign, being their second-highest run-getter by scoring 303 runs in eight matches at an average of 43.29 and strike-rate of 145.67, including three half-centuries.
The 28-year-old Madhwal is a right arm medium fast bowler and has represented Cricket Association of Uttarakhand across all three formats of the game since making his debut in 2019. Akash was chosen at the MI preseason camp to join the support team and has over the months demonstrated his ability with the ball, earning him the opportunity to join the season squad.
Meanwhile, MI were the first team to get knocked out of the playoffs race this season after losing their first 8 matches. They are currently placed at the bottom of points table with three wins.
Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2022:
Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim David, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer (unavailable & injured), Riley Meredith, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Basil Thampi, Anmolpreet Singh, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Aryan Juyal (wk), Arjun Tendulkar, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Sanjay Yadav, Arshad Khan, Akash Madhwal.
