Kwena Maphaka
In IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians team will be seen with a new avatar and a new captain. The team has intensified its preparations in Mumbai. Former team captain Rohit Sharma has also joined the Mumbai Indians camp. The team has to play its first match against Gujarat Titans on March 24. Whereas IPL 2024 will start on March 22 with the match between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians have made a big change in their squad and have given a chance to a young player. Actually, Sri Lankan Dilshan Madushanka will not be able to play for Mumbai Indians this season due to injury. The team has made a player who wreaked havoc in the recently played Under-19 World Cup a part of its squad.
This young player got a chance
Mumbai Indians have included Kwena Mafaka in the squad as a replacement for Dilshan Madushanka. Mafaka has joined the team and is one of the youngest players in the team. South Africa’s 17-year-old Kwena Mafaka came into limelight during the U19 World Cup earlier this year, where he took 21 wickets and was also named Player of the Tournament at the Under 19 World Cup. The left-arm bowler’s 21 wickets are the most ever taken by a fast bowler in a single season of the U19 World Cup.
Mafaka is a brilliant bowler
Due to the brilliant performance of Quena Mafaka, his team reached the semi-finals of the Under-19 World Cup this time. Kwena Mfaka has already been a part of the South Africa A and South Africa Emerging teams. Now he will share the dressing room with Mumbai Indians’ bowling coach Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah, two of the best bowlers in world cricket. He will learn a lot under the tutelage of these two and in the times to come, he can prove to be a good investment for Mumbai Indians. He debuted for the South Africa U19 team at the age of 15 and has already played in two U19 World Cups. He is capable of touching speeds of 140 kmph and his death bowling and yorkers were also impressive in the U19 World Cup earlier this year. Mumbai Indians have made him a part of their squad for Rs 50 lakh.
Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2024
Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Dewald Brewis, Tim David, Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Karthikeya, Akash Madhwal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Piyush Chawla. , Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd, Gerald Coetzee, Kwena Mafaka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dheer, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
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