Mumbai Indians have been the most successful franchise in the history of the Indian Premier League having won the title on five occasions. However, they were a pale shadow of their old dominant self in the 15th edition of the marquee tournament. Rohit Sharma & Co. could only win four games out of 14 in the league stage and were the wooden spoon holders of the competition.
MI did not pick a well-rounded side at the 2022 mega auction which plagued their campaign big time. With the next season in sight, the team management would look to make amends and rope in some top-quality personnel for the following season. A few of the top-drawer cricketers whom MI can target are featuring in the ongoing T20 World Cup in Australia.
Let us look at the players from the T20 World Cup 2022 who might feature for MI next season:
3. Cameron Green
Cameron Green’s stocks in white-ball cricket have experienced a meteoric rise of late. The Australian all-rounder has scored 249 runs in 11 ODIs played this calendar year at a strike rate of 93.60 and bagged 11 wickets at an economy of 4.84. When it comes to the T20Is, the 23-year-old has set the stage ablaze scoring 136 runs in seven games at a phenomenal strike rate of 174.35 and also picking five wickets for his side.
Generally a lower-middle-order batter in Tests and ODIs, Green has shown his flexibility to bat in the opening slot in the shortest format and the bulk of his runs in T20Is have come in that position. On the bowling front, the ace-all-rounder has been quite effective and can extract bounce even from docile surfaces. Thus, his inclusion has added depth to the Australian side.
A seam-bowling all-rounder has been in high demand in the IPL and one can expect Mumbai Indians to be one of the franchises interested in roping Green for the next edition. The Mumbai team struggled to fill the Hardik Pandya-sized void in the last mega auction and thus could have an eye on the Australian cricketer to fulfill the all-rounder role.
2. Sam Curran
Sam Curran is a proven performer in the T20 circuit. In the IPL landscape, he has featured in 32 matches and smashed 337 runs at a superb strike rate of 149.78. The 24-year-old has delivered the goods with the ball as well and picked 32 wickets in those outings.
In the international circuit, the Northampton-born has been a strike force with the ball. In the recently concluded T20I series against Australia, Curran took five wickets in two games at an economy of 7.50. The left-arm pacer has continued his rich vein of form in the ongoing T20 World Cup as he wreaked havoc against Afghanistan becoming the first England bowler to take a five-wicket haul in T20Is.
Curran has shown his versatility to bowl at any phase of the game and has especially grown his stature as a death-overs bowler. Though England does not use him much with the bat, his sensational strike rate in IPL shows his batting might. Thus, the ace all-rounder is an asset to any side and Mumbai Indians could look to draft him into their side for the next season.
Moreover, Curran was one of the draft picks of the MI Capetown team for the inaugural season of SA20 and this shows the franchise’s interest in the England all-rounder. Therefore, one might see the youngster donning the MI jersey in IPL 2023.
1. Adam Zampa
Adam Zampa has been Australia’s premier spinner in white-ball cricket for the last couple of years. The 30-year-old has been entrusted to give his national side breakthroughs in the middle-overs and has done it with perfection. He has featured in 70 T20Is and bagged 78 scalps at an impressive economy of 6.99.
The spinners in the Mumbai Indians camp such as Murugan Ashwin, Hrithik Shokeen, and Mayank Markande have not been quite effective in the 2022 season. So, the five-time IPL champions can look to include Zampa in their squad to add bite to their spin bowling arsenal.
The Australian spinner has had a considerable amount of success in the lucrative T20 tournament. Zampa has played 14 games in IPL so far and taken 21 wickets at an economy of 7.74. He is a genuine wicket-taker and so the Mumbai think tank might ponder over drafting the ace leg-spinner for the upcoming season.
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