Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra feels that the Mumbai Indians’ (MI) batting for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 version lacks depth. In line with him, the five-time champions will miss the flexibility of the Pandya brothers – Hardik and Krunal.
MI will kick off their IPL 2022 marketing campaign by taking up the Delhi Capitals (DC) on the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Sunday.
Previewing the conflict, Chopra mentioned throughout a dialogue on his YouTube channel:
“Mumbai Indians’ batting appears to lack depth this time. Extra considerably, there are not any multi-faceted gamers. Earlier, they’d Hardik, Krunal and Kieron Pollard coming in back-to-back. Within the batting order, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan will open, however Sky (Suryakumar) Yadav is just not obtainable for the primary match. That’s a problem. I can see Tilak Varma getting an opportunity.”
Suryakumar joined the MI camp on Saturday. He was present process rehabilitation on the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) after sustaining a thumb harm through the third T20I in opposition to West Indies final month.
“Mumbai Indians may wish to go in with extra tempo” – Aakash Chopra
Through the dialogue, Chopra opined that MI may desire to go in with extra pacers contemplating their match in opposition to Delhi might be performed on the Brabourne Stadium. He mentioned:
“Because the match is at Brabourne, Mumbai Indians may wish to go in with extra tempo. They may go in with Daniel Sams, Tymal Mills and Jasprit Bumrah. Sams can bat as nicely so that might work in his favor. There’s Fabian Allen as nicely, however spin may not work on this floor. Additionally, along with his left-arm spin in opposition to Rishabh Pant, MI may not wish to go down that route.”
Regardless of MI’s weaknesses, Chopra backed them to get the higher of Delhi on Sunday. In line with the 44-year-old, DC are actually at half-strength contemplating the variety of gamers unavailable for the preliminary matches. He defined:
“Delhi are half the aspect at this level. (David) Warner and (Mitchell) Marsh should not obtainable. They could must open with (Tim) Seifert, Kona Bharat can bat on the prime. Additionally, they may have to choose one between Khaleel (Ahmed) and Chetan (Sakariya). Delhi’s issues are manifold, so I see Mumbai successful this contest.”
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