Mumbai Indians (MI) run of three successive wins within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 got here to an finish final weekend towards the Punjab Kings. Now they’re up towards defending champions Gujarat Titans in match No. 35 of the IPL 2023 on the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. GT are on a excessive after pulling off a sensational win towards Lucknow Super Giants away from dwelling on Saturday.
Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar has made a tremendous preliminary impression since making his debut for MI a few weeks again. However, Arjun struggled with the ball towards PBKS of their final match, conceding 31 runs in 1 over as properly. But Rohit Sharma and MI are anticipated to keep on with the younger pacer, who can even wield the willow properly with Jasprit Bumrah dominated out for the complete season.
But MI could embody one of many two Australian pacers – Jason Behrendorff or Riley Meredith – to bolster their bowling sources towards Hardik Pandya’s GT. Former Australian pacer Brett Lee believes that Arjun Tendulkar has the aptitude of bowling at over 140kph.
“When he (Arjun Tendulkar) was given the responsibility of bowling at the death the other evening, when he closed out the game and won the match for the Mumbai Indians, whichever way it went, I knew it would have been a great experience. What I mean is that he has been thrown into the deep end and that has been great for him. So he is learning as he goes. And like in the other evening when he got hit for a few runs, that is fine. It happens in T20 cricket and I keep reiterating to bowlers that in this format there will be games when bowlers go the journey. It has happened to me so many times. So you have to take the emotion out of it,” Lee, IPL Expert on JioCinema, stated.
“People criticise almost everything. If you look at Sandeep Sharma, he has been bowling at 120 kph. Arjun is at least bowling way faster than that. He is only 23 years of age and he has got his whole career ahead of him. My advice will be don’t listen to critics. Like his dad had to go through like he misses out and gets a low score…you got to back yourself. He has got some wonderful skills. He can bowl at 140 kph so as soon as he gets comfortable bowling in the team environment, in front of the big lights and big crowd, his pace will increase. I see no issue with his pace,” Lee stated about Arjun Tendulkar.
Many mocked him for nepotism however tonight he has proven his spot is properly earned _ Congrats Arjun. @sachin_rt you should be so proud #Arjuntendulkar #SRHvsMI #TATAIPL2023
— Preity G Zinta (@realpreityzinta) April 18, 2023
Home aspect GT, however, are anticipated to keep on with Jayant Yadav because the ‘Impact Player’. The Delhi off-spinner changed Shubman Gill within the aspect when bowling second towards LSG within the final match. The remainder of the line-up is anticipated to stay the identical.
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill/ Jayant Yadav, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Hardik Pandya (c), Vijay Shankar, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Josh Little/Noor Ahmad
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (c), Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff/Riley Meredith
