Mumbai Indians signed the star West Indies bowling all-rounder Romario Shepherd from Lucknow Super Giants on Friday, November 3. Indian Premier League 2024 (IPL) is months away however the groups have began strengthening their squads with the participant public sale scheduled to happen subsequent month.
Shepherd, the West Indies tempo all-rounder, turns into the primary participant to shift the bottom in the trade window because the groups must submit the ultimate launched and retained gamers checklist earlier than November 26. IPL launched a media advisory to verify Shepherd’s transfer to Mumbai Indians for INR 50 lakh.
“Romario Shepherd has been traded to Mumbai Indians (MI) from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) during the ongoing TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) trading window ahead of the TATA IPL 2024,” IPLÂ media advisory assertion stated.
Teams are anticipated to extend exercise in the trade window and safe some good signings earlier than the public sale as nicely. Mumbai Indians have solely INR 5 lakh left in their purse for the IPL 2024 public sale however the five-time champions are anticipated to extend the quantity by releasing some gamers.
Mumbai Indians struggled with numerous accidents final season with star pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer lacking your complete event. Signing Shepherd signifies Mumbai Indians’ plans to rebuild their tempo assault forward of the 2024 season.
Shepherd, 28, made just one look for KL Rahul-led Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023. He joined the workforce throughout IPL 2023 public sale for INR 50 lakh having performed the earlier version for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Mumbai Indians squad:Â Rohit Sharma (c), Sandeep Warrier, Suryakumar Yadav (vc), Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Riley Meredith, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal, Chris Jordan, Romario Shepherd
