"Shame On You...: Mumbai Indians Star Fumes Over 'Crazy' Reports On Him Written For Personal Gain

26.04.2023 - 13:13 sports.ndtv.com

England and Mumbai Indians pacer Jofra Archer has presumably lashed out at reports of him travelling to Belgium to undergo an elbow procedure amid the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The 28-year-old also slammed "the reporter" for spreading information "without knowing the facts & without my consent" has been struggling with injuries for the past couple of years and wasn't even make it to the country's squad for the T20 World Cups in 2021 and 2022.

Despite knowing that the player would not take part in IPL 2022, MI acquired the services of Archer during the IPL mega auction last year.

Archer, who made his debut for MI against Royal Challengers Bangalore, has played just two of the seven games so far for the five-time champions.

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Mumbai Indians star player Nehal Wadhera went to the city airport wearing batting pads. The unsual outfit definitely made him the center of attention. However, it was not something that the left-handed batter did by choice. Nehal had to wear the pads over his trousers as a punishment that was given to him by his franchise for getting late to the batters meeting. The five-time IPL champions shared the video on social media and wrote: "#MumbaiIndians youngster #NehalWadhera turned all heads at Mumbai airport with his punishment #OOTD. He was captured with his pads on instead of the traditional jumpsuit. According to our sources, #Nehal regrets being late for batters meeting."

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Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum believes international boards would be "completely naive" to assume players would turn down lucrative offers from T20 leagues to play for their country. McCullum, who is currently the head coach of England's Test team, believes the cricketing landscape is rapidly changing and that the time is not far away when several players will opt for lucrative T20 leagues, instead of central contracts. His comments came amid reports suggesting that IPL teams are in talks with a number of English cricketers, including Jofra Archer, to sign annual deals.

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