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After a disastrous IPL-15 campaign, the Mumbai Indians are all set to start their preparations in earnest for the next edition, with a three-week exposure tour of England in July for their uncapped Indian players. Apart from enjoying training at various state-of-the-art facilities, the Indian youngsters of MI will be playing at least 10 T20 games against top club sides across multiple counties.
With the 2022 T20 World Cup set to be held later this year in Australia, India's selectors face a problem of plenty in most departments. Among batters too, they have several options to pick from, and not enough spots to be able to include everyone who seems deserving of a chance. Apart from players like Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson, who have played for India but are not sure picks, there are also uncapped players like Rahul Tripathi and Tilak Varma who have been knocking on the doors with their standout performances in the Indian Premier League.
IPL 2022 was no different with emerging players and talented youngsters basking the spotlight and making fans sit up and notice their potential. TimesofIndia.com ran a poll asking fans which lesser known cricketer they were most impressed with in the different departments: The first question was: Which lesser known top order batsman impressed you the most in IPL 2022?The options were: Abhishek Sharma (SRH), Dewald Brevis (MI), Yashasvi Jaiswal (RR) and someone else. Sunrisers Hyderabad's left-handed opener Abhishek Sharma, who scored 426 runs at a strike rate of 133.12 with two half-centuries in the tournament, got the maximum votes - 1375. Yashasvi Jaiswal (954 votes) and Dewald Brevis (872 votes) finished second and third respectively. The someone else option got 512 votes.
Hardik Pandya. In his first full season for Hyderabad, Umran Malik attracted the world's attention with his ability to clock 150kmph plus with ease, also forcing the Indian selectors to take notice while young left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan impressed with a lethal combination of pace and accuracy for the new Lucknow franchise.
Mumbai Indians take on SunRisers Hyderabad in their penultimate match of IPL 2022 season on Tuesday and it will be yet another opportunity for Rohit Sharma and the team management to look at players for the future. The season started in disastrous fashion for the five-time champions and they are not in contention for a playoff spot. This has taken the pressure off the players and the franchise is looking to build for the future.
Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene on Thursday admitted that "lack of execution" in close games during this IPL season has been due to the poor "structuring" of line-up, putting them at the bottom of the 10-team table. Mumbai Indians are already out of the IPL having lost eight games on the bounce before logging home their first points. But more importantly, the critics have been vindicated about five-time champions' poor auction strategy. The mediocre bunch of domestic players like Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin along with purely sentimental retentions like Kieron Pollard and an insane bid of INR 15.25 crore for Ishan Kishan have all contributed to MI's downfall.
Young Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Varma, who has been one of the finds of the IPL season, said getting the cap from skipper Rohit Sharma gave him the confidence to perform well. Varma has been the leading run-getter for Mumbai Indians this season, with 307 runs under his belt. Although this has been a disastrous season for the five-time champions as they are out of contention for a play-off berth after suffering eight losses from nine games, Varma is one of the few positives for MI.
Mumbai Indians batter Tilak Varma, who has been one of the finds of the IPL season, said getting the cap from skipper Rohit Sharma gave him the confidence to perform well. Varma has been the leading run-getter for Mumbai Indians this season, with 307 runs under his belt. Although this has been a disastrous season for the five-time champions as they are out of contention for a play-off berth after suffering eight losses from nine games, Varma is one of the few positives for MI. "I always liked Rohit bhai, so getting the cap from him really pumped me up and gave me confidence," Varma told mumbaiindians.com. Another advice which Rohit gave Varma was to enjoy the game.