rkt.india Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 Mumbai Indians have added five uncapped players to their squad for the 2012 IPL, including Jharkhand medium pacer Rahul Shukla, Mumbai (Ranji) batsman Sushant Marathe, Vidarbha batsman Apoorv Wankhade, Mumbai allrounder Sujit Nayak and Uttar Pradesh Under-19 allrounder Kuldeep Yadav. Shukla returns to Mumbai Indians after being part of the squad for IPL 2010, while the other four have been picked up by the franchise for the first time. Shukla, 21, has taken seven wickets at 15.71 from four Twenty20 games, with an economy rate of 7.17. At 26, Marathe is the oldest of the five and was part of the Kochi Tuskers squad in 2011. He topped the batting averages for Mumbai during the qualifying stage of India's domestic Twenty20 tournament last October, averaging 69.66 with a strike-rate of 148.09 from four games while opening the batting. Wankhade was the second-highest run-getter for Vidarbha in the CK Nayudu Under-22 tournament, scoring 466 runs at an average of 51.77 in six games. A statement from Mumbai Indians said the 19-year old "had impressed with his batting technique, ability to score big and quick runs and as an agile fielder." The 22-year-old Nayak has represented Mumbai in the CK Nayudu tournament for three years and can bowl left-arm spin as well. Yadav also bowls left-arm spin and at 18, is the youngest of the five. In the semi-final of the Cooch Behar trophy, Yadav made a half-century and took six wickets against Mumbai. Mumbai Indians have been one of the busier IPL teams in the offseason. They added Dinesh Karthik and Pragyan Ojha in the transfer window before buying Herschelle Gibbs, Mitchell Johnson, Robin Peterson, RP Singh and Thisara Perera in the IPL auction earlier this month. http://www.espncricinfo.com/indian-premier-league-2012/content/story/554148.html
1983-2011 Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 why :crying: because hes been called "medium pacer"
VRV Singh Posted February 19, 2012 Posted February 19, 2012 Haha yeah. Good for Shuklaji, but why do MI have so many seamers? :dontknow:
1983-2011 Posted February 20, 2012 Posted February 20, 2012 Haha yeah. Good for Shuklaji' date=' but why do MI have so many seamers? :dontknow:[/quote'] shaun Pollocks their bowling coach. its an IPL pace bowling academy like MRF in Chennai
rkt.india Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 because hes been called "medium pacer" Likes of Arun Lal and Shivramkrishnan call even Yadv and Aaron medium pacers.
rkt.india Posted February 20, 2012 Author Posted February 20, 2012 Haha yeah. Good for Shuklaji' date=' but why do MI have so many seamers? :dontknow:[/quote'] They are grooming young Indian players.
VRV Singh Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 They are grooming young Indian players. RP Singh? :headshake:
rkt.india Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 RP Singh? :headshake: RP Singh is bought through Auction for his experience as they cannot play all young Indian inexperienced pacers. They bring young players through search and their domestic team which is Reliance One. They have likes of Shukla, Nechim, and Suyal from domestic cricket.
VRV Singh Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I know..I was referring more to number of senior seamers overall. Munaf, Nechim, Kulkarni, Mckay, Slinga, RP, Johnson, plus that Pereira and Pollard. They have gone into phasst bowling frenzy! ;)
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