Reportedly, Jasprit Bumrah’s future in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is uncertain amidst his lengthy injury layoff. Bumrah was ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2022 due to a back injury and also missed the three-match T20I series against South Africa, as well as several other white-ball series. His last appearance for Team India was in the third T20I against Australia in September 2021. The report states that Bumrah did not receive clearance from the National Cricket Academy (NCA) for the three ODIs against Australia in March, and he is unlikely to be fit for the World Test Championship (WTC) final in June, should India qualify. The team management is not willing to rush him ahead of the 2023 ODI World Cup, which will be held in India. Ultimately, Mumbai Indians (MI) will make the final decision regarding Bumrah’s participation in IPL 2023.
MI squad for IPL 2023 excluding Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai Indians have bought Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and speedster Jhye Richardson to strengthen their pace attack ahead of IPL 2023. England’s star pacer Jofra Archer is also fit to play after missing out on the entire season of IPL 2022, subject to a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the England Cricket Board.
Squad strength – 24 (Overseas 8)
Players bought – Cameron Green (INR 17.5 crore), Jhye Richardson (INR 1.5 crore), Piyush Chawla (INR 50 lakh), Duan Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 lakh), Shams Mulani (INR 20 lakh), Mehal Wadhera (INR 20 lakh), Raghav Goyal (INR 20 lakh)
Players retained – Rohit Sharma (captain), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal.
