Despite the absence of pace ace Jasprit Bumrah from their world-class squad, Gavaskar believes Rohit and co. have a good chance of making the IPL 2023 playoffs.
Paceman Jasprit Bumrah will miss the entire IPL 2022 season. The star fast bowler is expected to be sidelined for six months. At the IPL 2023 auction, the Mumbai Indians strengthened their squad by signing Cameron Green (INR 17.5 crore) and Jhye Richardson (INR 1.5 crore).
Before the 2022 IPL season, the Mumbai Indians defeated the Rajasthan Royals in a bidding war to sign England pacer Jofra Archer. Prior to the start of the new season, batting legend Gavaskar predicted that Mumbai Paltan skipper Rohit ‘will do something really special’ in IPL 2023.
Archer has been hailed as MI’s trump card for the new season by the legendary cricketer and former Indian captain. Jofra Archer is unquestionably a (trump card). After his ODI double hundred, Ishan Kishan will be someone to keep an eye on.
And I believe Rohit Sharma will do something truly remarkable this season Gavaskar stated to Star Sports. At the auction, England pacer Archer joined the Mumbai Indians for a whopping INR 8 crore. Archer has yet to play for the five-time champions.
I believe Jofra Archer’s presence will be their greatest asset. He can take wickets early on and then bowl a couple of overs at the end to block runs and take wickets. I believe it (the weakness) is due to the spin combination.
source: star sports
They have a great new-ball attack, but the spin combination appears to be a little light Gavaskar went on to say. At the IPL 2023 auction, Mumbai Indians signed Piyush Chawla (INR 50 lakh), Duan Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 lakh), Shams Mulani (INR 20 lakh), Nehal Wadhera (INR 20 lakh), and Raghav Goyal (INR 20 lakh). Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, and Riley Meredith had previously left the Mumbai Indians.
Prior to the start of the new season, MI also signed Australia’s Jason Behrendorff from Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). The Mumbai Indians will open their campaign against the Royal Challengers Bangalore, led by Virat Kohli, on April 2nd at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium.
