IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals & Mumbai Indians Announce Replacements For Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah was forced to take his name out from the IPL 2923 as he sustained a back injury. The last time Bumrah was spotted in action was back in September.

Jasprit Bumrah and Rishabh Pant.

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Ahead of the IPL 2023, Mumbai Indians have named Sandeep Warrier as a replacement for Jasprit Bumrah on Friday. Delhi Capitals om the other hand added Bengal-based wicketkeeper batter Abhishek Porel as Rishabh Pant’s replacement.

Bumrah was forced to take his name out from the IPL 2923 as he sustained a back injury. The last time Bumrah was spotted in action was back in September. The ace India speedster also missed out on playing T20 World Cup and the recently concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia.

Delhi Capitals’ Rishabh Pant earlier met with a horrific car crash in December 2022 where he sustained multiple injuries. David Warner replaced him as the skipper of Delhi Capitals for the upcoming IPL 2022. Porel, who is the replacement for Pant has featured in 16 First-Class matches alongside 3 List A and as many T20s for Bengal.

Sandeep Warrier on the other hand has represented India and taken 62 wickets in 68 T20s. Earlier, he represented Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore and has taken part in 5 IPL games. He played for Kerala in domestic cricket before going to Tamil Nadu in 2020. Delhi roped in Porel for INR 20 Lakh while MI acquired Sandeep Warrier by paying him  INR 50 Lakh.

Squads:

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jofra Archer, Tim David, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal, Sandeep Warrier.

Delhi Capitals: Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Rovman Powell, Pravin Dubey, Lungi Ngidi, Vicky Ostwal, Aman Khan, Phil Salt, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Manish Pandey, Rilee Rossouw, Abhishek Porel