Mumbai Indians pacer Jason Behrendorff said that he’s “completely gutted” after an harm dominated him out of the whole Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. Behrendorff broke his leg whereas coaching final week and was changed by English left-arm pacer Luke Wooden. Based on cricket.com.au, earlier than leaving for India, the ball struck the leg of the 33-year-old on the WACA Floor whereas batting within the nets. Behrendorff on Tuesday took to Instagram and wished a profitable season for the five-time champions and was hopeful to return subsequent 12 months.
“Sadly, there was a freak accident at coaching final week which resulted in my leg being damaged. It wasn’t anybody’s fault, only a very unfortunate incident. I’ve liked being part of the MI household and am completely gutted to be lacking this 12 months’s IPL. Wishing@mumbaiindians a profitable season and hopefully I am going to have the chance to be again subsequent 12 months,” Behrendorff wrote on Instagram.
Final season, Behrendorff was one of many key performers of an MI tempo unit, disadvantaged of the star energy of Indian fast Jasprit Bumrah and English pacer Jofra Archer. He guided MI to the playoffs along with his 14 wickets in 12 matches at a median of 27.64.
Behrendorff was named Australia’s finest males’s T20 participant for 2023 after he made a powerful impression along with his performances for the Saggy Greens within the shortest format.
He spearheaded Australia’s assault throughout the five-match sequence towards India in December final 12 months. With 6 scalps to his title, Behrendorff ended up because the main wicket-taker for the Saggy Greens.
Earlier this 12 months, he went on to say a wicket every in Australia’s three-match dwelling T20I sequence towards the West Indies.
He additionally starred with the ball for the Perth Scorchers throughout the Massive Bash League (BBL). The left-arm pacer picked up 16 wickets at 15.87 in 10 matches.
His current run of kind would have performed a vital position in breaking by means of Australia’s T20 World Cup squad. Nonetheless, he’ll now be in a race towards time to get match and put his title in rivalry for the extremely anticipated event.
MI will kick off their marketing campaign towards Gujarat Titans on the Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.
MI IPL 204 squad: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wooden, Romario Shepherd, Hardik Pandya (c), Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Naman Dhir, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma.
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