3 Teams That Can Target Manish Pandey In IPL 2023

Manish Pandey was picked by Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2022 auction for Rs. 4.60 crores. The right-handed batsman is one of the most experienced IPL players with over 160 matches since the first season. However, in IPL 2022, Pandya missed his form and scored just 88 runs in 6 games at an average of 14.67.

Manish Pandey might have to find a new team in the IPL 2023. Lucknow Super Giants were one of the top performers in IPL 2022, finishing in the 3rd spot in the points table. If the franchise drops Manish Pandey from the squad, there might be a few teams that can target the middle-order batter in the next season. Here we talk about 3 teams that can target Manish Pandey in IPL 2023.

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3 Teams That Can Target Manish Pandey In IPL 2023

1. Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians is the first team that can target Manish Pandya in IPL 2022. Mumbai Indians faced a lot of batting woes in IPL 2022 where they failed to chase easy targets in some games. If Manish Pandya comes to the squad, he can help the team in the middle order.

Tim David and Dewald Brevis are two middle-order batters for the team but since they are overseas, MI find it tough to rope them into the playing XI. A domestic middle-order batter like Manish Pandey can be useful for the team.

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2. Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals is another team that can target Manish Panday in IPL 2022. Rajasthan Royals has a powerful top order comprising players like Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, and Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, they faced issues in the middle order in the last season. In some games, all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin took the middle-order position to help the team. Hence, Manish Pandey can give consistency to the team in the middle.

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3. Royal Challengers Bangalore

Royal Challengers Bangalore is another team that can target Manish Pandey in IPL 2022. Manish Pandey was part of RCB when he became the first Indian player to slam a century in IPL 2009. In IPL 2022, Royal Challengers Bangalore showed good form reaching the playoffs.

However, in some games, they totally failed to reach the targets. Dinesh Karthik in the lower-order helped the team from woes with his batting strike rate of 183+ and 10 unbeaten knocks in 16 games. Hence, Manish Pandya can be of great help to Royal Challengers Bangalore in the middle.

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