Jason Behrendorff Disappointed Not To Join Mumbai Indians Due To Back Issue

Jason Behrendorff’s superb show in the Guwahati T20I against India last year earned him praises from all around the world.

He bowled a spell of 4/21 and the wickets included scalps of top four batsmen i.e. Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Manish Pandey.

His bowling prowess also put him being in contention for Ashes as well, but a back injury ruled him out.

He went to miss Big Bash League as well.

However, his show in the T20I was enough to land him an IPL contract.

Behrendorff, who put his base price Rs 1 Crore, was expected to one of the biggest buys in the auction.

He was sold for an amount of Rs 1.50 to Mumbai Indians, which was probably on the lower side than what was expected.

Behrendorff was all set to join the Mumbai Indians’ camp in the coming days, but he failed to recover from the back injury.

It ruled him out of IPL and also delayed his arrival in the league by at least a year.

Behrendorff, who has played two T20Is, is disappointed to miss IPL but the left-arm pacer is hoping to make a recovery soon,

I’m disappointed not to join the @mipaltan at this year's IPL. Unfortunately my back has kept me out a bit longer than we thought & hoped, but rehab is going really well & I can't wait to get back & play some cricket soon!
All the best to the MI family for the tournament!

— Jason Behrendorff (@JDorff5) March 20, 2018

Mumbai Indians have called back Mitchell McClenaghan to their team as a replacement for Behrendorff.

McClenaghan played for Mumbai Indians in the last season as well and scalped 19 wickets in 14 games.

His previous year’s performance could have landed him a big IPL contract but he went unsold.

He was one of the top players who went unsold.

McClanaghan had to let go his central contract so as yo play T20 leagues around the world and IPL snub was a big surprise.

However, he has now landed an IPL contract and the Kiwi pacer would have to make best out of it.

He will join likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman in Mumbai’s fast bowling department to be mentored by Lasith Malinga.

Mumbai Indians squad: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jean-Paul Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan

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