IPL 2022: Mumbai Indians Need To Start Building Team For Next 2-3 Years - RP Singh

Former Indian pacer RP Singh figures that without any possibility of fitting the bill for the playoff games this season, Mumbai Indians’ (MI) should begin planning for the next IPL season. He asked the franchise to offer periphery players a chance in the excess games and see what they can concoct.

Mumbai enlisted their first win in IPL 2022 when they got the better of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) by five wickets in their last match. The victory finished their eight-match long string of failures in the tournament.

Mumbai Indians Need To Test Youngsters: RP Singh

The five-time IPL champions will hope to expand on the up-sides from their victory over RR when they face the Gujarat Titans (GT) at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai on Friday, 6 May.

Reviewing the game, Singh said that everything revolves around looking towards the future for MI from here onwards.

Sharing his views on Cricbuzz he said: “Let’s be honest, MI’s campaign for this season is over. They now need to look forward and start building the team for the next two to three years. The bench they picked at the auction, Mumbai must now test them and find out whether they can be part of the race in the long run.

I think Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, and Suryakumar Yadav will play. We might see some changes in bowling. They can give new players a go and analyze where they are lacking, so they can prepare for the next auction accordingly.”

The former left-arm pacer named young keeper-batter Aryan Juyal as one player he is looking forward to watching.

He added: “I have personally seen him and he looks quite an exciting talent. He is one who can be tried out.”

Juyal is a 20-year-old wicketkeeper from Uttar Pradesh who has played seven T20 matches up to this point.

Mumbai Indians Should Give Rest To Jasprit Bumrah: Virender Sehwag

Having comparative perspectives, former Indian opener Virender Sehwag proposed that Mumbai might rest senior players like Jasprit Bumrah and explore different avenues regarding the crew to get the greatest out of the leftover games.

He opined: “I think this is the right time to rest seniors like Bumrah and Rohit Sharma. They can try out new players and evaluate who can be retained and who can be released. When the big names are not there, a new or unknown name might emerge as a hero. If things go wrong, at the most, they might end up losing another match.”

While Bumrah has picked up just five wickets from nine matches, skipper Rohit has scored 155 runs at an average of 17.22 in IPL 2022.

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