Mumbai supplant broken Madushanka with South Africa teen Maphaka

Mumbai Indians will be without Dilshan Madushanka for IPL 2024. The Sri Lanka fast bowler picked up a hamstring injury during a tour of Bangladesh earlier this month and has been ruled out of the entire T20 tournament. Seventeen-year-old South Africa fast bowler Kwena Maphaka has been named as his replacement. Mumbai had contributed a huge total on Madushanka - INR 4.6 crore (USD 554,000 approx.) and he had an opportunity to play in the principal XI as a powerplay trained professional. Madushanka's capacity to swing the new ball was on show in the ODI World Cup in 2023, where he was the third-most noteworthy wicket-taker (21) behind Mohammed Shami (24) and Adam Zampa (23). Maphaka is in his last year of school - he goes to a similar one as Kagiso Rabada, St Stithians in Johannesburg. He was expected to spend his mid year occasions with Mumbai and afterward get back, however those plans have changed and he will rather spend Walk, April and May with a group that incorporates quick bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and mentors like Lasith Malinga. Maphaka was perhaps of the most attractive player in the 2024 Under-19 World Cup, taking South Africa to the semi-finals with his take of 21 wickets from six ODIs at a normal of 9.71 and economy pace of 3.81. No one has taken more wickets in a solitary release of the young World Cup. The left-arm seamer's partners say he bowls 140 kph and is known for his inswing, which places him in a similar shape as Madushanka. Mumbai have six other expert quick bowlers in their crew, albeit one of them, another likely starter, Gerald Coetzee, is nursing a crotch injury. The new chief Hardik Pandya, having reported that he will be fit to bowl in the future, likely could be expected to offer help to the Bumrah-drove bowling assault.