Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) legend AB de Villiers desires to see Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya flip the warmth together with his bowling within the upcoming version of IPL 2024. De Villiers emphasised Hardik’s position as an all-rounder for the Mumbai Indians.
Mumbai Indians have begun their preparations for the seventeenth version of the IPL with renewed hopes and a brand new captain at their helm. Hardik changed Rohit Sharma because the captain of the 5-time champions and shall be carrying numerous expectations and a load of taking ahead the profitable legacy constructed by his predecessor for a decade. Hardik will look to guide the crew from the entrance by showcasing his all-round abilities, one thing that he did throughout his captaincy tenure for the Gujarat Titans as effectively.
“Hardik Pandya – they wanted him to come back again; in any other case, the steadiness simply did not look as sturdy. I believe Hardik goes to play an enormous position. Hopefully, he’ll be capable of maintain the ball in hand and be the all-rounder that Mumbai Indians want him to be,” De Villiers mentioned on his YouTube channel.
AB de Villiers additionally lauded Mumbai Indians’ bowling spearhead, Jasprit Bumrah, expressing eagerness for his comeback in IPL 2024.
“I’m trying ahead to look at him bowl. We have missed him within the IPL, now he is again in full flight. We have watched him carry out for India within the Take a look at matches, he was merely excellent. When the warmth is on, you need Jasprit Bumrah in your crew. He comes by for you 9/10 instances, he makes it work, he will get the large wickets,” de Villiers mentioned.
Bumrah missed the IPL 2023 on account of an harm in his again through the fifth Take a look at towards England in 2022. The again harm saved Bumrah out of cricketing motion for a protracted interval. Nevertheless, the star bowler made an impeccable comeback for India by placing up spectacular performances within the ODI World Cup 2023, Take a look at sequence towards South Africa and England. Bumrah’s subsequent project would be the IPL 2024 as he’ll look to be absolutely ready forward of the T20 World Cup 2024.
