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Chris Jordan has immense T20 experience
Jordan has played for many teams in IPL
Jordan played for Chennai in the last IPL
New Delhi. Mumbai Indians, captained by Rohit Sharma, have included England’s experienced fast bowler Chris Jordan in their squad for the remaining matches of IPL 2023 as a replacement. Jordan was unsold in the players’ auction last year. Jordan, who had a base price of 2 crores, did not find any buyer in December last year. Jordan was released by the Chennai Super Kings captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni before the auction last year. This England pacer has played in the IPL on behalf of Royal Challengers Bangalore, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Punjab Kings and Chennai Super Kings.
Chris Jordan’s name included 27 IPL wickets
34-year-old Chris Jordan has taken 27 IPL wickets in 28 innings. During this, his bowling average was 30.85 while the economy was 9.32. He took part in the 15th edition of IPL last year, from CSK, in which he took 2 wickets in 4 matches.
Record 5-time champions Mumbai Indians are currently in trouble due to injuries to many of their international bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah is not available while Jhye Richardson is ruled out while Jofra Archer has recently returned from Belgium after meeting an elbow specialist. Mumbai has included Relameredith in place of Richardson. Jordan is called Yorker Specialist. He proves to be extremely lethal in the death overs.
In whose place did Mumbai include Jordan in the team?
Chris Jordan has joined the Mumbai team as a replacement for which player, it is not yet clear. Jordan, 6 feet 2 inches tall, has immense experience of T20. He played for the champions Gulf Giants in the ILT20 tournament in February. He took the maximum 20 wickets in that tournament. Last month, Jordan also played 3 T20 International matches against Bangladesh.
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Tags: IPL 2023, mumbai indians
FIRST PUBLISHED : April 30, 2023, 15:57 IST