IPL 2022: MI sign Tristan Stubbs as Tymal Mills’ replacement
Mumbai Indians (MI) have struggled in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season and are already knocked out of the tournament. Nothing has gone right for them this season apart from the win that they registered in their ninth game of the season. Meanwhile, their pace bowler Tymal Mills has been ruled out of the rest of the season due to an ankle injury. The five-time champions have signed the middle-order batter from South Africa, Tristan Stubbs, as his replacement.
Mills played five matches for MI this season and picked up six wickets while also being at the expensive side in terms of his economy. Meanwhile, his replacement, Stubbs has featured in 17 T20 matches so far and has scored 506 runs at a strike rate of 157.14. Stubbs also had a promising domestic season scoring 293 runs at an average of 48.83 and a strike rate of 183.12 playing for Warriors in the CSA T20 Challenge. He has been signed for his base price of INR 20 lakh and will join the MI squad soon.
Mumbai Indians are scheduled to play the table-toppers Gujarat Titans in their next game at the Brabourne Stadium. It remains to be seen when Stubbs will be available for them to feature in IPL 2022.
MI languishing at the bottom of the points table
Meanwhile, the Rohit Sharma-led side won the previous game finally breaking the jinx. They lost their first eight matches in IPL 2022 before defeating the Rajasthan Royals perhaps comfortably. They will be facing the table-toppers Gujarat Titans in their next encounter. The two teams will be facing each other for the first time this season and it will be nostalgic for the Titans skipper Hardik Pandya who played for MI till last year before the team decided against retaining him ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction.
MI will be looking to notch up their second consecutive win while the Titans have a chance to seal their place in the playoffs with their ninth win of the season.
