Former South African cricketer and ex-Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher, now a JioStar expert, told IANS that Mumbai Indians suffer without Jasprit Bumrah, whom he considers the world’s best T20 bowler. Boucher highlighted Bumrah’s ability to bowl in power plays and death overs, making him a match-winner. He believes Mumbai would have been title contenders in IPL 2023, when Bumrah missed due to injury, as his absence weakens any team.
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00:00You know, look, I think that Mumbai Indians without Jasprit Bruma is straight away, like,
00:08it's not a good thing. I mean, I think he's probably the world's best T20 bowler.
00:15The fact that he can bowl in the power play, the fact that he can bowl it to death,
00:21he's a match winner in his own right. So I think that Mumbai Indians with Jasprit Bruma
00:26is always going to be a lot better team. The fact that he's not available brings a guy
00:32like Trent Boult into the equation where he's going to have to probably lead the attack.
00:37Deepak Chah as well is a new selection for Mumbai Indians.
00:40I think he's going to play a massive role as well.
00:43It's going to be interesting to see how they start the competition with regards
00:47to the international players, what their split's going to be.
00:51Are they going to play an extra batter or are they going to boost their bowling
00:54with internationals as well? So I think it's going to be interesting to see what they go in with.
01:00But yeah, to answer your question, Jasprit Bruma, I would love to have had him in my first season.
01:06I think that if we had him, I've got no doubt that we could have been title contenders.
01:12You know, we got to the third position, but I mean, he's the world's best bowler.
01:18So any team without Jasprit Bruma is not going to be as good a team as with him in it.
01:25I think it might change throughout the competition.
01:27And I think, as I alluded to earlier, regarding their bowling options.
01:32So I think that they've got Indian batters to go up front.
01:37A guy like Robin Mintz, I think he can bat up front.
01:40So, you know, they've got that option.
01:44If they feel that they want to maybe, you know, they can put another Indian as a bowler,
01:52I think they can go with Ryan Rickleton. They've also got Will Jacks.
01:56So I think they've got plenty of options. It's basically about Jasprit Bruma.
02:01So if he's injured, what combinations are they going to go with?
02:05Are they going to strengthen their bowling or do they feel that they've got cover for Jasprit Bruma?
02:09There is no cover for Jasprit Bruma.
02:12It just depends what they want to do with regards to the internationals.
02:16I think the big question is what four internationals would they want to play?
02:20And what is the split? So they're definitely going to play Trent Boult.
02:24I know that they probably want to play Satner as well.
02:28Yes.
02:29Do they push, you know, Rhys Topley into the equation?
02:35That might be at the expense of the batter up front.
02:38I'm really interested to see if they play Robin Mintz. I think Robin Mintz is an unknown entity.
02:44You've got Naman Deer as well, who can also open the batting.
02:49So yeah, you know, Ryan Rickleton will be fantastic from a South African perspective to see him playing.
02:54Will Jacks has done really well. But as I said, I think it's all about the options.
03:00If they want to strengthen their bowling with the internationals,
03:03then that might be at the expense of one of the opening batters.
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