IPL 2022: 5 Players who were underutilized by Mumbai Indians (MI)
By finishing last in the points table, MI also had the worst NRR amongst all teams in IPL 2022.
2. Mayank Markande
Even Mayank Markande, in IPL 2022, played very limitedly for MI. The leg-spinner was only rewarded with two matches that too at the fag end. In his two appearances, Mayank picked just a single wicket. But the spinner, before IPL 2022, was in red-hot form. In his 5 List A games, the leggie had scalped 11 wickets. In fact, in comparison to M Ashwin, Markande was expected to play as the foremost frontline spinner.
However, initially, the Mumbai franchise exhibited immense faith in M Ashwin’s bowling. The Tamil Nadu leg-spinner had a reasonable time picking 9 wickets in 8 games. More importantly, even when M Ashwin was discarded, MI then moved to youngsters like Hrithik Shokeen and Kumar Karthikeya.
Nevertheless, Markande could have been explored particularly when M Ashwin was benched. Maybe the 24-year-old could have exhibited similar performances as he did in IPL 2018. But startlingly Markande was completely underutilized by the blue and gold army.
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