IPL 2024 / Sudden change in Mumbai team, this player is out, replacement also announced

IPL 2024: Before IPL 2024, Mumbai Indians team has to make major changes in its squad. One star player of the team is out of this season. This player was one of the most important players of the team last season. Due to injury, this player will not be able to participate in the 17th season of the Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians have also announced the replacement of this player.

Big change in Mumbai Indians team

Mumbai Indians fast bowler Jason Behrendorff has been ruled out of the Indian Premier League 2024. According to the press release issued by IPL, Jason Behrendorff is injured, due to which he will not take part in the upcoming season of IPL. Mumbai Indians have included England's Luke Wood in their team as a replacement for Jason Behrendorff. This will be Luke Wood's first IPL season. He will join MI for Rs 50 lakh.

𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: Luke Wood replaces injured Jason Behrendorff.

Wishing Jason a speedy recovery 💙#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians @lwood_95 pic.twitter.com/PoerY91O88

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) March 18, 2024

Luke Wood's T20I career

Luke Wood has played only 2 ODIs and 5 T20 matches for England so far. He does not have a single wicket to his name in ODIs. At the same time, in T20 he has taken 8 wickets with an economy of 9.66. On the other hand, Jason Behrendorff has played 17 matches in the IPL so far and has taken 19 wickets. In the last season of IPL, he played 12 matches for Mumbai. During this period he had taken 14 wickets in his name.

Updated Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2024:

Hardik Pandya (captain), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Dewald Brewis, Tim David, Tilak Verma, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Karthikeya, Akash Madhwal, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, Vishnu Vinod, Piyush Chawla, Romario Shepherd. , Gerald Coetzee, Dilshan Madushanka, Shreyas Gopal, Nuwan Thushara, Anshul Kamboj, Naman Dheer, Mohammad Nabi, Shivalik Sharma, Luke Wood, Jasprit Bumrah.