‘People asking when I’m coming back’ – Mitchell McClenaghan on returning to Mumbai Indians in IPL
Mitchell McClenaghan (Source: Twitter)
The 17th season of the Indian Premier League is in full swing as the Indian cricket board is set to host the IPL 2024 auction on 19 December in Dubai. Around 85 players have been released from the multiple-team franchises and hundreds of others will be available for the mini-auction. The former New Zealand player Mitchell McClenaghan recently opened up on his desire to play for Mumbai Indians once again.
Mitchell McClenaghan was previously part of the Mumbai Indians from 2015 to 2019 squad but the team bid adieu to the Kiwi player in 2020. Currently, McClenaghan is representing Manipal Tigers in the ongoing Legends League Cricket (LLC) 2023.
Mitchell McClenaghan on reuniting with Mumbai Indians in IPL
“It’s one of the common things on Twitter, people asking when I’m coming back, but currently I am going through my coaching courses, trying to learn more about that side of the game because it’s a sport that I enjoy and a sport that I would like to be involved in going forward. So who knows whether that goes locally back home or globally within the T20 circuit? I mean, MI would be a goal of mine to reunite with that franchise, for sure,” said Mitchell McClenaghan.
“I feel really bad for Rohit in particular because I know how much preparation he puts into tournaments, and I know this would have been a big trophy for him to tick off. So from that point of view, I do place my heart, I feel, for how he didn’t get the result that he would have wanted and what he probably deserved with how he has turned Indian cricket around in the last couple of years,” added McClenaghan.
Mumbai Indians Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Dewald Brevis, SKY, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (trade).
Released Players: Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier, Mohammed Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal.
