Kiwi pacer Mitchell McClenaghan who was a part of the Mumbai Indians franchise from 2015-2020 has been released by the franchise ahead of IPL 2021. The franchise announced the retained players on the day when the IPL retention were held. The five-time IPL champions have released seven players ahead of IPL 2021 auction and the left-arm pacer was one of them. The biggest name of the lot has to Lasith Malinga, who wasn’t a part of the 2020 season as he backed out due to personal reasons pertaining to ailing father.
The rententions include the likely faces of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult. With Mumbai releasing as many as 5 overseas players, there is a hint that the Mumbai franchise will be going hard at the overseas players in the 2021 IPL auction.
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Mitchell McClenaghan Ends Association With Mumbai Indians
Meanwhile, Mitchell McClenaghan took to Twitter to post a thank you message to the franchise. He played with the franchise for six-seasons between 2015-2020 and was a part of four title-winning squads in the meantime. He played 56 matches and picked up 71 wickets in the six seasons that he played.
“What an amazing journey over the last 6 years. Grateful for some amazing experiences, lifelong friendships and Big thanks to the @mipaltan owners, management and staff to all the @mipaltanfans, I will miss you a lot” wrote McClenaghan on Twitter as a special message to the franchise.
What an amazing journey over the last 6 years.
Grateful for some amazing experiences, lifelong friendships and 🏆🏆🏆🏆😜
Big thanks to the @mipaltan owners, management and staff 💙
💙 to all the @mipaltan fans, I will miss you a lot 🙏
It’s a See you later, not a goodbye 😜 pic.twitter.com/dGa9pqCE93
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) January 21, 2021
Released: Mitchell McCleneghan, James Pattinson, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh
Squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult
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