IPL: Australia great slams Mumbai Indians, Rohit Sharma & Co. 'doesn't make sense' to him

Ar Indian Premier League season started on a losing te for five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians, as y returned with an eight-wicket loss against Royal Challengers Bangalore in ir IPL 2023 campaign opener on Sunday. Rohit Sharma-led franchise looked aver in both departments of game, as Virat Kohli’s unbeaten 82 off 49 sailed RCB to target of 172 runs with 22 balls remaining. Rohit Sharma’s captaincy became a heated topic of discussion for cricketing world and received remarks from several cricketing greats.

Meanwhile, speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Australian cricket legend Tom Moody pointed out that MI playing XI consisted of several holes.  Moody expressed that ‘too many holes’ in MI squad might t lead champion team anywhere near IPL finals. “I just feel re are too many holes amongst ir team and I don't think y've got a balance in ir squad eir. y don't have domestic bowling depth and international bowling depth,” added former Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach.

"I'm concerned (for MI) because I sort of called it before start of IPL that I didn't think y'd be anywhere near finals. I just feel re are too many holes amongst ir team and I don't think y've got a balance in ir squad eir. y don't have domestic bowling depth and international bowling depth," Moody said.

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MI IPL 2023 squad: What went wrong for Mumbai Indians in ir tournament opener?

Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2023 squad features several overseas stars like Cameron Green, Tim David, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, and Dewald Drevis among ors. However, former SRH coach revealed he feels maximum of international stars in MI are relatively young and in-experiences.  This comes after a weak MI squad that lacked experienced and depth in IPL 2022, finished last in tournament for first time. 

"y don't have balance with ir overseas players eir. y've got a lot of power-hitters and young power-hitters in Brevis, Stubbs and David. Three of m are taking up eight slots that you're given. That doesn't make sense to me. You can see tonight just with RCB how important experience is. Where is experience in that squad?" Moody furr explained.

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MI IPL 2023 squad: MI's full squad for Indian Premier League 2023

Mumbai Indians IPL 2023 squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer,  Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Jhye Richardson, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vid, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal, Sandeep Warrier