MI vs RCB: Jofra Archer to debut for Mumbai Indians? head coach Boucher drops subtle hints

IPL 2023: Rohit Sharma's Mumbai Indians will seek a fresh start when y travel to Bengaluru to take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in ir first match in Indian Premier League. Mumbai finished last in IPL last season and five-time champions faced severe criticism for ir display. y will be adamant to put ir season back on track this time around.

re have been severe concerns regarding Jofra Archer's health but ahead of match Mumbai head coach Mark Boucher confirmed English international is fit and raring to go. Archer was acquired in 2022 mega auction but wasn't involved in any capacity due to a long injury haul.

Mark Boucher provides a big update on Jofra Archer's health

But this year expectations are huge as prime bowler Jasprit Bumrah has already been ruled out for entire season. Boucher said, 

"Jofra is good, he is 100 per cent ready for tomorrow. He didn't train today, it was an optional training session. He felt that he was ready to put spikes on tomorrow. We are very happy with his progression since he has been with us. He'll be playing tomorrow." five time champions had a poor last season where y finished 10th but Boucher doesn't want to look back as he wasn't in charge back n.I can't comment too much about last year I wasn't re. But we have spoken about it, some new talents in team, new energy, some guys who have done really well in previous IPLs."

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"y understand that last year we didn't have a good season but things can change very quickly, energies have been good, we are in a good ." "If we get off to good start great, if we don't we'll definitely t panic. IPL is t won in April or March, it's won in May. Hopefully, we can get a good start and get some momentum."

former South African wicket-keeper also revealed that skipper Rohit Sharma is fully fit and will do leadership role as usual. 

"Yes, Rohit is fit. He has trained last two days and is 100 per cent ready to go. I think he didn't feel particularly well that morning and just as a precaution, we told him to stay at home," Boucher said at pre-match press conference on Saturday.

"re are a lot of photo shoots boys have had to do. He's t had a lot of time to himself so we thought it was better."

(Inputs from PTI)