Mumbai Indians celebrate April Fool's Day with Lendl Simmons pranking Pragyan Ojha: Watch

IPL champions Mumbai Indians were supposed to begin ir title defence on March 29 when y were scheduled to face Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium. But  rising fears around vel coronavirus forced BCCI to have IPL postponed to a date beyond April 15. future of IPL remains to be decided and some reports even suggest that tournament might get shelved altoger this year. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians has looked to keep its fans involved on social media and shared a fun video on occasion of April Fools Day on Wednesday.

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IPL 2020: Mumbai Indians share hilarious prank on April Fools Day

Mumbai Indians celebrated April Fools Day in style as y posted a throwback video from what was supposedly  2014-2015 season. A young Jasprit Bumrah was seen conspiring with West Indies batsman Lendl Simmons as duo planned to prank ir teammate Pragyan Ojha. As Ojha walks to Simmons, West Indian offers some gum to spinner, who n gets shocked by fake gum and gets a current out of it. Here is hilarious video.

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April Fools Day: Only 14 days to go before BCCI takes call on IPL future

April Fools Day also marks April 1, which means that BCCI w has only 14 days before it has to anunce furr future of IPL 2020. y currently have IPL postponed to a date beyond April 15 but tournament's future remains in doubt as COVID-19 tightens its grip on country. If tournament goes ahead, Mumbai Indians will be defending ir 2019 trophy in IPL 2020 with new additions to team like Chris Lynn and Nathan Coulter-Nile. Rohit Sharma will continue to captain side.

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