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Jasprit Bumrah is undoubtedly one of the most successful Indian speedsters currently. He has also played a vital role in the journey of Mumbai Indians for a few titles in the Indian T20 League since his debut nine years back in the year 2013. The 28-year-old has appeared in 120 matches for the five-time champions Mumbai.
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In these matches, he has scalped 145 wickets with a five-wicket haul to his name and the best performance of 5/10. But it is also the fact that the Ahmedabad-born pacer is not in action on the cricketing field for the last couple of three months since September.
Firstly, he was ruled out of the Asia Cup 2022 due to an injury that he sustained in his back. Subsequently, he couldn't be a part of the 20-20 World Cup 2022 due to a delay in recovery from the same injury. Although, he is on the way to his recovery still Mumbai may look forward add some young names to the squad as a backup for Bumrah.
With said that, here we'll have a look at the three young Indians who might be picked as the backup for the ace Indian speedster in the Indian T20 2023 auction.
1. Shivam Mavi
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The young pace bowler from Uttar Pradesh made his debut in the Indian T20 League four years back in the year 2018 for Kolkata. Since then, he has played 32 matches to scalp 30 wickets with the best performance of 4/21. The 24-year-old has produced some crucial performances while playing for Kolkata.
Apart from his performances in the Indian T20 League, The Noida-based prodigy has also delivered some vital performances in domestic T20 cricket. Considering his form and pace, the Mumbai management might look at him as the backup plan for Bumrah while going into the auction for the next edition of the Indian T20 League.
2. Vaibhav Arora
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The 25-year-old pacer played his first domestic T20 for Himachal in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy of 2021. Since then, he has made 24 appearances in T20 cricket. In these matches, Arora has claimed 25 wickets to his name with the best performance of 3/16. The 24 matches Vaibhav appeared in also include the five matches he played for Punjab in the Indian T20 League 2022.
Bowling in these five matches, he scalped three wickets. Looking at him as a potential part of the pace attack to add some pace and attack to the lineup, Mumbai might buy him during the mini-auction for the 16th edition of the Indian T20 League. Later they can use him as the backup plan if Jasprit Bumrah fails to make a spot in the playing XI in either of the matches of the next season.
3. Yash Thakur
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The Vidarbha-based pacer might be a like-to-like replacement for Jasprit Bumrah as he owns some brilliant records to his name in the domestic T20 cricket circuit of India. He has developed himself as a death-over specialist in T20 cricket since he made his T20 debut against Chhattisgarh three years back in the year 2019.
The 23-year-old has scalped 55 wickets with his brilliant performance in the 37 matches he played so far in various domestic T20 tournaments. Interestingly, he has also claimed 15 wickets and ended up in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2022 as the highest wicket-taker for Vidarbha.