Tata IPL 2022: Kumar Kartikeya joins Mumbai Indians
Kumar Kartikeya joins Mumbai Indians – Left arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya has joined Mumbai Indians as a replacement for Arshad Khan for the rest of the TATA IPL 2022 season. Left arm pacer Arshad Khan who was yet to appear for Mumbai Indians in this year’s TATA IPL 2022, was injured during practice. Mumbai Indians have signed Kumar Kartikeya at a base price of Rs 20 lakhs as a replacement.
Kumar Kartikeya joins Mumbai Indians
24-year-old Kartikeya who hails from Madhya Pradesh, has played nine T20s for the state where he has scalped nine wickets. He had performed brilliantly in the 2021-22 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He picked up nine wickets at an impressing economy rate of 5.05 and was the joint highest wicket taker for Madhya Pradesh. He also has the experience of playing nine first class matches and 19 List-A matches where he has picked up 35 and 18 wickets respectively. Kumar Kartikeya will join Murugan Ashwin, Mayank Markande, and Fabian Allen in the spin bowling department of Mumbai Indians.
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Kumar Kartikeya joins Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians have had a forgettable season with defeats in all of their eight matches played so far. With this, Mumbai is well and truly out from the race for the play offs of TATA IPL 2022. Mumbai Indians will be playing their next match with Rajasthan Royals on 30th April 2022. It has 6 more remaining matches in TATA IPL 2022. Currently, they are the lowest in the points table with 0 points.
Below is a table which includes the bowling stats of Kartikeya.
| Format | Matches | Innings | Wickets | BBI | BBM | Average | Economy | 5 wicket hauls |
| First Class | 9 | 16 | 35 | 6/28 | 9/28 | 20.42 | 2.58 | 2 |
| List A | 19 | 17 | 18 | 3/28 | 3/28 | 36.11 | 4.08 | 0 |
| T20 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 3/10 | 3/10 | 16.11 | 5.37 | 0 |
Kumar Kartikeya has had a raw but a promising career so far. He has represented Madhya Pradesh at different levels and has shown the potential to improve his skills.
Debut/Last Matches of Kumar Kartikeya
Kumar Kartikeya FC Matches
Debut:Kerala vs Madhya Pradesh at Thumba: November 28- December 01, 2018
Last:Madhya Pradesh vs Kerala at Saurashthra: March 03-06, 2022
Kumar Kartikeya List A matches
Debut: Madhya Pradesh vs Saurashthra at Delhi: September 26, 2018
Last: Madhya Pradesh vs Uttar Pradesh at Jaipur: December 19, 2021
Kumar Kartikeya T20 Matches
Debut: Madhya Pradesh vs Sikkim at Indore: March 02, 2019
Last: Madhya Pradesh vs Kerala at Delhi: November 09, 2021
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