Mumbai Indians replace injured Arshad Khan with Kumar Kartikeya Singh for the remainder of IPL 2022

Mumbai Indians replace injured Arshad Khan with Kumar Kartikeya Singh for the remainder of IPL 2022: Mumbai Indians (MI) on Thursday signed Kumar Kartikeya Singh as the replacement for injured Mohammad Arshad Khan for the remainder of the Tata Indian Premier League (IPL) season fifteen.?

The left-arm spinner, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, represents Madhya Pradesh in the domestic circuit and has featured in 9 First-Class games, apart from 19 List A matches and 8 T20s throughout his career and has scalped 35, 18 and 9 wickets respectively.?

Mumbai Indians confirmed the development with a social media post on Thursday. Notably, Mohammad Arshad Khan picked up an injury and was subsequently taken for scans, which ruled the cricketer out for the remainder of the Indian T20 league.

Kumar Kartikeya Singh will join Mumbai Indians at a base price of INR 20 Lakhs.

MI said that Kumar Kartikeya is consistently impressing everyone in the nets and his brilliant bowling skills have earned him a maiden contract to the main squad.

?Kartikeya is a slow left-arm bowler and has represented MP across all three formats of the game since making his debut in 2018. Kumar Kartikeya has been impressive in the nets and his learning trajectory on improving and fine-tuning his bowling skills have earned him the call up to the main squad,? said Mumbai Indians.

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MI looking for its 1st win:

The five-time champion side, Mumbai Indians, is enduring an underwhelming season in the Indian Premier League. The franchise has already lost all of its eight initial matches in the IPL 2022 and is virtually out of the contention for playoff qualification.

Rohit Sharma and co are still searching for that one breakthrough moment that can help them bring up their first victory in the IPL 2022. Mumbai Indians' quest for their first win of the season will continue as they will be up against daunting Rajasthan Royals (RR) on April 30th in the DY Patil Sports Academy.?

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