All-rounder Arjun Tendulkar has been ruled out of the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League and the franchise Mumbai Indians have roped in Delhi pacer Simarjeet Singh as his replacement.
The franchise said that the pacer has joined the squad after completing mandatory quarantine.
Arjun was bought by the franchise at the base price of Rs 20 lakh and like him, Simrajeet is also an uncapped player at the IPL level.
Overall, Simarjeet has played 15 T20s and has taken 18 wickets at an average of 20.50 and an economy rate of 7.76. He picked up 11 wickets at an economy rate of 5.65 in the 2020-21 edition of the domestic ODI competition Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The Mumbai Indians are desperate to get all things right towards the end of the tournament after things did not quite pan out as well as they would have planned. They have not been able to put pressure on the opposition bowling attack albeit their bowling attack has been impressive as ever.
The Mumbai Indians have won just five games out of the 11 games played so far and find themselves at the fifth position on the points table. They will be desperate to win all the remaining games to stake claim a spot in the first four positions on the table to get into the playoff stage.