May you at all times shine like this: Nita Ambani lauds MI new recruit Kumar Kartikeya over cellphone win over RR

IPL 2022, RR vs MI: Kumar Kartikeya, who made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians on Saturday, bowled 9 dot balls and picked up the prized scalp of Sanju Samson because the 5-time champions outclassed Rajasthan Royals in Mumbai.

May you at all times shine like this: Nita Ambani lauds MI new recruit Kartikeya (Courtesy: Mumbai Indians)

Having acquired an IPL contract solely final week, Kumar Kartikeya was the beginning of the Mumbai Indians dressing room celebrations because the 5-time champions ended their watch for the primary win of the IPL 2022 season of their ninth recreation on Saturday, April 30.

The left-arm ‘the whole lot’ spinner made an affect on his debut for Mumbai Indians as he bowled 4 overs and gave away simply 19 runs whereas selecting up the massive wicket of Rajasthan Royals captain Sanju Samson. Kartikeya performed an enormous position in serving to Mumbai Indians limit an omnipotent Rajasthan batting unit to simply 158 in 20 overs.

Kartikeya was introduced in as a substitute for Injured Mohd Arshad Khan solely final week. The 24-year-old spinner from Uttar Pradesh had performed 9 first-class matches, 19 List A video games, and eight T20s, selecting 35, 18 and 9 wickets respectively, and was a part of the net-bowling group for Mumbai Indians.

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After impressing within the nets, the younger left-arm spinner, who has loads of tips up his sleeve, flaunted his variations towards RR on the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. There have been mistaken’un, sliders, and even carrom balls as Rajasthan batters didn’t get a single free ball from Kartikeya. He bowled as many as 9 dot balls in his 4-over spell.

On Saturday night, Kartikeya acquired a name from Mumbai Indians proprietor Nita Ambani. The younger left-arm spinner obtained heaps of reward from Mrs. Ambani who spoke to the spectacular spinner over the cellphone as Mi have been celebrating their victory on the dressing room.

A member of the help workers was seen telling Mrs Ambani that Kartikeya is a shy persona and he finds talking harder than bowling.

Notably, captain Rohit Sharma additionally heaped reward on Kartikeya and his younger spin associate Hrithik Shokeen, who had the final giggle after conceding as many as 4 sixes in 4 balls to Jos Buttler. Shokeen who made his T20 debut within the IPL for MI has impressed with classical off-spin bowling to date.

“Both of these guys are quite courageous. When you speak to them, you know that they want to do something special and they don’t want to go into hiding. It gives me the confidence to bowl them at any given stage,” Rohit spoke of Kartikeya and Shokeen.