IPL 2023: 3 players from MI Cape Town Mumbai Indians might target at auction

1. Sam Curran

Sam Curran has been a match-winner with both bat and ball and has proven his mettle in the T20 competitions around the world. The 24-year-old has featured in 145 games in the shortest format and bagged 149 wickets at an economy of 8.43. On the batting front, he has smashed 1731 runs at a strike rate of 135.65.

Curran’s bowling stocks have grown leaps and bounds of late and his stunning performances at the T20 World Cup 2022 were a prime example of the same. The left-arm pacer was Jos Buttler’s go-to man for the death overs and delivered the goods on most occasions. He took 13 wickets in six games in the T20 carnival that too at a stellar economy of 6.52 and was adjudged the Player of the Tournament for his breathtaking bowling displays.

Given Curran’s meteoric rise, he could be on the wishlist of Mumbai Indians. The England all-rounder has shown his ability to bowl at any phase of the game and play handy knocks with the bat. Moreover, he has been expectational in the IPL arena too, bagging 32 wickets in as many games and hammering 337 runs at a strike rate of 149.78. Therefore, the Mumbai franchise could go all guns blazing to sign the Northampton-born at the forthcoming auction.