Mumbai Indians (MI) playing XI from their first IPL encounter in 2008: Where are they now?
With the next season of IPL around the corner, let’s take a look at where do the players from MI’s playing XI in their very first IPL game stand today.
Dominic Thornely
Dominic Thornely has nothing to state about his IPL existence. In MI’s maiden match, he played merely 5 balls before a dreadful short-pitched delivery from Zaheer Khan bounced the senses out him. He was banged right on the grill of his helmet and eventually walked out being retired hurt.
What followed is not a story that could leave anyone even mildly impressed as he played just 6 matches in the entire season and managed to score only 39 runs with the bat and 3 wickets with the ball. Having no international experience and a rather underwhelming performance in the season brought his IPL ambitions to an end and the first season of the marquee event became his last.
Thornely, who has a fair bit of experience with 83 first-class matches and 100 List A encounters, has played professional cricket for New South Wales, Surrey, and Hampshire. He has represented Sydney Sixers from 2011-13 in the Big Bash League.
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