Over the years, Mumbai Indians have had the likes of Zaheer Khan, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Behrendroff, and Mitchell Johnson as left-arm pace options who brought crucial variety to their attack. Boult’s poor outing in the previous IPL season left them without a consistent left-arm threat.
MI could resolve this ongoing issue by bringing in Arshdeep Singh, whose natural angle and ability to swing the ball into right-handed batters and away from the left-handers will add the much-needed variety to their pace attack.
His presence could force the opposition batters to constantly adapt to different angles and releases, especially when paired with Jasprit Bumrah’s right-arm seam from the other end. With the second-most wickets among left-arm Indian pacers in IPL, Arshdeep stands only behind Jaydev Unadkar, making him an ideal long-term candidate to spearhead MI’s left-arm fast bowling department.