Mitchell McClenaghan made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in 2015 (File photo/Twitter)
New Zealand fast bowler Mitchell McClenaghan, who was retained by defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) ahead of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, on Wednesday liked a tweet in which a Twitter user wrote that Indian skipper Virat Kohli is his bunny in IPL.
Virat is bunny of @Mitch_Savage in the IPL. @mipaltan plz don’t release him, otherwise Virat wil score 5 hundreds on the flat track of Bangalore ✌
— 𝙑𝙆45 🇮🇳🇿🇦 (@ImVkataria45) November 13, 2019
McClenaghan has dismissed Kohli four times across five seasons. He also liked a tweet that compared his statistics with MI’s new recruit Boult.
IN IPL
Trent Mitch
Matches : 33 56
Wickets : 38 71
Eco : 8.78 8.49
SR : 20.13 17.94#IPL2020 @mipaltan @Mitch_Savage— Mitch Mclenaghan FC (@MitchsWarrior) November 13, 2019
Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) skipper is a leading run-scorer in the IPL with 5,412 runs from 177 matches. He has scored at an average of 37.84, and has smashed five centuries and 36 half-centuries. McClenaghan is MI’s fourth-highest wicket-taker, with 71 wickets from 56 games, since he made his debut in 2015.
Since McClenaghan’s debut, no overseas bowler has taken more wickets than him. He is followed by West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo and South Africa’s Imran Tahir who have taken 62 wickets during this period.
Apart from Mitchell McClenaghan, MI have Trent Boult, Lasith Malinga and Jasprit Bumrah in their pace armoury.
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