South Africa left-arm pace bowler Beuran Hendricks has been named as a replacement for injured Alzarri Joseph in Mumbai Indians’ squad for the remainder of the Indian Premier League seaoson.
The West Indian Joseph had been picked as a replacement for New Zealand pacer Adam Milne and went on to make a dramatic entry into the 12th edition of the IPL with a record-breaking spell of six for 12.
However only in his third match of the season, the Antiguan youngster took a bad tumble while trying to prevent the ball from reaching the boundary against Rajasthan Royals on 13 April.
Hendricks comes in as a replacement, signing up with his second IPL franchise, having represented Kings XI Punjab in the past. The left-armer has played two One-Day Internationals and 10 T20Is for South Africa.
Mumbai Indians take on Chennai Super Kings in their next encounter at Chennai on 26 April.
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