Kumar Kartikeya Singh was a part of the Mumbai Indians' support team for IPL 2022.
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Mumbai Indians have promoted their support team player Kumar Kartikeya Singh to their main squad for IPL 2022 as a replacement for the injured Mohd Arshad Khan on Thursday. The injury has ruled out Khan for the rest of the season.
“Kumar Kartikeya Singh has been with the Mumbai Indians as part of the support team and has now signed on to join the squad for the 2022 season,” the five-time champions said in an official media release.
“Kumar Kartikeya is a slow left-arm bowler and has represented Madhya Pradesh across all three formats of the game since making his debut in 2018. Kumar Kartikeya has been impressive in the nets and his learning trajectory on improving and fine tuning his bowling skills have earned him the call up to the main squad,” the release added.
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Mumbai Indians have made the worst start by any franchise in the IPL 2022. The Rohit Sharma-led side have lost eight matches on the trot and their poor run has been largely attributed to the new-look of the side which is still trying to fix their best XI.
Mumbai Indians are the most valuable IPL franchise in 2022 with a value of $1.3 billion, according to Forbes. Defending champions Chennai Super Kings are second in the list with a value of $1.15 billion.
Kolkata Knight Riders ($1.1 billion), Lucknow Super Giants ($1.075 billion) and Delhi Capitals ($1.035 billion) fall next in that sequence in the list while Royal Challengers Bangalore ($1.025 billion), Rajasthan Royals ($1 billion), Sunrisers Hyderabad ($970 million), Punjab Kings ($925 million) and Gujarat Titans (Value: $850 million) are at the bottom-half of the list.
In 2009, a year after the franchise-owned cricket league launched, Forbes published its first (and only) valuations of the league’s teams, pegging the average value of the eight franchises at $67 million. With the league having recently expanded to ten clubs, that average is now up to $1.04 billion, an annualized growth rate of 24%, the Forbes report said.
