00:00You know, look, I think that Mumbai Indians without Jasprit Bruma is straight away, like,
00:08it's not a good thing. I mean, I think he's probably the world's best T20 bowler.
00:15The fact that he can bowl in the power play, the fact that he can bowl it to death,
00:21he's a match winner in his own right. So I think that Mumbai Indians with Jasprit Bruma
00:26is always going to be a lot better team. The fact that he's not available brings a guy
00:32like Trent Boult into the equation where he's going to have to probably lead the attack.
00:37Deepak Chah as well is a new selection for Mumbai Indians.
00:40I think he's going to play a massive role as well.
00:43It's going to be interesting to see how they start the competition with regards
00:47to the international players, what their split's going to be.
00:51Are they going to play an extra batter or are they going to boost their bowling
00:54with internationals as well? So I think it's going to be interesting to see what they go in with.
01:00But yeah, to answer your question, Jasprit Bruma, I would love to have had him in my first season.
01:06I think that if we had him, I've got no doubt that we could have been title contenders.
01:12You know, we got to the third position, but I mean, he's the world's best bowler.
01:18So any team without Jasprit Bruma is not going to be as good a team as with him in it.
01:25I think it might change throughout the competition.
01:27And I think, as I alluded to earlier, regarding their bowling options.
01:32So I think that they've got Indian batters to go up front.
01:37A guy like Robin Mintz, I think he can bat up front.
01:40So, you know, they've got that option.
01:44If they feel that they want to maybe, you know, they can put another Indian as a bowler,
01:52I think they can go with Ryan Rickleton. They've also got Will Jacks.
01:56So I think they've got plenty of options. It's basically about Jasprit Bruma.
02:01So if he's injured, what combinations are they going to go with?
02:05Are they going to strengthen their bowling or do they feel that they've got cover for Jasprit Bruma?
02:09There is no cover for Jasprit Bruma.
02:12It just depends what they want to do with regards to the internationals.
02:16I think the big question is what four internationals would they want to play?
02:20And what is the split? So they're definitely going to play Trent Boult.
02:24I know that they probably want to play Satner as well.
02:28Yes.
02:29Do they push, you know, Rhys Topley into the equation?
02:35That might be at the expense of the batter up front.
02:38I'm really interested to see if they play Robin Mintz. I think Robin Mintz is an unknown entity.
02:44You've got Naman Deer as well, who can also open the batting.
02:49So yeah, you know, Ryan Rickleton will be fantastic from a South African perspective to see him playing.
02:54Will Jacks has done really well. But as I said, I think it's all about the options.
03:00If they want to strengthen their bowling with the internationals,
03:03then that might be at the expense of one of the opening batters.
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