IPL 2023: Akash Madhval Opens Up on His Match-Winning Spell for Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians’ franchise began the tournament without their main bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Along the lines, the injury concerns aggravated and Jofra Archer was ruled out as well. Despite all this, the team managed to qualify for the qualifier 2 and a lot of credit for this goes to the uncapped bowler Akash Madhval. Akash Madhval made his debut for MI this year and his spell against LSG in the eliminator will be remembered for a long time.

Lucknow SuperGiants came out to chase the target of 184 runs. Akash Madhval started off the bowling for MI and dismissed Prerak Mankad in the second over of the innings. As the game progressed, the young fast bowler in the same over took 2 wickets of Ayush Badoni and dangerous Nicholas Pooran. This was followed by 2 wickets of Ravi Bishnoi and Mohsin Khan to finish the match.

“I have been waiting for this since 2018,” says Akash Madhval

Akash Madhval finished his spell for 5 wickets by giving 5 runs in 3.3 overs. After the game, Mumbai Indians fast bowler opened up on his IPL journey. The bowler also mentioned that playing with the tennis ball helped him a great deal. “I have only learned yorkers (laughs), and I implement that. That is because, in tennis ball cricket, only a yorker can save a bowler. Or else if you miss your lengths, then it goes for a six. So yorkers need to be perfect, and I do the same here,” he said.

“I have been practicing a lot and waiting for my opportunity. I have done engineering, cricket is my passion and I have been waiting for this since 2018. When we practice in the nets, the management gives us the target and we try to execute our best. Hoping to do well in the coming games and want to end up as champions,” Akash Madhval added. The young bowler in 7 games has picked up 13 wickets at an economy of 7.77. Mumbai Indians will now take on Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad on May 26. The 5-time champions are just 1 victory away to reach the finals.