SRH vs MI: Why is Duan Jansen Not Playing Today's IPL Match? Check MI Playing 11

In an important news update, the Mumbai Indians (MI) are not playing their overseas left-arm pacer Duan Jansen in their fifth game of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023) against the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) being hosted at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. The Mumbai Indians made an excellent comeback after having lost their opening two matches of IPL 2023 by convincing margins as the five-time champions defeated both Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders recently.

SRH vs MI: Why is Duan Jansen Not Playing Today’s IPL Match?

After having lost the toss and being asked to bat first, the Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma mentioned that left-arm pacer Duan Jansen is not included in the MI playing 11 for today’s SRH vs MI IPL 2023 match. Rohit further stated that this is only a tactical change as another left-arm pace bowler Jason Behrendorff returns to the side as he missed the last game due to some medical issue. Earlier, Jansen made his Indian Premier League debut for the Mumbai Indians during the last match against Kolkata Knight Riders but he did not had an impressive outing with the ball. The South African pace bowler ended up conceding a total of 53 runs in his quota of four overs where he took a single wicket. Duan is not even part of the five substitute members as Mumbai Indians are only playing with three foreigners in their starting XI, Tim David, Cameron Green and Jason Behrendorff.

“It’s been fantastic, 15 years IPL has come off a long way. Has gone from strength to strength, it has not only produced good players for India but globally as well . Lots of good things have happened in 15 years. We have to play good cricket. We do understand the challenges of posting a total. We’ve to assess the conditions. Duan misses out and Jason Behrendorff comes in place of him. Jason was always supposed to play, but he was not well for the last game. He’s okay to go now. (On MI’s bowling) It’s a work in progress, lot of new guys, young guys who are getting the feel of IPL,” said Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma during the toss.

MI Playing XI

1. Ishan Kishan
2. Rohit Sharma
3. Cameron Green
4. Suryakumar Yadav
5. Tilak Varma
6. Tim David
7. Nehal Wadhera
8. Arjun Tendulkar
9. Hrithik Shokeen
10. Piyush Chawla
11. Jason Behrendorff