Injury to overseas players continue to hamper the Indian Premier League (IPL) with the tournament only three days way from getting underway. Jason Behrendorff is the latest player to be added to the list as he has been ruled out of the entire season with Mumbai Indians already naking a replacement.
Mumbai Indians face another injury blow to their bowling department in the form of star Australian pacer Jason Behrendorff ahead of the IPL 2024. New pace signings Dilshan Madushanka and Geral Coetzee are also facing injury issues for MI ahead of their first game against Gujarat Titans on March 24.
On Monday, Cricket Australia had pledged 50,000 Australian dollars for the same cause while Behrendorff's compatriots Pat Cummins and Brett Lee have also made donations.
Chennai Super Kings sign Australia's Jason Behrendorff as replacement for Josh Hazlewood.
Jason Behrendorff doesn't see an issue if left-arm pacers like him and Mitchell Starc feature in the Australian playing eleven more often
Twenty-nine-year-old Behrendorff, who had joined Mumbai Indians after featuring in the ODI series against Pakistan, which the Aussies swept 5-0, took to Twitter to announce that he has left the franchise for now.
The 28-year-old from New South Wales made an impressive start to the IPL on Wednesday by dismissing Chennai Super Kings opener Ambati Rayudu and one-down Suresh Raina for figures of 2 for 22.
The 25-year-old bowler joins Jhye Richardson in returning home early as the latter injured his shoulder in Sharjah.
India and Australia will look to fill the gaps when they take on each other in the five-match ODI series, starting on Saturday in Hyderabad.
Jhye Richardson (4/26) and Jason Behrendorff (2/39) took six wickets among themselves to give Australia a 34-run win in the first ODI against India at the SCG.
Jhye Richardson took 4/26 as Australia beat India by 34 runs in Sydney to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series despite Rohit Sharma's 133.
Nathan Coulter-Nile said that Australia are counting on the new ball to get Rohit Sharma out early in the three-match T20I series versus India that starts on Wednesday.
Melbourne: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has named three bowlers - pace pair Jason Behrendorff and Gurinder Sandhu and spinner Aston Agar - as potential candidates for Australia's 15-man 2015 ICC World Cup squad."Jason Behrendorff
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