“Riley Jofra Boom” – Twitter reacts as Mumbai Indians sign Riley Meredith for INR 1.5 crore as a replacement for the injured Jhye Richardson

Mumbai Indians kick-started their IPL 2023 campaign with a defeat over Faf du Plessis-led Royal Challengers Bangalore. The five-time IPL champions totally lost the plot and ended up losing the game as RCB beat MI by 8 wickets.

Mumbai Indians are preparing for their next game against their arch-rivals, Chennai Super Kings. The highly-anticipated fixture will kick off at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 8, Saturday.

Meanwhile, in the latest development, Mumbai Indians have recruited the services of Riley Meredith for INR 1.5 crore as a replacement for the injured Jhye Richardson.

Mumbai Indians sign Riley Meredith for INR 1.5 crore

The five-time IPL champions made the right move to sign the talented paceman who is capable of keeping the batters in check and taking crucial wickets when it matters the most.

For the record, Riley Meredith failed to attract the bidders as he went unsold in the IPL 2023 mini-auction held in Kochi in late December. For the unversed, Riley Meredith represented Punjab Kings earlier in the IPL.

Interestingly, he previously played for the five-time IPL champions in IPL 2022 se ason. The right-arm fast bowler played as many as eight games for the MI franchise wherein he took eight wickets to his name.

Earlier, he also represented Punjab Kings when he was roped in by a huge amount of Rs 8 crore. The 26-year-old pacer will be joining Mumbai Indians ahead of the clash against Chennai Super Kings. Riley Meredith has by far played 13 games in the IPL wherein he took 12 wickets to his name.

Mumbai Indians Final Squad: Rohit Sharma, Sandeep Warrier, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Jofra Archer, Tim David, Mohd Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal, Cameron Green, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Vishnu Vinod, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Raghav Goyal, Riley Meredith.

Riley Jofra Boom 🔥

— Sir Ben Jones (@its_parvesh_) April 6, 2023

Released Meredith
Bought Jhye
Jhye got Injured
Back to Meredith

🙂

— 🌪️ (@joegoldberg__7) April 6, 2023

Meredith, bought for 1 Cr last year, released ahead of auctions this season, and later re-bought due to Jhye's replacement ☹

— philiphere☄ (@thephilliphere) April 6, 2023

Perfect replacement 💯👍

— Jagdish Paul ❤ (@Junior_J__) April 6, 2023

Aussie for Aussie

Makes sense

Go well, Riley!

— MichaelZuma365 (@MZuma365) April 6, 2023