Boucher additionally stated that their tempo spearhead Jofra Archer is 100% match for the marketing campaign opener towards RCB.
There have been speculations that Rohit may not be out there for the opening sport as he had missed the captains’ picture shoot in Ahmedabad. But Boucher dispelled all rumours.
“Yes, Rohit is fit. He has trained the last two days and is 100 per cent ready to go. I think he didn’t feel particularly well that morning and just as a precaution, we told him to stay at home,” Boucher stated on the pre-match press convention on Saturday.
“There are a lot of photo shoots the boys have had to do. He’s not had a lot of time to himself so we thought it was better,” he added.
In Jasprit Bumrah‘s absence, England pacer Archer, who himself is coming off a protracted damage lay off, will lead the MI tempo assault.
“Jofra is good, he is 100 per cent ready for tomorrow. He didn’t train today, it was an optional training session. He felt that he was ready to put the spikes on tomorrow. We are very happy with his progression since he has been with us. He’ll be playing tomorrow.”
The 5 time champions had a poor final season the place they completed tenth however Boucher would not need to look again as he wasn’t in cost again then.
“I can’t comment too much about last year, I wasn’t there. But we have spoken about it, some new talents in the team, new energy, some guys who have done really well in the previous IPLs.
“They perceive that final 12 months we did not have season however issues can change in a short time, energies have been good, we’re in house.”
“If we get off to begin, nice, if we do not we’ll undoubtedly not panic. The IPL just isn’t received in April or March, it is received in May. Hopefully, we will get begin and get some momentum.”
(With inputs from PTI)
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com