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Daryl Mitchell, an
all-arounder from New Zealand, was announced as the Texas Super Kings’ newest
overseas acquisition for MLC 2024 on the day of his possible IPL debut for the
Chennai Super Kings. Mitchell Santner and Devon Conway, who play for CSK and are
from New Zealand, will accompany Mitchell in the United States.
MI The defending champions, New York, have added South Africa’s Anrich Nortje
as a fast bowler and West Indies all-arounder Romario Shepherd, who is
scheduled to make his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians in 2024. After winning
the CPL 2023 with the Guyana Amazon Warriors, Shepherd elevated his all-around
game to a new level. At MI NY, he will rejoin with Kieron Pollard, the batting
coach for the Mumbai Indians and his first West Indies captain. Tim David,
Kagiso Rabada, and Trent Boult are also part of a powerful overseas core at MI
NY.
Australia’s Matt
Short went to the San Francisco Unicorns, while Michael Bracewell, a
spin-bowling all-rounder from New Zealand who has struggled with injuries for
the previous year, went to the Seattle Orcas. Bracewell will go to Unicorns
with Finn Allen, a former teammate of his from the Wellington Firebirds.
Orcas lacked an offspinner in MLC 2023 to offset left-handers. By signing
Bracewell, who recorded a career-best 8 for 41 in the four-day Plunket Shield
earlier this week, they have made up for that.
Prior to the 2023 ODI World Cup in India, Mitchell was a member of New
Zealand’s coaching staff, which is when Super Kings head coach Stephen Fleming
initially collaborated with him.
“I’m really
excited to be part of the Texas Super Kings and to get to yellove again and be
part of the CSK family,” Mitchell told Super Kings’ social-media channels.
“I think the cool thing about the MLC following the World Cup being in the
West Indies and the America [is] the conditions should be pretty similar and
hopefully we continue to adapt to the different conditions and get stuck
in.”