Tristan Stubbs replaced Tymal Mills: Mumbai Indians named young South African player Tristan Stubbs as the replacement player for Tymal Mills who was forced out of the tournament due to an ankle injury.
Tristan Stubbs named as Tymal Mills Replacement
Tristan Stubbs joins Mumbai Indians as a replacement for Tymal Mills. The official statement reads: Mumbai Indians (MI) have signed Tristan Stubbs as replacement for left-arm pacer Tymal Mills for the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022. Mills has an ankle injury and has been ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
His replacement Tristan Stubbs, is a young 21-year old wicket-keeper from South Africa.
The 21-year-old, talented middle-order batter, recently debuted for the national South African A Squad against Zimbabwe. Tristan has had a very promising domestic season and played an important role for his team in the recently concluded T20 domestic league.
He has played 17 T20s and has scored 506 runs scoring three half-centuries at a strike-rate of 157.14. He will join MI at the price of INR 20 Lakh.