IPL 2020- McClenaghan slams fan who claims KKR to be the best team: On 19th December 2019, the auction for 13th edition of the Indian Premier League concluded in Kolkata. Meanwhile, four times champion Mumbai Indians bought six players in the auction. Having bought Australia batsman Chris Lynn at his base price of INR 2 crore, Mumbai was the first team to buy a player in the auction.
Mumbai Indians make the highest winning bid for the Australian fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile. Mumbai bought the Aussies pace bowler for the price of INR 8 crore for the IPL 2020 season. However, highest winning bid in this auction was for Pat Cummins by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as they have bought him for the whopping price of INR 15.50 crore.
Mumbai Indians Squad For the Upcoming IPL 2020 Season
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Quinton de Kock (wk), Aditya Tare (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan (wk), Sherfane Rutherford, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mitchell McClenaghan
Players bought at Auction: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 8 Crore), Chris Lynn (Rs 2 Crore), Saurabh Tiwary (Rs 50 Lakh), Mohsin Khan (Rs 20 Lakhs), Digvijay Deshmukh (Rs 20 Lakhs), Prince Balwant Rai Singh (Rs 20 Lakhs)
Mitchell McClenaghan Slams Fan
Since 2015, Mitchell McClenaghan is the part of Mumbai Indians squad. And also for this year too he was among the players who were retained by Mumbai Indias. Meanwhile, just after two days of the IPL auctions, McClenaghan took to twitter handle to express excitement. He wrote, “Excited by the additions we have made at @mipaltan – but damn! How strong does everyone look this year unreal! #IPL2020″.Also added to the tweet, “Might be the strongest @IPL of all time”.
Excited by the additions we have made at @mipaltan – but damn! How strong does everyone look this year ? unreal! #IPL2020
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) December 21, 2019
Might be the strongest @IPL of all time
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) December 21, 2019
As soon as one of the fans of Kolkata Knight Riders read the tweet, he reacted over the tweet. The fan wrote, “@KKRiders is more stronger than anyone.”
https://twitter.com/vishnukumarSK/status/1208235907653894150
Thereafter, Mitchell McClenaghan replied to the KKR fan. Mitchell wrote, “Come now??? What you been smoking?”
Come now??? What you been smoking?
— Mitchell McClenaghan (@Mitch_Savage) December 21, 2019