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New Zealand T20I skipper Mitchell Santner on Thursday joined the Mumbai Indians squad here ahead of their Indian Premier League match against Delhi Capitals. The five-time winners Mumbai Indians will take on the Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Santner and England all-rounder Will Jacks were the only two players left to join Mumbai Indians, who had convincingly won their season opener against Kolkata Knight Riders last Sunday in Mumbai.
The two overseas players, who had featured prominently for their respective teams in last month’s T20 World Cup, had asked for an extended period before joining the MI squad.
MI head coach Mahela Jayawardene had confirmed giving these two players extended time off for personal reasons.
“With the guys who are joining (late are) obviously Mitch (Mitchell Santner) and Jacksy (Will Jacks). Both (had) asked for a slightly extended time for personal reasons and we were quite happy to go with that. But they will join the team pretty soon,” Jayawardene told reporters on eve of the game against KKR.
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