IPL debut became a nightmare for Kwena Mafaka

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Hyderabad. In the debut match, every player tries to make the day memorable for him. However, this dream of every player is not fulfilled.

A high scoring match was played between Mumbai Indians and Hyderabad in IPL 2024. Where the teams scored a lot of runs.

This exciting match also saw the IPL debut of Under-19 Caribbean star Kwena Mafaka. However, this player flopped miserably.

Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya included Kwena Mafaka in the playing-11 in place of Luke Wood, who at the age of 17 was one of the youngest players in the history of the tournament.

The IPL debut was not good for Mafaka, the star of Under-19 cricket for South Africa and who won the Player of the Tournament title at the beginning of the year.

Hyderabad batsmen targeted him a lot and in the first match of his IPL career, he scored 66 runs in his four over spell. This figure will be counted among the worst spells of foreign bowlers.

But Mumbai batting coach Kieron Pollard and Bravo supported the youngster despite his poor performance against SRH.

Bravo posted on Instagram, “Keep your head up champion! Kwena Mafaka I’m sure you will bounce back and don’t doubt yourself because of this one-sided game, this is a big challenge for you and you will get better during the tournament.” Will happen!”

Pollard wrote in his Instagram post, “Get on with this thing Champ, you still have a lot to achieve. I’m sure your family, friends are very proud of you. The first day of the journey was difficult, but the way you Didn’t give up, that felt good.”

With the help of stormy half-centuries from Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by 31 runs.

Mumbai will next face Rajasthan Royals on April 1 at the Wankhede Stadium.

–IANS

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