09 April,2021 07:11 AM IST | Chennai | PTI
Mumbai Indians’ Piyush Chawla during a practice session recently
Piyush Chawla's skill-set will not only help Mumbai Indians in the pressure situation in this year's IPL but his immense experience will also be useful in mentoring the young spinners in the squad, the defending champions said on Thursday.
Mumbai Indians strengthened their spin department with adding Chawla to the squad at the recent auction.
"I have played with Piyush since U-19 days. And I know, he is a very attacking bowler, which is something that we wanted in our spin bowling department," Rohit, who has led MI to record five titles, said in a video posted on side's official Twitter handle.
"He was a good buy, to get him into our squad, one of the highest wicket-takers in the IPL. Played a lot of games in the IPL. He knows the format, he knows the oppositions, he knows the players," added Rohit.
Chawla, 32, on his part, said that it was great to be picked up by the holders. "I am quite happy and excited because you want to be a part of a team which is a defending champion and has done so well in the IPL, so it's really nice," said Chawla.
Mumbai Indians Director of Cricket Operations and former India pacer Zaheer Khan said that Chawla's experience will also help young Rahul Chahar. "We value his experience very highly. We have Chahar also in the team, who is an upcoming, young talent. The experience of Chawla is surely going to help him as well," said Zaheer.
"Chawla is not only going to bring his game or skill sets to the team, but also his wealth of experience. He has been in pressure situations [and] he has a bigger role to play.
"He is going to be the senior-most spinner in the squad and with his experience, I am sure he will be able to mentor all these spinners which have in the squad and sharing those experiences has always worked," added Zaheer.
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