R. Ashwin on Trade for This Player says the Mumbai Indians "pulled off Burglary.”
The star player of team India, Ravichandran Ashwin, has hailed the Mumbai Indians move to trade West Indies star Romario Shepherd from the Lucknow Super Giants. Shepherd, who played just one game for LSG last season, was traded to MI for his existing fee of INR 50 lakh ahead of the IPL auction. While MI hogged all the limelight for re-signing Hardik Pandya from the Gujarat Titans as part of an all-cash trade deal, Ashwin feels the five-time champions have "pulled off a burglary" by roping Shepherd from LSG.
Ashwin said on his YouTube channel that "Mumbai Indians have pulled off a burglary at LSG. Hardik Pandya is himself a well-organised, planned heist, like we saw in Money Heist. But Romario Shephard was a little pickpocket while walking for a breeze. I feel they have given 50 lakhs for a player on the right side of his career."
He further added, "Romario Shepherd has been in the IPL for two years and has not exactly lived up to his potential. However, he scored with a 150-yard strike rate for the West Indies against England and picked a couple of other players as well. Mumbai have a solid Indian core, so with the impact player rule, Romario Shephard is a dangerous player.”