Middle-order batsman Tristan Stubbs was with South Africa ‘A’ on the Zimbabwe tour when he received a call-up to join Mumbai Indians. IPL 2022 As a replacement for England left-arm fast bowler Tymal Mills.
There was more joy for Stubbs when he got his maiden call-up to the Proteas for the five-match T20I series against India starting June 9.
An excited Stubbs is looking forward to test his cricketing skills against the KL Rahul-led side but wants to enjoy the experience of being in the South Africa team.
“It has been a crazy few months and it was wonderful to call-up the Proteas and I am really happy to have this opportunity. You always want to play against the best to test yourself, so play against India Best chance to test myself against the best in India and show what I can do.
“I don’t want to look too far ahead, but I just want to make sure that I take advantage of the opportunity that has been given to me and make the most of it and if I do so the rest can take care of themselves. I Just want to try to enjoy this experience as much as possible,” Stubbs was quoted as saying by SuperSport.
Though Stubbs didn’t do much in his two IPL matches, recording scores of 2 and 0, his 293 runs at an average of 48.83 and a strike rate of 183.12 for his home team Warriors in the CSA T20 Challenge put him on the radar. brought it. national side.
He then followed it up with unbeaten scores of 39 and 17 in the ‘A’ team tour before being called up by Mumbai for IPL 2022.
“I was in good form for the (CSA T20) tournament and then I was given a lot of freedom by the coaches to just go and play and it worked out well. It was a really good experience to play in Zimbabwe. Playing cricket abroad in an international environment, I learned something great from it, while adapting to different conditions and being in that setup was great for me.
“The pitch was challenging and Zimbabwe is a good team that challenged us, so it was good. It was also great to talk to and learn from some of the senior players,” said Stubbs.
Stubbs admitted that it was completely unexpected for Mumbai to call him for IPL 2022 and expressed his desire to return to the tournament next season. “Getting the call-up was a big surprise. It was great to be a part of it and I am very grateful that I got that opportunity because I got so much out of that experience as well.
“Just to talk to people like (Kiron) Pollard, Rohit Sharma and coach Mahela Jayawardene, it was great to learn from them and I tried to get as much out of it as I could. The whole setup of IPL really opens your eyes and it would be great to be back there.”
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