Why Jofra archer always wears jersey number 22: Mumbai Indians storm bowler Jofra Archer is always seen in jersey number 22. He has a special fondness for the number 22 jersey.
Jofra Archer vs Virat Kohli: The 5th match of the 16th season of IPL (April 2) was played between Faf du Plessis-led RCB and Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians (mi vs rcb ipl 2023). In this match, RCB defeated Mumbai by 8 wickets. With this, RCB started its IPL 2023 journey with a win.
During the match, Jofra Archer, the fast bowler from England, debuted for the Mumbai Indians after being unable to play for them last season due to an injury. Throughout the game, Jofra sported his preferred number 22 jersey, which he has a strong fondness for. If you’re curious as to why he always chooses to wear jersey number 22, read on to discover the reason behind it.
Why does Jofra always wear jersey number 22?
Every player has his role model. Jofra Archer also has a role model. He considers former England wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Kieswetter as his role model. Jofra also wanted to become a wicket-keeper batsman in his early days of cricket.
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Kieswetter was an English wicketkeeper batsman. In the 2010 T20 World Cup final played in the West Indies, Kieswetter played a match-winning inning against Australia. That inning had a huge impact on Jofra. Jofra was a schoolboy at that time. Kieswetter always wore the number 22 jersey throughout his career. Because of this, Jofra also decided to always wear the number 22 jersey.
Be it Test, ODI, or T20 International. Jofra only appears in jersey number 22. Not only this, he always wears the number 22 jersey in English county matches or franchise cricket.
Jofra Archer played for Rajasthan Royals for several years before Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. But he didn’t compromise with the jersey. He was always seen in jersey number 22.
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What happened in the Mumbai RCB match?
Batting first, Mumbai set a target of 172 to win against RCB, which Faf du Plessis’ side achieved by losing 2 wickets in 16.2 overs. Captain Faf du Plessis scored 73 runs while Virat Kohli scored 82 not out.
In this match, Virat had a bad situation with Jofra Archer, who was playing for Mumbai Indians. Jofra Archer conceded 33 runs in 4 overs and did not get a single wicket. Ironically, out of these 33 runs, 28 runs were scored by Virat. Earlier, no batsman had scored as many runs as Jofra Archer in a T20 match.
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