MI Cape Town’s Corbin Bosch celebrates one of his four wickets against Sunrisers Eastern Cape. Photo: Sportzpics
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CORBIN Bosch has had a breakthrough home summer having earned his maiden One Day International match during the Pink ODI against Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium last December before going on to make a life long dream a reality when he made his Test debut during the Boxing Day Test a week later at SuperSport Park.
The 30-year-old went on to win the MI Cape Town last month with MI Cape Town to wrap up what was a special home summer for him.
It was an even more special summer considering that Bosch had disappeared into the domestic cricket wilderness for many years after many had high hopes for him as he led South Africa under 19s to World Cup glory alongside Kagiso Rabada in 2014.
On Thursday, the right-arm fast bowler will be heading to Mumbai to join his Mumbai Indians teammates having been called up to the league as replacement of injured fellow South African quick in Lizaad Williams.
Bosch told Independent Media that he hopes the IPL experience will elevate his game as the league has done with some many Proteas players.
"A big goal of mine is to play as many games as possible. I just want to play good cricket," said Bosch.
"The big thing is that these leagues, I see it as a huge opportunity to learn and grow my game so that when the next big opportunity comes, be it international cricket or another league, my game will stretch up to another level.
"You can see with the likes of KG, Marco and all these other guys who have played IPL for a long time, you can see how world-class they are as cricketers.
"Even with the batters, you can see that after the guys spend a couple of years in the IPL, you see how quickly their games improve facing the best bowlers and for me bowling to the best batters."
Bosch, having played alongside former New Zealand international Trent Boult in SA20, he will once again join the left-arm fast bowler in the Mumbai Indians side in the IPL.
Moreover, Bosch will also join Jasprit Bumrah, one the best fast bowlers of this generation. The 30-year-old is looking forward to being a sponge in the tournament, taking in as much knowledge as he can in the tournament.
"So, I see it as an exciting opportunity for me to grow as a cricketer on and off the field, learning the mindset of the greats," said Bosch.
"We have some fantastic fast bowlers in our squad like Bumrah and Trent Boult I don't think you can learn the art of fast bowling from guys much better than them. I'm excited about that and working with Mahela and we all know how greathe was in his time. I'm buzzing for the experience and I think it can only do good for my cricket.
"Hopefully, I come back a much better cricketer and more rounded cricketer so that one day we can win a trophy for South Africa."
The Indian Premier League is set to get underway on 22 March, with Bosch's Mumbai Indians getting their campaign started against Chennai Super Kingsthe following day.
