Mumbai Indians, the most successful team of the Indian Premier League, will start its campaign in the current season against Gujarat Titans on March 24. The team has won 5 titles so far. The impact of leadership change may be visible on the team's performance this season. The franchise appointed Hardik Pandya as the new captain in place of Rohit Sharma. The team is full of game changers. In the top order, Ishan Kishan and Suryakumar Yadav have scored more than 1100 runs in the last 3 seasons. Pandya is also coming in with 833 runs in the last two seasons.
Injuries to fast bowlers can trouble the bowling department. At present, Jasprit Bumrah and Gerald Coetzee are fit, but left arm pacer Jason Behrendorff has been ruled out of the league due to injury. Dilshan Madushanka is also injured. And the spin department looks weak. Today we will talk about MI's strengths and weaknesses in the IPL 2024 series.
Ishan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Mohammad Nabi, Tim David, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jasprit Bumrah, Dilshan Madushanka/Nuwan Thushara.
Mumbai Indians (MI) Impact Player: Nehal Vadhera
In the last auction, Mumbai Indians had bought 8 players including 4 foreigners. Players like Hardik Pandya, Gerald Cooties and Dilshan Madushanka have been included in the team. The team's batting was already strong, now with the arrival of Pandya, Kootji and Dilshan, the bowling has also become stronger. Jasprit Bumrah also could not play in the last season, this time he will be seen playing.
Strong Batting Order: Mumbai has a world class batting order. Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan will open. Then Tilak Verma's turn will come. In the middle are explosive batsmen Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David and Pandya. Apart from these, Nehal Wadhera can provide depth to the batting by becoming an impact player.
All-Rounders and Finishers are Also Good: Mumbai team has 9 all-rounders. He has a good combination of spin and pace bowling. In such a situation, after the captain, there will be many options for batting and bowling.
Pace Attack Strong: The fast bowling attack became stronger with the arrival of Gerald Coetzee, Nuwan Thushara, Dilshan Madushanka and Pandya. Bumrah will lead the pace attack, which has made the team stronger.
Captain Change: Rohit Sharma lead Mumbai to all 5 titles under his captaincy. By removing him, the team has now made Hardik the captain. Under his leadership, Hardik took Gujarat Titans to the finals for 2 seasons and also made them champions once. In such a situation, it will be important to see in which direction the decision to change the captain will go.
Fast Bowlers may Get injured: Left arm fast bowler Behrendorff is out of the league due to injury, Madushanka is also injured. Thushara and Bumrah also keep getting injured. In such a situation, if workload management is not done properly then the team's bowling may become weak.
Not Much Spin Option: Right-arm leg spinner Piyush Chawla and left-arm chinaman ball Kumar Karthikeya are the two experienced spinners of Mumbai. Apart from these, Shivalik Sharma is the only spinner in the team. There are less spin options, so the team may face difficulty on spin-friendly pitches.
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