IPL 2021 : In-depth Analysis of Mumbai Indians (MI)

Squad:

 Strengths:-

1. Exceptional Batting Lineup:  No doubt that this team is the most successful team in IPL, I mean just look at their batting lineup - Rohit Sharma, Quinton de cock, Surya Kumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, and Krunal Pandya and forget not they have Chris Lynn as a backup. This Power-Packed batting lineup can destroy any bowling attack in the world. Each and every player in this batting lineup is a capped player for his respective country, Every batsman in this batting lineup is capable of Increasing the scoring rate at any moment.

2. Fast Bowlers:  Not just in Batting Department but this team enjoys luxury in the Fast Bowling department too, They got Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter Nile and if they need an Indian fast bowler along with Bumrah in Playing 11, Then they have Dhawal Kulkarni also, He is also a reputed Fast Bowler in Indian Domestic Circuit, But The Best Part is They have so many International Fast-Bowling Allrounders like Hardik, Pollard, Jimmy Neesham, The quality of fast bowling which they bring to the table is better than the quality many main bowlers of other IPL Teams.

3. Marvellous Allrounders: The Thing which makes Mumbai Indians a 5 Times Champion side, is their 3 Allrounders- Pollard, Hardik, and Krunal, These 3 are the 3 Pillars of this Team, They can finish the match down the order, They can give crucial breakthrough's in important moments of the match, And This time they have one more entry of a Special skilled Allrounder in their squad, He is Jimmy Neesham, The hero of NZ in WC19, He can be the perfect replacement of pollard or any foreign slot in the playing 11, So these 4 Allrounders this season can be the reason which can help MI to Complete Their hattrick of winning IPL Trophies.

Weaknesses:-

1. Quality of Spinners: The only department where MI lacks is the spin department, though they have the services of Rahul Chahar, Krunal Pandya, Jayant Yadav, and Piyush Chawla, still they are lacking a spinner who can take wickets in crucial moments like Chahal from RCB or Ashwin from DC, And this time they will not play their 8 matches in Mumbai, They have to play their maximum matches in slow and spinning pitches of Chennai and Delhi. And in these pitches they will surely miss a quality spinner, In my opinion, they could have bought Mujeeb ur Rehman in the Auction for this reason.

                             Probable Playing XI:-

1. Rohit Sharma (C)

2. Quinton de cock (wk)

3. Surya Kumar Yadav

4. Ishan Kishan

5. Kieron Pollard

6. Hardik Pandya

7. Krunal Pandya

8. Piyush Chawla

9. Rahul Chahar

10. Trent Boult

11. Jasprit Bumrah

Three key Players According to me:-

1. Rohit Sharma:  

The Captain cool of this Super-cool team is the Most important Key player of this team, He is like a godfather of this team, This season his role is going to be the most important one not only in captaincy role but also as an opener, because MI will play most of their matches in this season in turning tracks and Nobody can play spin better than him in the whole MI Squad.

2. Hardik Pandya: 

The showman of this team Hardik-Kung fu-Pandya, This season he is going to play an important role because now he is ready to bowl also, unlike of last season where he contributed with the bat only, His Cutters will play an important role in the slow pitches of chennai and Delhi.

3. Rahul Chahar: 

You guys must be surprised to see his name in the key players section, You must be expecting Bumrah or Pollard, but wait now and listen- This season MI will play literally more than half of their leauge season in the slow pitches of chennai and delhi, and if you need to win there than you must have a wicket taking spinner in your playing XI, So if MI want's to qualify for playoffs in this season also then Rahul Chahar will have a very important role to play with the bowl in his hand.

Tournament Prediction:

This is IPL 2021, And you know that MI has a very special relation with ODD Season's, But They won last year also which was an even season, And If you go through their last year performance you will find they won because of their Exceptiopnal overall performance, where Bowlers were picking wickets and Batsman's were making Tons of runs, But Last year's was their best season in terms of performance in league stages, Because MI has an history of loosing many matches in starting phase of the tournament, Last year their bowler Trent Boult done exceptionally good in powerplay overs but you must keep in mind leaving last year IPL , he had always been an average player in IPL. So it will be interesting to see will he be able to continue his last year performance in this season also, And fdon't forget that they will not play any of their matches in wankhade in this season , They had to play their 9 matches in Slow pitches of Chennai and Delhi and They lack a quality spinner in their playing XI, If Rahul chahar does well then you will see them in finals for sure but if he can't then MI will surely face a little bit challenge to qualify for playoffs, But i belive the kind of batting lineup they have they will surely go in playoffs.

My prediction is That MI will Finish at 3rd spot, And this time they will not play final's, they will be eliminated in Qualifiers.

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