The secret of Mumbai Indians' (MI) string of successes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a strong core of high quality players that they have retained and have mixed it with young and talented players, said former India captain Rahul Dravid said on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
MI became the most successful IPL franchise on Tuesday when they won their fifth title in the 13-year history of the T20 league, beating Delhi Capitals in Dubai. It was their first back-to-back title.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"What MI has done over the last four-five years is that they have maintained a really strong core of high quality players and mix them up by identifying some really good talented players," Dravid said at the virtual launch of a book.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"They have been able to spot Jasprit Bumrah or Hardik Pandya at a young age. Then there is Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav. The ability to maintain a core of very experienced senior players -- world class T20 players -- and balance them out with young exciting Indian talents has been the key. They have been able to do that exceptionally well. They have got a good scouting structure in place; a lot of teams are doing it well," said the former Rajasthan Royals captain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Dravid, presently Director of Cricket at the Bangalore-based National Cricket Academy of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, said that cricketers are getting more opportunities to showcase their talent through the IPL.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"In the past, when young players were looking for opportunities, they only got that from state associations - and could only play for Ranji Trophy for their state. Now in IPL, you can be from Karnataka and can play for Mumbai," he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"A good example is if you are in a state association like Haryana, where they have some good spinners -- Amit Mishra, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jayant Yadav. Someone like Rahul Tewatia probably doesn't even get a chance in the T20 team. In the past that would have limited him from showing his talent. Today that does not stop him from playing in Royals."
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