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Mumbai Indians Team Preview - Records, Journey, IPL 2021 Squad & Schedule

Defending Champions Mumbai Indians (MI) is arguably the best team in the history of IPL. Led by the limited-overs vice-captain of the Indian Cricket Team - Rohit Sharma, MI has played in the IPL Fina

Rishabh Gautam
By Rishabh Gautam March 31, 2021 • 00:59 AM
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Mumbai Indians' strength in IPL 2021 would be the core players they have retained for over a long time in the franchise. The likes of Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard & Hardik Pandya have been part and even cause of the MI success story for over a long time now. Even Ishan Kishan and Dhawan Kulkarni have been with the franchise for a long time now.

MI’s weakness could be the lack of Indian Pacers in the team. Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, none of the bowlers have yet bestowed a display of match-winning pace bowling. There’s Dhawan Kulkarni, but apart from these two, there’s Arjun Tendulkar & Mohsin Khan, who don’t have an experience in IPL. Although this can be less worrying as they have solid foreign pace bowlers: Trent Boult, Nathan Coulter-Nile, and Adam Milne, and they have a strong Indian batting lineup which allows the team to play two foreigners in the bowling department.

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MI has added two foreign all-rounders in the squad for IPL 2021 - New Zealand’s hard-hitting all-rounder James Neesham and the uncapped South African Marco Jensen. Jensen is 20-year-old and 6 foot 8 inches tall; he can be a long-term asset for Mumbai Indians.

Although the worrisome point could be the injury-prone players in the squad. Chris Lynn has had a long history of injuries. New signings Adam Milne & Nathan Coulter Nile are also injury-prone players, and they have been injured while playing IPL in the past as well.  

Mumbai Indians - IPL Schedule for 2021

  • 9th April: vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Chennai
  • 13th April: vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Chennai
  • 17th April: vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Chennai 
  • 20th April: vs Delhi Capitals at Chennai
  • 23rd April: vs Punjab Kings at Chennai 
  • 29th April: vs Rajasthan Royals at Delhi (at 4 PM)
  • 1st May: vs Chennai Super Kings at Delhi
  • 4th May: vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Delhi
  • 8th May: vs Rajasthan Royals at Delhi
  • 10th May: vs Kolkata Knight Riders at Bangalore
  • 13th May: vs Punjab Kings at Bangalore (at 4 PM)
  • 16th May: vs Chennai Super Kings at Bangalore
  • 20th May: vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata 
  • 23rd May: vs Delhi Capitals at Kolkata (at 4 PM)

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