5 things Mumbai Indians have done right this year to turn their season around

3. Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel

Lendl Simmons and Parthiv Patel

MI were troubled the most at the top of their batting order. Aaron Finch and Rohit Sharma opened the innings for a few matches in the start, but they failed. Their highest opening pair score was 8 runs.

Skipper Rohit was quick to change this as he brought in Lendl Simmons after Aaron's injury and Parthiv Patel in place of Aditya Tare. Rohit moved himself to no. 3 position and asked these two to start. They didn't fail and were up to the mark.

Their composed and calm batting display started adding runs in the start of Mumbai's innings and that gave licence to the middle-order to take risks and move towards a bigger total. The two batsmen have added 811 runs combined in 13 matches.

4. Kieron Pollard

Kieron Pollard

After the in-form Corey Anderson got injured, the weight of all-rounder and especially a big hitter in the middle-order came onto Kieron Pollard. He responded responsibly by adding runs at the end of the innings with a really good strike-rate.

Pollard has scored 383 runs in 15 matches with a strike-rate of 160. The Jamaican is a true match winner for Mumbai as he can smash almost every bowler in the world from the first ball he faces. His smashing changes the bowler's rhythm and that is what he did down the order, he has 25 sixes (second-highest after Chris Gayle's 35) to his name in the tournament.

5. Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh

For any team, an experienced player is an added gem and that is what Harbhajan Singh is for MI. When his bowling didn't work, he picked up his bat and scored a quick-fire 19-balls fifty against the Kings XI Punjab's formidable bowling side.

He showed in that match, which MI lost eventually even after his heroic efforts, that he wants to win for his team anyhow. Soon the off-spinner also came in his avatar and started troubling batsmen.

Now he is the second-highest wicket-taker in the team with 16 wickets from 14 matches and is all gearing up for the finals at the Eden Gardens' turning track.