#5 A total team effort
This has been a strange season as neither Rohit Sharma nor Jasprit Bumrah has been close to getting a hold of the famed Orange and Purple caps respectively. No team in the IPL this season has played as a unit more so than the Mumbai Indians. And this is what makes them better placed to lift the trophy in Hyderabad tonight.
Sharma is the only batsman from the Mumbai squad who has scored 300+ runs this season which goes on to show the balance of this team which is not dependent on one or two match winners.
Pune banked a lot on Ben Stokes in the group stages and now with him gone, they will look up to Steve Smith and MS Dhoni to guide them over the line. Mumbai's lesser known Indian contingent have won them games throughout the season which effectively sets these two teams apart going into tonight's blockbuster.
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