4 reasons for Mumbai Indians' slow start

#2 Injuries at the start of the season

MI lost Pat Cummins this season due to a back injury

Historically, Mumbai Indians are among the worst hit teams in terms of injuries. They have had to replace players like Lasith Malinga, Lendl Simmons and Aaron Finch in the past due to injuries. All this results in the change of their game plan.

IPL teams prepare the strategies in advance and last minute changes to those strategies have not gone well with the MI squad.

This season, too, the Mumbai team lost the services of two fast-bowlers, Pat Cummins and Jason Behrendorff, owing to injury.

Subsequently, they had to replace the two Aussie players with Mitchell McClenaghan and Adam Milne.