IPL 2018: Mumbai Indians' probable XI for their season opener against CSK

Fast bowlers (Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rahman, Pradeep Sangwan)

Jasprit Bumrah has been one of Mumbai's mainstays in the recent times

Jasprit Bumrah has been a mainstay of the Mumbai bowling attack for some time now and a lot will lie on his shoulders in terms of how Mumbai fare with the ball in IPL 11. He will bowl both up front as well as in the death and will hold the key for Mumbai.

Pradeep Sangwan will mostly be used with the new ball as he can shape it into the right-handers and away from the lefties and he can do it at pace. In one of the games that he played for the Gujarat Lions last season, he got Steve Smith and Ajinkya Rahane out in the very first over of the innings which was a testament to his quality.

Mustafizur Rahman will have a role in the middle and latter part of the innings with the slightly softer ball. He has a bag full of tricks in terms of his change-ups and the natural angle that he creates for a left-armer from over-the-wicket only makes it more difficult for the batsmen to negotiate his cutters and other variations. He bowls good Yorkers as well and will probably bowl with Bumrah in tandem from the 17th to the 20th over.