IPL: 3 players MI have groomed for the Indian cricket team

#2 Hardik Pandya

IPL superstar Hardik Pandya is India's greatest pace bowling all-rounder since the great Kapil Dev

Hardik Pandya is one of MI's greatest success stories. The Baroda all-rounder burst into recognition in IPL 2015 with an attacking fifty against the Kolkata Knight Riders.

With India lacking a pace bowling all-rounder for decades, he was fast-tracked into the national side, and made his T20I debut in January 2016 and his ODI debut in October 2016. Although his credentials in the longest format of the game have been questioned, Pandya has scored 4 fifties and 1 hundred in Tests, and even took a 5-wicket haul in England.

The 26-year-old has played 66 matches for MI, and has scored 1,068 runs and picked up 42 wickets. Pandya is also electric in the field and has played a major role in some of India's most famous wins, such as the T20 World Cup escape against Bangladesh.

He is one of the first names on the MI and Indian team-sheets, alongside captain Rohit Sharma and.....

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#1 Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah's rise to superstardom has coincided with that of his IPL teammate Hardik Pandya's

When Jasprit Bumrah made his IPL debut for MI against RCB in the 2013 edition of the tournament, his unorthodox action and lean build made critics doubt whether his body could take the rigours of fast bowling. But the Gujarat pacer picked up the wicket of Virat Kohli en route to a 3-wicket haul, and has silenced all his critics and proven to be one of the world's best bowlers, even in Tests, since.

Possessing the best yorker in world cricket at the moment, Bumrah has everything a bowler could possibly ask for, and even recently developed an out-swinger that defies the physics of his action. The 26-year-old is the top 10 of the ICC bowlers rankings in both Tests and ODIs, and is the leading wicket-taker for India in T20I cricket.

Bumrah is lethal at any stage of the innings, and his rich IPL form has translated into him becoming India's lead pacer. The Mumbai Indians think tank certainly spotted one of the greatest talents the world has ever seen, and the Indian cricket team will forever be indebted to the IPL franchise for producing Bumrah.

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