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Mumbai Indians

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Squad

Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, JP Duminy, Krunal Pandya, Pat Cummins, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Tajinder Singh, Mayank Markande, Mohsin Khan, Ben Cutting, Jason Behrendorff, Pradeep Sangwan, Mustafizur Rahman, Aditya Tare, Saurabh Tiwary, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Akila Dananjaya, Ishan Kishan, Sharad Lumba, MD Nidheesh

Best XI

Evin Lewis, Ishaan Kishan, Rohit Sharma, Saurabh Tiwary, Kieron Pollard, Surya Kr Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rehman, Jasprit Bumrah

Strengths

MI have a top quality squad as usual and seem to be strong contenders for the IPL title once again. Their biggest strength is their trio of all-rounders in the middle Pollard and the Pandya brothers, each of whom is capable of delivering wickets as well as runs and have a track record of doing exactly that in the past seasons. In addition, MI have a trio of proven world-class seamers in Cummins, Rahman and Bumrah, two of whom happen to be among the best end over bowlers going around.

Weaknesses

Both the likely MI openers, Evan Lewis and Ishaan Kishan are relatively unknown quantities. This is Lewis' first foray into the IPL while Ishaan Kishan, though talented, has still to fully cash in on that talent. MI also lack a proven wrist spinner which is likely to make their bowling attack a little one dimensional.

Prediction: MI should feature in the final along with CSK.