IPL 2021 Auction: 3 Players That Mumbai Indians (MI) Will Target

The record five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians (MI) won both the last two IPL trophies. The IPL 2021 auction will be a good chance for this franchise to organise their strong bench.

Recently, Mumbai Indians have just released Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford and Mitchell McCleneghan. Before the IPL 2021 auction, the have seven available slots, including four overseas slots. So, Mumbai Indians will be busy for the overseas cricketers during the IPL 2021 auction.

Currently, Mumbai Indians need one good top-order batsman, at least one spinner and some good pace bowlers.

IPL 2021 Auction: 3 players that Mumbai Indians (MI) will target

Vishnu Solanki

Baroda cricketer Vishnu Solanki is a reliable consistent performer in domestic cricket. Recently, in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2020/21, he came to the limelight after his superb finishing against Haryana during the quarter-final. Not only he scored 71 not out, but he smashed 6, 4 and 6 in the last three balls of the match to secure a thrilling and unforgettable victory. Earlier, during the last Group Stage match of this same tournament, Solanki scored crucial 59 not out. He also scored another match-winning 42 not out during the same Group Stage.

Though the 28-year-old hasn’t experienced any IPL yet, he has the quality to become a future star batsman. 

Jalaj Saxena

Though the young leg-spinner Rahul Chahar highly impressed in the IPL 2020 by picking up 15 wickets in 15 games, Mumbai Indians still require to add other spinners at least for the back-up option.

Jalaj Saxena is a spin-bowling all-rounder who is very useful as an off-spinner in T20 cricket. While he is now a consistent performer in domestic cricket, he got 10 wickets in five matches during the recent Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2020/21.

Billy Stanlake

Recently, Mumbai Indians released many foreign pacers – Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford and Mitchell McClenaghan. So, they will go for some quality pacers in the IPL 2021 auction.

As SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) recently released Australian pacer Billy Stanlake, Mumbai Indians can try to catch him in the upcoming IPL 2021 auction.

Serving for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and SunRisers Hyderabad, Stanlake has experienced six IPL matches where he got 7 wickets. But he is growing up as a strong T20 bowler as he managed 13 wickets in 12 matches during the recent BBL 2020/21. While he has got 81 wickets in 76 T20s, 27 wickets he has got in 19 T20Is.

Observing his present improvement, Mumbai Indians can consider him for the IPL 2021.