Best Mumbai Indians Playing 11 for IPL 2024

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) kick off their IPL 2024 campaign against Gujarat Titans on March 24. They play four games in total in the first leg with matches against SRH (March 27) Rajasthan Royals (April 1) and Delhi Capitals (April 7).

Hardik Pandya rejoined Mumbai Indians in a massive move by the management ahead of IPL 2024. The trade was the biggest break news before the auction. What was interesting was he was also named the captain of the side replacing Rohit Sharma.

Hardik has been injury probe for the major part of his career. His most recent injury was an ankle injury that he picked up in the World Cup game against Bangladesh and since then has missed every international assignment that India has played.

Recently former Indian pacer Praveen Kumar has blasted Hardik for not playing red-ball cricket and also skipping international cricket to play only in IPL matches. The move by MI to name Hardik as the captain despite his recent injury status took the former Indian cricketers by surprise.

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What was surprising was he was given an A category in BCCI’s newly announced central contract list despite him missing international games for a long time. Mumbai roped in eight players in the IPL 2024 auction.

Gerald Coetzee (Rs. 5 crores), Dilshan Madushanka (Rs. 4.60 crores), Shreyas Gopal (Rs. 20 lakhs), Nuwan Thushara (Rs. 4.80 crores), Naman Dhir (Rs. 20 lakh), Anshul Kamboj (Rs. 20 lakhs), Mohammad Nabi (Rs. 1.5 crore), Shivalik Sharma (Rs. 20 lakhs) are the players that Mumbai went for strengthening their bowling in the process. In this article, we predict Mumbai Indians’ probable playing XI for IPL 2024.

Best Mumbai Indians Playing 11 for IPL 2024

Rohit Sharma

Rohit will open the batting for Mumbai Indians. He led the side to five IPL titles in the past and the captaincy taken off from him surprised everyone. Rohit is in good batting for hitting two centuries in the Test series against England.

Ishan Kishan (WK)

Ishan Kishan will open the batting with Rohit. He and Shreyas Iyer were excluded from BCCi’s central contract list. Kishan has been away from international since the Test series against South Africa. The IPL 2024 is a big opportunity for him to perform and make a statement for international return.

Suryakumar Yadav

SKY will return to competitive cricket through IPL 2024. He has been out of international cricket since suffering an ankle injury during the tour of South Africa in December 2023. He recently clarified that he underwent sports hernia surgery in Germany.

Tilak Varma

The southpaw will slot in at four. He scored 397 runs in his debut season for Mumbai Indians and followed it up with a 343-run season in IPL 2023. That paved the path to his international white-ball debuts. Yadav and Varma are key in the middle-order.

Hardik Pandya (C)

Hardik will bat at five and will also lead the side. He rejoined MI ahead of the season. It will be interesting to see how he handles several experienced players in the MI camp as captain. Not many have welcomed his move as MI captain by the management.

Tim David

Tim David will slot in at six as the specialist hard-hitter. He is being seen as a like-for-like replacement for Kieron Pollard. David scored 321 runs at a strike rate of 158.22 last season. He is yet to score a fifty for Mumbai Indians.

Gerald Coetzee

MI roped in Coetzee for 5 crores after his exploits in the World Cup. He took 20 wickets in the tournament and impressed one and all with his pace. He can also tonk the ball in the lower order. The franchise sees him as a replacement for Jofra Archer.

Jasprit Bumrah

Bumrah missed IPL 2023 with a back injury and he will be raring for a comeback. He played every season for Mumbai Indians since his debut in 2013. He took 15 wickets last season and is five short of 150 wickets for the franchise.

Dilshan Madushanka

MI paid 4.60 crores to rope in the Sri Lankan pacer. He dismissed Rohit Sharma in the World Cup against India and made a name for himself. The pacer with his pace and swing will be a perfect foil for Jasprit Bumrah.

Akash Madhwal

Madhwal will be the fourth seamer in this playing XI. He impressed the MI management with his bowling exploits last season picking up 14 wickets from 8 games including two four-wicket hauls.

Piyush Chawla

The veteran spinner concludes the likely Mumbai Indians playing XI. He picked up 22 wickets the fourth highest last season. He also has 179 IPL wickets and a wealth of experience.

Impact Sub- Nehal Wadhera / Shreyas Gopal

Mumbai Indians might want to use the hard-hitter Nehal Wadhera or the leg spinner Shreyas Gopal as the impact sub depending on pitches and oppositions.

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