IPL 2024 Mumbai Indians : The team for which Hardik Pandya has been playing as a player for 7 years in IPL, is now in command of the same team. Mumbai Indians team will play its first match in this year’s IPL on March 24. This match will be played against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, the picture is not yet clear whether Suryakumar Yadav will be able to play the first match or not, hence the crisis of Hardik Pandya’s playing eleven has deepened. Let us understand that if Surya does not play, then with which playing eleven will the MI team take the field.
Hardik Pandya made his debut for Mumbai Indians in the year 2015.
Hardik Pandya’s IPL career started in 2015 with Mumbai Indians. After performing consistently well for MI, he got a chance to debut for Team India in the year 2016. After this he became one of the big players of Mumbai and India. He was the captain of Gujarat Titans for two years and after this, Hardik Pandya has returned to Mumbai Indians as captain. Meanwhile, there are reports regarding Suryakumar Yadav that he may miss the first few matches.
Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan will open the innings for Mumbai Indians.
The opening pair of Mumbai Indians is almost certain, for this Hardik Pandya will not have to wrestle much. The team has a superhit pair in the form of former captain Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan. After this, if we talk about number three, then Suryakumar Yadav’s number has been coming here. Batting at this number, Surya scored a lot of runs for Mumbai and the Indian team. If Surya misses the first match, then Hardik can bet on Tilak Verma on this number. He has also made his mark as a good player.
Hardik Pandya can bat at number 4
Captain Hardik Pandya can come to bat at number four. Although before this, while playing for Mumbai, he had been playing the role of finisher, but for Gujarat Titans, he has batted a lot at number three and four in the last two years. In such a situation, there is every possibility that he can come to bat at number four. The team has an explosive batsman in the form of Tim David. To whom Hardik can give a chance to bat at number 5. Whereas Dewald Brevis can be sent to bat at number six. This is where the batting of Mumbai Indians ends in a way.
The team has a good bowling attack
Talking about the bowling unit, the team has an experienced spinner in the form of Piyush Chawla, who has taken a lot of wickets for different teams in the IPL apart from Team India. After this Nuwan Thushara will come. The team has express fast bowlers in the form of Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal and Luke Wood. In this way, the team may get a chance to have Tim David, Dewald Brewis, Nuwan Thushara and Luke Wood as foreign players in the playing eleven.
Nehal Vadhera and Kumar Karthikeya can be impact players
If we talk about Impact sub, then Nehal Vadera and Kumar Karthikeya can be taken for it. A lot will depend on whether the team bats first or bowls first. If batting comes first then Nehal Vadera will be made to bat and he will be freed in the second innings. Whereas if bowling comes, Kumar Karthikeya can be used. However, choosing the final playing eleven will not be an easy task for Hardik Pandya. It remains to be seen who the captain and coach as well as the team management will bet on.
Probable playing eleven of Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Tilak Verma, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tim David, Dewald Brewis, Piyush Chawla, Nuwan Thushara, Jasprit Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Luke Wood.
Impact Player: Nehal Vadhera, Kumar Karthikeya.
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