Before the mega auction of IPL 2025, Mumbai Indians had retained their core players. He retained Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma. In such a situation, when he entered the mega auction, he had to wait for 5 hours to buy his first player. After that he bought New Zealand’s best fast bowler Trent Boult. Apart from this, he also bought some other good players.
Last year, when Mumbai Indians brought Hardik Pandya to their team by trading them from Gujarat Titans, that decision was criticized a lot, some players including fans were not happy with that decision. Its impact was visible on the team’s performance last season. In such a situation, the question is that with the squad made by Mumbai Indians this season, how will they perform in the upcoming season. In this article we will analyze the squad of Mumbai Indians and tell what are the weaknesses and strengths of Mumbai Indians for the upcoming season.
Talking about strength, Mumbai Indians franchise has strong batting and good pace bowling unit. Talking about batting, they have Rohit Sharma, currently the world number one T20 batsman is Suryakumar Yadav and there is Tilak Verma to strengthen the middle order. Along with this, he has included strong batsmen like Will Jacques and Ryan Rickleton in the team.
While in bowling, they already had veteran bowler Jasprit Bumrah, now they have further strengthened their pace bowling unit by buying Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar in the mega auction. Apart from this, they also have Lizad Williams and Reece Topley, so their fast bowling attack looks very strong.
Talking about weaknesses, the spin bowling department is one area where he looks weak. Although they definitely bought Afghan spinner M Ghazanfar and New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner in the mega auction, apart from this they do not have any big names in the spin department. For this reason, that depth is not visible in the spin department. This is one department where Mumbai Indians need some work.
Youngsters like Tilak Verma and Naman Dheer and Arjun Tendulkar have a chance to prove themselves and become the future of the team. Both his bowling and batting can be effective on the fast pitches of Wankhede Stadium. In such a situation, their bowlers will have a chance to establish good dominance.
Big players like Jasprit Bumrah will need to keep their fitness in mind. To manage the workload of Jasprit Bumrah, the franchise can rest him in some league matches and this will also be a big tension for the team. At the same time, lack of spin department on grounds like Chennai and Delhi can be harmful for the team.
Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Trent Boult, Karn Sharma, Robin Minz, Naman Dheer, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacques, Ashwini Kumar, Reece Topley, Krishnan Srijit, Mitchell Santner. , Raj Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Lizaad Williams, Arjun Tendulkar, Vignesh Puthur