IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians (MI) Team Strongest Playing 11

Hardik Pandya, the new leader as we look at the strongest predicted playing 11 for Mumbai Indians (MI) for IPL 2024.

The 5-times Indian Premier League Champions, the Mumbai Indians are one of the only two teams alongside Chennai Super Kings to have 5 IPL trophies to their name. It started in 2013 under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, and 8 years later by 2020, Mumbai Indians already had 4 more trophies to their name. It has been a glorious 10 years of seeing Mumbai Indians fly under Rohit Sharma.

But as a heartbreak to the MI fans, Rohit Sharma won’t be leading the MI going forward with a focus on transition. Instead, the Mumbai Indians team will see their former superstar Hardik Pandya leading the side. As we know, Hardik Pandya was traded by MI from Gujarat Titans in an all-cash deal of 15 Cr. To purchase Hardik Pandya, MI traded out Cameron Green to RCB in an all-cash deal at 17 Cr.

The addition of Hardik Pandya makes Mumbai Indians a stronger unit as MI are getting a strong Indian all-rounder in place of an Overseas all-rounder. This change will allow MI to play an additional Overseas player. So, with such a strong squad in place as highlighted below, let’s look at the strongest predicted playing 11 for Mumbai Indians (MI) for IPL 2024. 

Mumbai Indians (MI) Latest New Squad Players List for IPL 2024:

Batters: Dewald Brevis (f), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma & Tim David (f)

WKs: Ishan Kishan & Vishnu Vinod

All-rounders: Anshul Kamboj, Arjun Tendulkar, Hardik Pandya (c), Mohammad Nabi (f), Naman Dhir, Nehal Wadhera, Romario Shephard (f), Shams Mulani & Shivalik Sharma

Bowlers: Akash Madhwal, Dilshan Madhushanka (f), Gerald Coetzee (f), Jason Behrendorff (f), Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Nuwan Thushara (f), Piyush Chawla & Shreyas Gopal

IPL 2024 Mumbai Indians (MI) Strongest Possible Playing 11

The Mumbai Indians team has been playing with a settled opening combination in the form of Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan. With Cameron Green not there, expect MI to continue with the same opening combination. The best thing for MI will be that Rohit Sharma will now play with full freedom as there is no Captaincy pressure. Similarly, Ishan would want to do his best to secure a place in the T20 World Cup 2024.

Coming to the middle-order, Tilak Varma will be the new number 3 for Mumbai Indians in place of Cameron Green. Tilak did play a few innings at number 3 last year, but with Green also there, he couldn’t make that place of his own. However, expect MI to play Tilak at 3 and SKY at 4 or vice versa depending on the thought process. SKY at 3 isn’t a bad option either, but with VK also expected to play T20 World Cup, MI may as well play SKY at number 4. 

Talking about the finishers, MI will see Captain Hardik Pandya alongside Tim David. These are as strong top 6 as one can get. With such a strong top 6, the impact player rule will allow Mumbai Indians to play Nehal Wadhera as an additional finisher alongside Mohammad Nabi. Needless to say, this is one of the best top 8 in the competition.

Finally, coming to the bowling department, MI will have three pacers and 1 spin combination. While the pace department shall be led by Jasprit Bumrah, the spin department shall be led by Piyush Chawla. Other than these two, MI will need two Overseas pacers, and they have four names for it. However, most likely, Mumbai Indians will play Jason Behrendorff and Gerald Coetzee to start with.    

IPL 2024 Strongest Possible Playing 11 for Mumbai Indians (MI)

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (c), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah & Nehal Wadhera (Impact Player)

So, that’s about the strongest predicted playing 11 for Mumbai Indians (MI) for IPL 2024. Overall, MI arguably have the best playing 11 among all teams in the competition. There is a right mix of Indian-Overseas as well as Experience-youth combination. With Hardik Pandya now at the helm, it would be interesting to see how MI sail from here on. 

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