Mumbai Indians in 2020
The 2020 season was the 13th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. They were one of the eight teams competing in the 2020 Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians were the defending champions.[1] The team is currently being captained by Rohit Sharma with Mahela Jayawardene as team coach. They won their fifth ever title by beating Delhi Capitals on 10 November 2020.
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Background
Player retention and transfers
In July 2019, Mumbai added all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford to their squad, after trading Mayank Markande to Delhi Capitals.[2] They also traded in New Zealand left-arm pacer Trent Boult from Delhi Capitals and right-arm pacer Dhawal Kulkarni from Rajasthan Royals, while trading away batsman Siddhesh Lad to the Kolkata Knight Riders.
The Mumbai Indians retained 15 players and released ten players.[3] On 2 September 2020, James Pattinson replaces Lasith Malinga for Mumbai.[4]
Retained players: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Surya Kumar Yadav, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Jayant Yadav, Aditya Tare, Anukul Roy, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan.
Released players: Evin Lewis, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Beuran Hendricks, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Pankaj Jaswal, Alzarri Joseph.
Traded In: Sherfane Rutherford, Trent Boult and Dhawal Kulkarni.
Traded Out: Mayank Markande and Siddhesh Lad.
Auction
Mumbai Indians entered the IPL 2020 auction with a purse of 13.05 crores INR. However, with an extremely strong core, the team hardly had any of the bases uncovered. Yet, MI went on to purchase Chris Lynn , who was released last year by Kolkata Knight Riders, for the base price of 2CR INR and Aussie Nathan Coulter-Nile for a whopping 2CR INR. Also, Indian middle order batsman Saurabh Tiwary, who has been a part of the team before, right arm Indian Pacer, Mohsin Khan and all-rounder Prince Balwant Rai Singh and Maharashtra pacer Digvijay Deshmukh joined the team after being purchased for the base prices of 50L, 20L and, 20L respectively.
Players bought: Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh.
Team Analysis
ESPNcricinfo' wrote "Like Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians also had a limited money, which they made good use for purchasing the players. When Malinga's backup took the team to Coulter Nile, then Chris Lynn was included as a replacement for Evin Lewis. It will be interesting to see how the Mumbai team uses new young domestic players. Only the spin department is a concern for the team."[5]
Hardik pandyaAge: 27 yearsPlaying role: AlrounderBatting style: Right-hand batBowling: Right-hand medium fast
Suryakumar YadavAge:30 yearsRole: BatsmanBatting style: right-hand
Rahul chaharAge :21 yearsRole:bowlerBatting style: right hand batBowling style: right hand legbreak googly
Quinton De cockAge: 28 yearsRole: Batsman(wicket keeper)Batting style: left hand bat
Chris LynnAge: 31 yearsRole: BatsmanBatting style: left hand bat
