The three-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians will get their campaign start from March 24, 2019. In their opening encounter, they will host Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. For the Men in Blue, it’s a great thing to begin at home which has been their fortress.
Mumbai Indians is the only team to win the IPL title three times. From 171 matches, they have won 97 matches while they lost 73. The Mumbai-based franchise has a win percentage of 57.01 over the course of 11 seasons.
Everything About Mumbai Indians Team 2019
MI in IPL Auction 2019
Mumbai Indians had retained their core squad before the IPL Auction 2019. Already, the squad was balanced and they weren’t in a dire need to fill up spots. In the auction, they went in with the strategy to rope in uncapped players. Mumbai Indians also bought Yuvraj Singh for 1 Cr. (INR). IPL MI team 2019 is ready to play this IPL 12 season with 9 Batsman, 7 all-rounders, 2 Spinners and 7 Pacers.
| MI Squad for IPL 2019 | |||
| Batsman | All-rounders | Spinners | Pacers |
| Rohit Sharma | Hardik Pandya | Mayank Markande | Jasprit Bumrah |
| Ishan Kishan (wk) | Krunal Pandya | Rahul Chahar | Mitchell McClenaghan |
| Evin Lewis | Ben Cutting | Jason Behrendorff | |
| Yuvraj Singh* | Anukul Roy | Adam Milne | |
| Siddhesh Lad | Kieron Pollard | Lasith Malinga* | |
| Aditya Tare (wk) | Pankaj Jaswal* | Rasikh Dar* | |
| Suryakumar Yadav | Barinder Sran* | ||
| Quinton de Kock (wk) | |||
| Anmolpreet Singh* | |||
– * Denotes the Players purchased from the IPL Auction 2019
MI Strength and Weakness
Strengths of Team MI
Mumbai Indians possess a very strong squad. Their batting line-up is formidable. Having powerful hitters in the line-up, they are capable of chasing any total. Also, due to the presence of Jasprit Bumrah, they have one of the best bowlers of the format as well.
Weaknesses of Team MI
But MI is known to be a side that starts slow. In the last few years, they have tasted defeats in their first few matches and then found the rhythm in the later games. This is what hurt them last year and they had to stretch during the back end of the tournament.
Mumbai Indians Best XI
Evin Lewis, Quinton de Kock (wk), Rohit Sharma (c), Yuvraj Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Mayank Markande, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga
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Mumbai Indians Coaches and Administration staff
| Owner | Reliance Industries |
| Head coach | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Assistant coach | Paras Mhambrey |
| Batting coach | Robin Singh |
| Bowling coach | Shane Bond |
| Fielding coach | James Pamment |
| Team manager | Rahul Sanghvi |
| Batting Mentor | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Director of Cricket Operation | Zaheer Khan |
Mumbai Indians Home Ground
The Wankhede stadium is one of the most iconic stadiums in India as it has seen the Indian National Cricket Team lifting up the CWC 2011 here on 2nd April 2011. The journey of the “God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar was also started from here only. It is named after the Association’s President Barrister Sheshrao Wankhede. The Wankhede stadium is the home ground of team Mumbai Indians for IPL 2019 and the stadium has the capacity of around 33,000 people.
| Venue Stats – IPL | |
| Total Matches | 66 |
| Matches won batting first | 33 |
| Matches won bowling first | 33 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 164 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 153 |
| Highest total recorded | 235/1 (20 Ov) by RCB vs MI |
| Lowest total recorded | 67/10 (15.2 Ov) by KKR vs MI |
| Highest score chased | 195/5 (14.4 Ov) by MI vs RR |
| Lowest score defended | 135/6 (20 Ov) by DC vs MI |
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