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IPL Auction 2020: 5 Players MI Can Target for IPL 2020 | How could the MI squad look like for IPL 2020 season? | 5 Players Mumbai Indians can buy for IPL 2020
This article is part of an IPL Auction series, where we explore each team! Have a look at who the seven other teams could buy:
- Chennai Super Kings
- Delhi Capitals
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Kings XI Punjab
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Rajasthan Royals
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
IPL defending champions Mumbai Indians has a very balanced squad with all boxes checked. It was very, very difficult to find five players that will make an impact for MI in IPL 2020.
But, after much deliberation, here we are with the top five players Mumbai can buy in this auction:
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5. Yashasvi Jaiswal
Yashasvu Jaiswal is a hard-hitting batsman. He is the youngest to score a double hundred in List-A cricket, doing so at the age of 17. He scored 203 runs from 154 balls, which included 140 runs in boundaries (17 fours and 12 sixes)!
Mumbai can look to buy him as a backup for their Indian batsmen as this young man has the potential and is a star in the making.
4. Virat Singh
The current form of Ishan Kishan is quite poor, which is a concern for MI. They can add Virat Singh as a backup for him. Virat plays for Jharkhand; the same team Ishan plays for in the domestic matches. He is also a left-hander and has scored 343 runs from 10 matches with an average of 57.
To go with his batting, he can bowl some leg-spin, too. He is the perfect backup for Ishan Kishan.
3. Pankaj Jaiswal
Hardik Pandya suffered a back injury during the Asia Cup last year and was stretched off from the field. He had further complications this year, but is now recovering well and training. However, MI can look for someone as a backup, in case.
Now, not many of you may have heard of Pankaj Jaiswal. He is an explosive all-rounder who plays for Himachal Pradesh. Made his name after scoring the second-fastest half-century in Ranji Trophy, scoring 63 off just 20 balls which included four fours and seven sixes against Goa in 2017. He bats with a whopping strike rate of 193.4 in T20s in 37 matches and has also bagged 55 wickets in the same no. of matches played.
Although he has been released by Mumbai this year, but he can be a good backup for Pandya seeing his hitting abilities and that too they can have him very cheaply.
2. Chris Green
Chris is one of the most underrated T20 bowlers. He is a genuine wicket-taker in powerplays and can take wickets in bulk. MI often employ an extra spinner on slow wickets, which is where Green can come in. He is a right-arm offie and with him included, MI will have all kinds of spinners in their squad.
Also, he is a handy batsman down the order. Overall, he can be a great asset for the men in royal blue.
1. Tom Banton
Tom Banton made his name after being the second highest run-scorer in the recently concluded English T20 Blast. He is an explosive T20 opener and performed exceptionally well in the T10 League, too. With Ewin Lewis now traded from MI, he is the perfect replacement for him.
MI and CSK also enquired about his availability from Somerset and that shows that Mumbai might look to pick him.
So these were the five players for MI in our Auction series. Anyone you’d change or add?
Written by Robin Rounder. Follow Robin today on Twitter.
This article is part of an IPL Auction series, where we explore each team! Have a look at who the seven other teams could buy:
- Chennai Super Kings
- Delhi Capitals
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Kings XI Punjab
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- Rajasthan Royals
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
Thanks for reading!
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