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MI IPL 2021 Auction Analysis: How did they perform? | Analysis of the performance of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2021 Auction

Retained players: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan

Players bought: Nathan Coulter Nile (INR 5 crore), Adam Milne (INR 3.2 crore), Piyush Chawla (INR 2.4 crore), James Neesham (INR 50 lakh), Yudhvir Charak (INR 20 lakh), Marco Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (INR 20 lakh)

Purse remaining: INR 3.65 crores

Best Probable XI: Rohit Sharma, Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jasprit Bumrah, Adam Milne

Alternate XI: Rohit Sharma, Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Jayant Yadav/Piyush Chawla, Jasprit Bumrah, Nathan Coulter-Nile

The Mumbai Indians had their task cut out of buying overseas pacer and spin-bowling backups and the 5-time champions nailed it. Krunal Pandya failed to be among the wickets as he scalped just 6 in 15 matches and hence the franchise went for Piyush Chawla.

Adam Milne has been economical at the death in various T20 leagues around the world in the past few years and getting him for 3.4 crores might turn out to be a steal. In fact, Milne’s economy rate of 7.45 at the death is the best in T20 leagues since 2016. A good pickup indeed.

Also, the franchise released Coulter-Nile as he was bought for 8 crores in the previous auction and bought him back for a cheaper price of 5 crores. James Neesham was sold to the franchise and he was bagged as an backup option for Kieron Pollard and Hardik pandya.

Towards the end of the auction, the franchise bought South African uncapped pacer, Marco Jasen and Indian uncapped players Arjun Tendulkar and Rudhvir Charak for INR 20 lakhs each.

IPL 2021 Prediction:

The two-time defending champions didn’t really tinker much with their squad in the first place and the additions made are as good as or better than the previous edition. Other than the law of average catching up, MI are once again the favourites to lift the trophy.

Written by Sarthak Karkhanis. Follow Sarthak on Twitter today.