For Mumbai Indians, the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) was a forgettable one because it completed on the backside of the factors desk. It misplaced 10 out of 14 video games. Indeed, it was the worst efficiency by Mumbai Indians who completed final — for the primary time ever throughout all 15 editions. Mumbai Indians can be hoping that Jofra Archer hits prime type within the absence of an injured Jasprit Bumrah because the report five-time champions purpose to show issues round after a horrendous final season. Mumbai Indians endured an inexplicably poor IPL 2022, ending final with simply 4 wins.

Mumbai’s poor present coincided with their captain’s worst season as properly. Never earlier than in historical past of IPL had Rohit Sharma completed a season and not using a fifty, and in IPL 2022, MI’s run-machine on the prime recorded his lowest numbers because the competitors started: a mere 268 runs at a forgettable common of 19.14.

With the recent season forward, Mumbai Indians can be eager to take advantage of getting a full run at their residence floor Wankhede Stadium, the place they performed a mere 4 matches final 12 months and but misplaced two. Sharma and co have loads of younger gamers throughout departments which point out MI have stored an eye fixed on the long run whereas rebuilding their squad. The younger expertise in Brevis, Varma, Stubbs, David and even Green can have quite a bit to show and they are going to be eager to make a head begin.

Suryakumar could possibly be the raging bull Mumbai Indians can be ready to unleash. The batter has made an unimaginable mark in worldwide T20s and he can be eager to shrug off the failures which have come his means not too long ago.

MI IPL 2023 schedule

Match 1: April 2, 2023 – Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians, Bengaluru (7:30PM IST)
Match 2: April 8, 2023 – Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai (7:30PM IST)
Match 3: April 11, 2023 – Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians, Delhi (7:30PM IST)
Match 4: April 16, 2023 – Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai (3:30PM IST)
Match 5: April 18, 2023 – Sunrisers Hyderabad v Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad (7:30PM IST)
Match 6: April 22, 2023 – Mumbai Indians vs Punjab Kings, Mumbai (7:30PM IST)
Match 7: April 25, 2023 – Gujarat Titans vs Mumbai Indians, Ahmedabad (7:30PM IST)
Match 8: April 30, 2023 – Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai (7:30PM IST)
Match 9: May 3, 2023 – Punjab Kings vs Mumbai Indians, Mohali (7:30PM IST)
Match 10: May 6, 2023 – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians, Chennai (3:30PM IST)
Match 11: May 9, 2023 – Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai (7:30PM IST)
Match 12: May 12, 2023 – Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Titans, Mumbai (7:30PM IST)
Match 13: May 16, 2023 – Lucknow Super Giants vs Mumbai Indians, Lucknow (7:30PM IST)
Match 14: May 21, 2023 – Mumbai Indians vs Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai (3:30PM IST)

Strongest XI:

Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Cameron Green, Jofra Archer, Piyush Chawla, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen

Full Squad:

Mumbai Indians – Players purchased in IPL 2023 public sale – Raghav Goyal (INR 20 lakh), Nehal Wadhera (INR 20 lakh), Shams Mulani (INR 20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (INR 20 lakh), Duan Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Piyush Chawla (INR 50 lakh), Jhye Richardson (INR 1.5 crore), Cameron Green (INR 17.5 crore)

Players retained –  Rohit Sharma (c), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal.

With PTI inputs