Mumbai Indians will kick-start the ninth edition of IPL on April 9, 2016, facing Rising Pune Supergiants in the season opener. Mumbai Indians enter IPL 2016 as the defending champions.
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Mumbai Indians is one of the most successful teams in IPL. They have won the tournament twice now. Only three teams have done that so far. Other two teams are Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings. Not only that, Mumbai Indians have won the Champions League T20 twice as well. Expectations are always high on Mumbai Indians and we will have to wait until April 9, 2016 to find out if they can deliver the same quality of cricket that they have been playing in the past.
Mumbai Indians will play their home games at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. They have a great fan following all around the country. Expect huge numbers to turn up during match days and this will turn Wankhede Stadium blue.
Here is Mumbai’s schedule for IPL 2016.
Date | Draw | Venue |
April 9, 2016 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
April 13, 2016 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | |
April 16, 2016 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
April 18, 2016 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad | |
April 20, 2016 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
April 23, 2016 | Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi | |
April 25, 2016 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | |
April 28, 2016 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
May 1, 2016 | MCA International Stadium, Pune | |
May 8, 2016 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
May 11, 2016 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru | |
May 13, 2016 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
May 15, 2016 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | |
May 21, 2016 | TBC, TBC |
TBC – To be confirmed.
Mumbai has a top-class squad. They have a good mix of prolific overseas players and exceptional Indian talent. We had the IPL 2016 auction on February 6, 2016. Mumbai retained most of their squad; they also managed to grab a few key players such as Jos Buttler during the auction. This should strengthen their side for the upcoming edition of IPL.
Let us look at Mumbai’s squad for the ninth edition of IPL.
Mumbai Indians Squad for IPL 2016 | |
Name | Role |
Rohit Sharma (Captain) | Batsman |
Unmukt Chand | Batsman |
Lendl Simmons* | Batsman |
Nitish Rana | Batsman |
Siddhesh Lad | Batsman |
Corey Anderson* | All-rounder |
Hardik Pandya | All-rounder |
Kieron Pollard* | All-rounder |
Krunal Pandya | All-rounder |
Shreyas Gopal | All-rounder |
Deepak Punia | All-rounder |
Jos Buttler* | Wicketkeeper Batsman |
Ambati Rayudu | Wicketkeeper Batsman |
Parthiv Patel | Wicketkeeper Batsman |
Jitesh Sharma | Wicketkeeper |
Harbhajan Singh | Bowling All-rounder |
Lasith Malinga* | Bowler |
Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler |
Tim Southee* | Bowler |
Marchant de Lange* | Bowler |
Mitchell McClenaghan* | Bowler |
Vinay Kumar | Bowler |
Jagadeesha Suchith | Bowler |
Nathu Singh | Bowler |
Akshay Wakhare | Bowler |
Kishore Kamath | Bowler |
*indicates overseas player.
Rohit Sharma will captain the side. Corey Anderson and Jos Buttler will be key in the middle order. Kieron Pollard will likely play in the lower middle order and will be instrumental in propelling Mumbai’s score above the par score in any ground. For Kieron Pollard, no boundary is too long.
Coming to their bowling department, they have Lasith Malinga from Sri Lanka and Tim Southee from New Zealand. Not to forget, they even have Jasprit Bumrah. Bumrah is having a decent World T20 2016. He would hope that the form would continue into IPL 2016. The experience of Harbhajan Singh will come in handy.
Mumbai Indians have a great balance. No wonder, their coach Ricky Ponting and their fans alike will fancy their chances of lifting the cup for the second year in a row and for the third time in the competition’s history.
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