3 players Mumbai Indians could target in the IPL 2020 auction

#2 Chris Woakes

Chris Woakes

By releasing Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff and Ben Cutting, MI have left themselves slightly short in terms of seam bowling options, especially ones who have international experience.

Jasprit Bumrah is without a doubt the star of the show, and there are very few, if any, better at the death than the Indian seamer, while Lasith Malinga is perhaps the best T20 bowler of all time, but at 36, his powers are dwindling slightly.

Adding someone like Chris Woakes to the squad would bring the Mumbai Indians quite a lot of experience, as well as a lot of quality, both with the bat and the ball.

The 30-year-old has 241 international wickets to his name, and has enjoyed success in all three formats, as well as playing a key role in England’s World Cup triumph earlier this year. He is a top class bowler, and would help to create a very fine bowling line-up alongside Bumrah, Malinga and Boult if he were to join Mumbai.