4 teams that can qualify for the playoffs

#3 Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians squad looks good enough to defend their title

The defending champions have managed to put up an impressive squad yet again ahead of the IPL. After Rohit’s poorest run with the bat in IPL history last season, where he returned after 6 months of injury layoff, Sharma will look to get back to his older self in the IPL and is unarguably one of the most devastating batsmen when in full flow and is the X-factor in the batting line up.

With Evin Lewis, Pollard, Duminy Ishan Kishan, Saurabh Tiwary in the side the batting looks sorted with the Pandya brothers being so incredible with the bat (coming into bat in the lower middle order), ball and their athletic fielding performances.

Ben Cutting is another all-rounder in the kitty but may have to wait for his chance in the eleven.

In the bowling section, Jasprit Bumrah, Mustafizur Rehman, Pat Cummins, Pradeep Sangwan make for one of the best pace attacks of the league. The spin department can be an area of concern though with only Rahul Chahar, the young Indian spinner, and Akila Dhananjaya the spinner from Sri Lanka making the cut.

However, Duminy and Krunal Pandya’s spin bowling can come in handy here for the Mumbai Indians in their attempt to defend the title.