IPL 2018, Match 1: Mumbai Indians' predicted playing XI for their match against Chennai Super Kings

Fast bowlers

Mumbai Indians have brilliant seamers in Mustafizur Rahman and Jasprit Bumrah

As expected, ahead of the 2018 IPL auction, Mumbai retained Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah and went on to buy the likes of Jason Behrendorff, Pat Cummins, and Mustafizur Rahman. Bumrah is arguably the best limited-overs fast bowler at the moment and will be playing every single match his team plays.

He will be accompanied by two out of Cummins, Mustafizur and Micthell McClenaghan, who came in as a replacement for an injured Dorff.

To strengthen their bowling, Mumbai will go in with two overseas pacers and in all likelihood, it will be the Aussie pacer Cummins and Bangladesh's Mustafizur.

Mustafizur and Bumrah bowling in the death overs will choke the run flow of the opposition side while Cummins can be the leader of the attack.