IPL 2018: Probable Opening pairs from each team

#3 Mumbai Indians

Evin Lewis

Lewis will be looking to leave his mark in the IPL

Evan Lewis would be the best choice to open up for Mumbai Indians looking at his current form.

He has played 14 T20Is in his career and scored 468 runs at a phenomenal strike rate of 154.97. He is also one of those batsmen who has scored two or more hundreds in T20Is.

Lewis came into limelight when he smashed a 48-ball hundred against India in only his second T20I and went on to be the Man of the Match in Windies narrow one-run win.

The capabilities of Sharma and Lewis is unquestionable in T20Is and they can prove to be one of the best opening pairs in the entire IPL history.

Ishan Kishan

Kishan can be a good option to open along with Lewis looking onto his exemplary form

One would definitely be in a state of doubt that why did I prefer Kishan over Rohit Sharma to open along with Lewis.

As we know Sharma has been a bit struggling as an opener in the ongoing games. We saw him struggling in the South Africa tour as well as in the Nidahas Trophy.

On the other hand, Kishan has been in a fantastic form in the List A cricket where he has scored 717 runs in his 21 matches at an impressive average of 35.85. This was the reason he was bought for a whopping price of 6.20 Cr.

Sharma's performance may improve if he bats at No.3. Mumbai Indians can try this combination for few games and if the results are not satisfactory then the changes can be made accordingly.

But for now, I believe Kishan is a better choice to open the innings because of his exemplary form.