Mumbai Indians (MI) IPL 2018 Schedule: Full time table with venue details, match timings
Defending champions Mumbai Indians will start the 2018 campaign against Chennai Super Kings at the fortress, Wankhede Stadium on April 7, 2018.
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Mumbai Indians retained Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Jasprit Bumrah at the auctions and then used their right to match card to rope in Krunal Pandya and Kieron Pollard.
They spent 46.35 crores to add 22 players to their roster.
Here's their complete squad
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard, Pat Cummins, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ben Cutting, Mustafizur Rahman, Rahul Chahar, Pradeep Sangwan, Jason Behrendorff, Jean-Paul Duminy, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Dhillon, Akila Dhananjaya, Nidheesh M D Dinesan, Aditya Tare, Siddhesh Dinesh Lad, Mayank Markande, Sharad Lumba, Anukul Roy, Mohsin Khan
The franchise also appointed Sri Lankan International player, Lasith Malinga as the bowling mentor of the team for the upcoming Indian Premier League season after the veteran attracted no bids at the auctions.
Here is the complete timetable of Mumbai Indians fixtures:
All but three matches start at 8 pm as the defending champions will look to add another trophy to their cabinet with a new-look squad.
Newest recruit Evin Lewis will be the player to watch out at the top of the order as will be young wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan, who was bought for Rs.6.2 crores.
Also, the pace attack bears a very stable look with the likes of Mustafizur Rahman, Pat Cummins and Jason Behrendorff all set to share the ball with Jasprit Bumrah.