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Mumbai Indians, the five-time champions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), reached the playoff stage for the first time in three seasons last year. The Mumbai-based franchise has been in the midst of a transition of sorts after the IPL auction two seasons ago, losing many of its key players to other teams in the league.
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Before the 2024 season of the IPL, the team management of Mumbai Indians made a big decision to remove their five-time IPL-winning captain Rohit Sharma from the leadership role. They gave the reins to Hardik Pandya, a former MI player from their heyday, who returned to his spiritual home after securing the IPL trophy for Gujarat Giants two seasons ago, before taking them to the final for the second time.
Here is the strongest XI of MI in the IPL 2024, looking at the players currently available to them in the squad.
Openers - Rohit Sharma, Ish an Kishan (wk)
Rohit Sharma, one of the best top-order batters in T20 cricket, is still an integral part of the Mumbai Indians plans as a player after handing over the captaincy role to Hardik Pandya. He will pair up at the top of the order with Ishan Kishan, one of the most prolific scorers for MI in the last four seasons of the IPL, taking his talents to the national team in all formats.
