Mumbai Indians / What will be Mumbai's playing XI without Hardik-Bumrah, this player can be the trump card

IPL 2025 will start from March 22, and Mumbai Indians will play their first match against Chennai Super Kings on March 23. The absence of Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya will give the team a balance. Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Will Jacks can play important roles.

Mumbai Indians: IPL 2025 is going to start from 22 March. All 10 teams are preparing for the tournament in full swing. In this episode, the Mumbai Indians team is also busy preparing for the upcoming season. The MI team will play its first match of the season against Chennai Super Kings on March 23. It is expected to be a blockbuster match as both the teams have more than one strong player. However, Mumbai may miss players like Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya in the first match. Hardik will not play the first match due to the ban, while Bumrah will not be able to play the first few matches due to injury. In such a situation, what will be the playing XI of Mumbai Indians in the absence of these two players is a big question.

What will be the playing XI of Mumbai Indians?

When the Mumbai Indians team will play the first match of the season against Chennai Super Kings, the responsibility of opening will be on the shoulders of Rohit Sharma and Ryan Rickelton. After this, Tilak Verma and Suryakumar Yadav will be in the middle order.

Since Hardik Pandya is banned for one match, he will not play against Chennai Super Kings. In such a situation, the team can give a chance to specialist batsman Will Jacks at number five. Jacks can prove to be a trump card for this team. He is a player who can change the course of the match with his bat at any time. In the absence of Hardik, Suryakumar Yadav can take over the captaincy.

Bolt and Chahar will be responsible for fast bowling

Naman Dheer can play the role of finisher. He has the ability to score fast runs at number six. Talking about bowling, the pair of Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Karn Sharma can be seen in action on the spin track. Along with them, Deepak Chahar and Trent Bolt will take over the responsibility of fast bowling. At the same time, South African bowling all-rounder Corbin Bosch can also get a place in the final eleven.

Mumbai Indians Probable Playing XI for the first match:

Rohit Sharma
Ryan Rickelton
Tilak Verma
Suryakumar Yadav (Captain)
Will Jacks / Robin Minj
Naman Dheer
Corbin Bosch / Mitchell Santner
Deepak Chahar
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Karn Sharma
Trent Boult

Mumbai Indians Squad for IPL 2025:

Batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Robin Minj, Ryan Rickelton, Sreejith Krishnan, Bevon Jacobs, Tilak Verma
All-rounders: Hardik Pandya (Captain), Naman Dheer, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Raj Angad Bawa, Vignesh Puthur
Bowlers: Trent Boult, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Ashwini Kumar, Reece Topley, Venkata Satyanarayana, Arjun Tendulkar, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jasprit Bumrah, Corbin Bosch

Mumbai Indians is playing with a balanced team this time. However, the absence of Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah in the first few matches can be a challenge for the team. But the team has many excellent players, who have the ability to win matches on their own. Now it will be interesting to see how MI performs this season.