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Mumbai Indians playing 11: The 17th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL 2024 is about a week away. The first match of the league will be played between Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore on 22 March. Mumbai Indians will play their first match against Gujarat Titans on March 24. First of all, know how Mumbai's playing eleven could be in this season. Let us tell you that Mumbai Indians included Hardik Pandya in their team through trade. Cameron Green will now watch the match for RCB. Mumbai Indians made a cash-in-all trade with Royal Challengers Bangalore for Australian all-rounder Cameron Green and also included Hardik in the cash-in-all trade.
There will be no change in the opening even under Hardik's captaincy!
This season, the command of Mumbai Indians is in the hands of Hardik Pandya in place of Rohit Sharma. There will be no change in the opening slot even under the captaincy of Hardik. Hitman Rohit Sharma and wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan will start the innings. After this there will be Tilak Verma and then Suryakumar Yadav. Captain Hardik Pandya can play at number five. Although Hardik has mostly batted at number four for Gujarat, he will be seen playing at number five in Mumbai. After this, Australia's Tim David and Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi can play the role of finishers.
A look at the bowling department
Nuwan Thushara, who bowls with action like Lasith Malinga, may get a chance in the playing eleven in the very first match. This bowler was bought by Mumbai in the auction for a huge amount. Along with him, star fast bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Jason Behrendorff can handle the fast bowling department. Whereas the responsibility of spin department will be on the shoulders of Piyush Chawla and Nabi.
Probable playing eleven of Mumbai Indians
Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper), Rohit Sharma, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya (captain), Tim David, Mohammad Nabi, Piyush Chawla, Nuwan Thushara, Jasprit Bumrah and Jason Behrendorff.