Irfan Pathan believes that the Mumbai Indians (MI) can teach the other IPL franchises how to put together a strong team.
However, The Mumbai Indians have won the Indian Premier League (IPL) five times and are the current two-time reigning champions. In the IPL 2021, however, they were unable to qualify for the playoffs.
Irfan Pathan praised the Mumbai Indians’ painstaking strategy in assembling a team during a debate on Star Sports.
“Their scouting is best among all the franchises. The other franchises need to learn from the Mumbai Indians how to build a team. No other franchise does as many mock auctions as the Mumbai Indians. They choose players who no one has heard about. They go into a lot of detail.” he said
The Mumbai Indians look for young players and convert them into match-winners, according to the former India all-rounder.
“No one knew the left-arm bowler from South Africa, Marco Jansen, but they had aimed to get him. If someone aimed to get Hardik Pandya, it was the Mumbai Indians when not many people knew about him, we are talking about 2013. You can talk about Rahul Chahar. They play a punt on young batters and bowlers, give them the confidence and make them big players. And they get to win after that.” Pathan elaborated
However, Apart from the aforementioned players, Mumbai Indians’ Jasprit Bumrah is another example of a player who has progressed in leaps and bounds since joining the franchise.
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The Mumbai Indians have contributed the most players to Team India’s World Cup lineup, according to Aakash Chopra.
“If you take this team, there is Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah. The eleven which were playing had five Indian players and Rahul Chahar was sitting out. So six players from this team are part of India’s T20 World Cup team.” He observed
“In my opinion, whatever this season might have been, this is the best T20 team on this planet when you talk about franchise cricket. You will not get a better team than them, who does so well consistently and they will defeat a national team if you get them to play five matches against them.” Chopra stated
The Mumbai Indians, on the other hand, could be seriously hurt as a result of the next mega-auction ahead of IPL 2022. It’ll be interesting to see how many of their most devoted players they can keep or regain at the auction.
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