IPL Fantasy Cricket League 2019: MI Top players in Each Department

Finally, the excitement among IPL fantasy cricket league fans for the much awaited IPL 2019 is raising daily as the tournament is getting nearer. The cash-rich cricket league is set to kick-start on March 23. CSK and RCB will face one another in the initial clash of the tournament.

The thrice IPL champions, Mumbai Indians will begin their IPL 2019 journey against Delhi Capitals at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on March 24 along with the IPL fantasy league fans. After having a poor outing last season, Mumbai Indians is eager to set the league on fire.

The Mumbai-based team has one of the strongest squads among all the teams this season. So, they are going to surely wish to lift the IPL trophy for the fourth time. And also win the hearts of IPL T20 fantasy cricket fans.

Right here, we take a short look at best players of Mumbai Indians in each department who can play an enormous role in IPL 2019.

Best Spinner – MayankMarkande

Really gifted leg-spinner from Punjab, MayankMarkande was the most significant surprise packages of the last IPL season when he performed very well in the tournament. In IPL 2018, he has taken 15 wickets from 14 matches at an average of 24.53 and an economy rate of 8.36 with 23/4 being his best.

The past one year has been incredibly good for the 21-year-old as he did fairly well whenever he played. With Mumbai Indians lacking any world-class spinner in their team, MayankMarkande will be their front side spinner in this IPL T20 cricket games. MI will have high hopes from him. The young leg-spinner will certainly want to meet the hopes of his franchise and fans in the IPL season by playing well.

Best Pacer – Jason Behrendorff

Behrendorff is a left-arm fast bowler from Australia who plays for Western Australia since 2012. Even though he didn’t get to play any match for MI in 2018, he can definitely turn to start fresh in the 2019 edition of IPL.

Jason could be the solution to Mumbai’s look for a pacer. His extra pace gives him that x-factor and makes him one of the best pacer.

Best All-rounder – Ben Cutting

Benjamin Cutting is an all-rounder from Australia. His clean hitting capability together with his fast bowling makes him a great addition to any team. He made his IPL debut with Kings XI Punjab in 2013, however, later joined Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mumbai Indians bought Ben in the 2018 IPL auction.

He played nine matches for MI in 2018. Mumbai definitely hopes Ben will win matches for them in the upcoming season. Cutting’s all-around abilities will surely be something to the team.

Best Batsman –Evin Lewis

The left-handed mind-blowing batsman from Trinidad- Evin Lewis is a must have a cricketer in relation to shorter formats. Lewis has played 17 T20 matches, has an excellent average of 33 and a remarkable strike rate of 157!

He has played 13 matches for MI in the 2018 season and scored 382 runs at a good average of 29.

Given that Mumbai Indians have held on to him for this season, Lewis surely can start as an opener for the Mumbai Team, make good runs for the team and make the IPL T20 fantasy cricket league fans happy.

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IPL Fantasy Cricket Team Overview – Mumbai Indians

“Duniya Hila Denge Hum…” If an IPL fantasy cricket fan has to name the most famous, consistent and prominent team of IPL, none of the choices would be better than Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians, lovingly nicknamed as MI are the IPL team based in the city of Mumbai, the Gateway of India.

They have been 3 times champion in the Indian Premier League T20 cricket game. India’s biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries owns this IPL franchise. Legends such as Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Shaun Pollock and Sanath Jayasuriya have been an integral part of the team since 2008. Wankhede Stadium is the home ground for the team.

Mumbai Indians have taken the IPL by storm with their very strong performances. When on field, they treat IPL fantasy league fans with their dominance in the bowling arena, MI pacers and spinners.

The theme song of MI is the famous “Ala Re.” But, after each boundary or a wicket, the stadium disc jockey plays a fan-made song “Akkha Mumbai Khelega”.

Here we are again gathering for the IPL T20 fantasy cricket fans, so as to make them aware about the team.

Just have a look below:

Batsmen: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Anmolpreet Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Evin Lewis and Quinton de Kock

Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Aditya Tare and Quinton De Kock

Bowlers: MayankMarkande, Rahul Chahar, Rasikh Dar, BarinderSran, Lasith Malinga, JaspritBumrah, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne and Jason Behrendorff

All-Rounders: Yuvraj Singh, Pankaj Jaiswal, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Kieron Pollard and Ben Cutting

Let us now get to know their performances in the IPL:

2008: At the inaugural season of IPL T20 tournament, MI has reached the 5thposition in the league stage

2009: They have reached the 7thposition in the league stage in the second season of IPL

2010: They have turned out to be the runners-up during the third edition of the IPL tournament

2011: MI has lost in qualifier 2at the fourth edition of IPL T20 cricket game

2012: The team has lost in eliminator during the fifth edition

2013: During the sixth edition, MI becomes the champions of IPL for the first time

2014: At the seventh edition, MI has lost in the eliminator

2015: Again in the eighth season, the team turns out to be the champions for the second time

2016: MI has reached the 5thposition in the league stage in the ninth season of the tournament

2017: They have won the champions title for the third time again during the tenth season

2018: MI has reached 5thposition in the league stage in the eleventh edition of IPL

Batting performance of the Mumbai team in IPL matches

The highest total innings of MI is 223/6 against KXIP in IPL 2017.

The lowest total innings of MI is 87 all out against KXIP in IPL 2011 and against SRH in 2018.

Rohit Sharma is the highest MI run scorer with 3596 runs under his name.

Sanath Jayasuriya has scored 114* runs against CSK in the inaugural season of IPL, the highest by MI player.

MI players have hit 4 centuries in 11 editions. The list includes names Lendl Simmons (100*), Sachin Tendulkar (100*), Rohit Sharma (109*) and Sanath Jayasuriya (114*).

Rohit Sharma has hit 27 half centuries, which is the maximum by any MI player.

Sachin Tendulkar has scored 618 runs in IPL 2010, maximum scored in single innings.

Bowling performance of the Mumbai team in IPL matches

Lasith Malinga has taken 154 wickets, the maximum by MI player.

Again, Lasith Malinga has taken 5/13against Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2011, the best individual performance in bowling in MI player.

Lasith Malinga has taken 28 wickets in the single edition of IPL 2011.

Fielding performance of the Mumbai team in IPL matches

Kieron Pollard has caught 84 catches, the maximum catches taken by MI player.

Sachin Tendulkar has caught 4 catches against KKR in IPL 2008, the maximum taken in an innings by MI player.

Kieron Pollard has taken 15 catches in a single edition of IPL 2017.

Wicket keeping performance of the Mumbai team in IPL matches

Parthiv Patel has dismissed 28 players (Ct – 22, St – 6), the highest by any MI wicketkeeper.

YogeshTakawale has dismissed 4 players against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008 and Parthiv Patel has dismissed against Gujarat Lions in IPL 2016.

Dinesh Karthik has dismissed 14 players (Ct – 12, St – 2) in IPL 2013, the highest in a single edition.

Thanks for reading! Play IPL fantasy games and enjoy!

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