Top 3 Mumbai Indians (MI) batters to watch out for in IPL 2024

Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians will be hoping for a new start under a new leader in the upcoming IPL 2024 season. Rohit Sharma’s decade-long captaincy era of Mumbai Indians came to an end as MI management traded in Hardik Pandya from Gujarat Titans. Hardik Pandya was then named captain of the franchise for IPL 2024.

Mumbai Indians had finished last in IPL 2022 and in IPL 2023, Rohit Sharma valiantly pushed the team into the playoffs despite his poor batting form and an ineffective fast bowling unit devoid of both Jasprit Bumrah and Jofra Archer. But this time they will have a very good batting lineup and we take a look at 3 such batters who are expected to do wonders for MI in IPL 2024.

Here are three batters to watch out for in Mumbai Indians (MI):

3. Tilak Varma

Tilak Varma was bought by Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2022 auction after he had come from a victorious U19 World Cup campaign for India. He had an excellent debut season and since then, he has scored 740 runs in 25 matches for MI in IPL. He has hit 3 fifties with a best score of 84* at an average of 38.94 and a strike rate of 144.53.

These performances helped Tilak Varma make his India debut in white-ball cricket and the left-hander will hope that another brilliant season for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024, will earn him a spot in T20 World Cup 2024 India squad. He has shined in both top order and as a finisher and one more consistent performance will be a huge boost to his confidence.