CricTracker Fan Poll: Best IPL side after the auction

4. Mumbai Indians: 12%

Mumbai Indians, the defending and three-time IPL champions, tied with KXIP in terms of the votes went in their favour and are also the fourth best side according to the fans. Rohit Sharma will continue to lead the side undoubtedly as Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya was also retained alongside him. They used their RTM cards for Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya and formed the core of the side perfectly. They bolstered their bowling attack by picking Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Ben Cutting and Pradeep Sangwan.

They will miss the experience of Lasith Malinga who was with the franchise for a long time. Even they let go of Harbhajan Singh who played for them the whole decade. They went for Akila Dananjaya in the auction to replace him and have kept faith on the domestic players in the spin department. Evin Lewis and JP Duminy were the other smart buys from them as MI would be eager to defend their title.