IPL 2020: Rating all teams based on their performance in the first two weeks

1. Mumbai Indians (MI) – 9.5

Mumbai Indians are the current defending champs. Owning up to that title, they have been performing well so far in the IPL 2020. Losing the league-opener against the Chennai Super Kings did create a bit of concern. But they bounced back with a crushing victory against the KKR.

Taking the match against RCB into the Super Over can be seen as a great effort for the MI. Scoring almost 90 runs in the last five overs, MI jumped back into a game that was virtually out of their hand.

Mumbai Indians are a franchise that has most IPL trophies in the bank. Playing with the same core team year by year, Mumbai Indians are known to be slow starters. They don’t find success early in the tournament but go on winning each and every game towards the end of the tournament.

Winning two out of their four games, MI stands with four points on the table. The squad is led by Rohit Sharma and he is an inspiration to the team. Already scoring 170 runs in the four innings he has played, Rohit has led the team by example.

Mumbai Indians have a healthy Net Run Rate so far in the tournament and the defending champs looks deadly as ever. The bowling duo of Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult provide MI with the bowling firepower they need in the beginning and at the end.

Kieron Pollard has found himself useful with the ball in the slow tracks of UAE. Pollard’s hard-hitting capability has bough MI back into the game several times already in the tournament. If MI can perform as consistently as they did in the first two weeks of the IPL, we potentially may be looking at another year of MI’s dominance in the IPL. MI get a rating of 9.5!