IPL 2020: Squad experience of each franchise
Here we look at the experience in the Twenty20 format of each squad ahead of the IPL 2020:
2. Mumbai Indians – 2894 matches:
Defending champions, Mumbai Indians have got the 2nd best Twenty20 format experience among the 2020 IPL squads. A total of 2894 matches have been played by the players who are part of the 4-time IPL winning team. MI’s tally could have crossed 3000 if not for Lasith Malinga’s pulling out of the tournament owing personal issues.
Kieron Pollard is present in the MI squad who is the only player to have featured in over 500 T20 matches. The current Mumbai franchise squad players have collected 45637 runs which are also the 2nd most by any team’s squad. The majority of those runs came through the bat of Pollard and skipper Rohit Sharma who amassed 10207 and 8642 respectively.
Their players have collectively smashed 2209 sixes which are the 2nd only to Kings XI Punjab’s tally of 2221. Among the 24 players present in the squad of Mumbai Indians, only one guy has not featured in a T20 match thus far. Leg-spinner Prince Balwant Rai Singh has got the experience of playing at age level cricket for Punjab but is yet to make his professional debut.
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