IPL 2021: Rating the bowling line-up of all the teams

3. Mumbai Indians – 9

After having won back-to-back titles, the Mumbai Indians will be on the hunt to complete an unprecedented hat-trick of IPL titles. Their bowling attack was simply excellent last season and when a team has two of its bowlers amongst the top three wicket-takers, there is little chance of them failing. A pace bowling trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, and Nathan Coulter-Nile has everything a team would want from their pacers. In the form of Boult, they have one of the best exponents of the new ball and if he plays the way he did last season, they will have an excellent chance of retaining the title.

Jasprit Bumrah and Coulter-Nile are excellent in this format and have proven themselves on several occasions. Adam Milne might turn out to be an excellent squad option for the Mumbai Indians as his numbers in this format, especially during the death are outstanding over the last few years. With four world-class fast bowlers in their squad, MI won’t have much to worry about. Kieron Pollard will be the 4th pacer in the XI and might have to bowl the odd over here and there if Hardik isn’t fit enough.

Krunal Pandya and Rahul Chahar will be their spin bowling options in the starting XI. Chahar’s performances last season tailed off during the second half of the tournament and he was even dropped for the final. Krunal had a mediocre season as he picked up just six wickets and even their backup option, Piyush Chawla, hasn’t been in great form. MI will hope that their spinners regain form ahead of the opening fixture against RCB.