IPL 2022: 5 Players who were underutilized by Mumbai Indians (MI)

Mumbai Indians had a disappointing season after ages in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise since IPL 2009, finished at the utmost bottom of the points table. Also in their quest of casting the best winning XI, MI utilized 21 different players out of 24 available in IPL 2022.

But despite their strong hustle and bustle, the team gave fewer chances to their promising cricketers. Eventually, as these bunch of players shined brilliantly at the end, Mumbai could have conclusively utilized them even better.

Therefore in this list, let’s check out these 5 individuals that were underutilized by MI.

1. Tim David

Surely, this middle-order behemoth could have played all 14 games for MI. By emerging as their biggest positive in the 2022 season, David had an impressive IPL. From his 8 games, the cricketer scored 186 runs at an average of around 37. More importantly, his strike rate of 216.27 was the highest amongst batters who scored a minimum of 100 runs.

Barring this, Mumbai’s two wins out of four were also possible because of David’s heroics. The 26-year-old, against both GT and DC, played two match-winning cameos. However, after his initial two failures, MI surprisingly benched him for the first half of IPL 2022.

Overall, this powerful batter surely had a profusion to offer in IPL 2022. But unexpectedly, the MI think tank failed to unleash David’s full batting potential. Nevertheless, in IPL 2023, David hopefully will play a prominent role to restore MI’s normal winning services.