The Cricketer's quickfire look at Mumbai Indians ahead of the 2022 season
Captain: India's new all-format captain, Rohit Sharma, is Mumbai Indians' skipper.
Coach: Mahela Jayawardene has been in charge of Mumbai Indians since 2017.
How did they do last year: They finished fifth, having won the two previous editions.
Overseas headliner?
It's hard to look past Kieron Pollard, though Tim David has had an excellent year and South African youngster Dewald Brevis has attracted comparisons to AB de Villiers.
Indian superstar?
Jasprit Bumrah is the world's premier death bowler, and he provides Mumbai with a point of difference.
Biggest strength?
Once Jofra Archer is fit in time for next year's tournament, the Archer-Bumrah combination will be hard to counter at the death. In the meantime, Rohit's experience at the top of the order is difficult to match.
Where's the weakness?
Mumbai lost the Pandya brothers in the off-season, which might leave them short in the allrounder department.
Squad: Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan, Basil Thampi, Murugan Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, N Tilak Varma, Sanjay Yadav, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Anmolpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Hrithik Shokeen, Arjun Tendulkar, Aryan Juyal, Dewald Brevis, Riley Meredith, Fabian Allen, Tim David, Daniel Sams, Tymal Mills
Likely starting XI: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Sanjay Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Fabian Allen, Mayank Markande, Tymal Mills, Jasprit Bumrah
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