Mahela Jayawardene has returned to the Mumbai Indians team as head coach. The performance of Mumbai Indians has not been good in the last few seasons. Mahela's initial task will be to fix the team's combination. He may also target some of his former players to achieve this.
Keeping this in mind, we will tell you about those three players from his successful MI team whom head coach Jayawardene can target again. (We have included in this list those players who can be released by their franchises)
1. Krunal Pandya
Krunal Pandya is one of those players from his successful MI team whom Mahela Jayawardene can target again. Mumbai Indians have not had any good spinner in the last three seasons. Also, when some early wickets fall, there is no batsman to take care of the team. Krunal can fulfill this deficiency of Mumbai. Talking about Krunal's IPL career, he has scored 1647 runs in 127 matches at a strike rate of 132.82. While bowling, he has taken 76 wickets.
2. Trent Boult
Ever since Trent Boult left Mumbai Indians, the franchise has not been able to find a good partner for Jasprit Bumrah. Rajasthan Royals are unlikely to retain Boult and hence, MI may target the Kiwi bowler. Now, using Bumrah sparingly in the powerplay and keeping him for the death overs has become a common strategy. With Trent Boult, this can become an aggressive strategy for the team. Fast bowler Bolt has played 103 matches in IPL and has taken 121 wickets at an economy of 8.29.
3. Nitish Rana
Nitish Rana played a good role in MI winning the trophy in 2017. If MI cannot retain Tilak Verma, Rana could be a good option. Nitish can be an additional batsman for the team. With the impact player rule, each team can have an extra batsman and it would be great to have a player like Nitish in the team.
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