Hardik Pandya, Bairstow and Shivam Dube play for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022

The Indian Premier League Season 15 (IPL 2022) has begun. Already, all the franchises are preparing the mega auction for the next season. The mumbai Indians MI bring these 3 players for IPL 2020. Hardik Pandya, Jonny Bairstow and Shivam Dube may play for MI in IPL 2022.

Mumbai Indians had a miserable show in IPL 2021, where they failed to qualify for playoffs. Ahead of IPL 2022, the franchise retained 4 players in their squad. Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, and Jasprit Bumrah are the 4 players that the MI franchise has retained for IPL 2022.

Mumbai Indians have spent Rs. 42 crore to retain these players and they have Rs. 48 crore available for the IPL 2022 auction. Due to the retentions rule, MI had to part ways with many powerful players in their squad. Hence during the auction, the franchise will seek to pick some top players. Here we talk about Mumbai Indians predicted squad for IPL 2022.

Jonny Bairstow

For the wicketkeeper’s role, Mumbai Indians might go for Jonny Bairstow. Bairstow was part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2021 but has been released by the team. Playing only the 1st league of IPL 2021, the wicketkeeper-batsman scored 248 runs in 7 games at an average of 41.33. It will be hard for the franchise to get Ishan Kishan back as he will probably Mumbai Indians be picked up by either of the two new teams ahead of the auction.

Shivam Dube

Shivam Dube can be another middle-order batsman that the Mumbai Indians team can pick for the next season. Dube, who also comes handy as a bowler, was part of Rajasthan Royals in the last season. He scored 230 runs in 9 games at an average of 28.75. He also slammed a half-century.

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Hardik Pandya

MI might opt to buy Hardik Pandya in their squad during the IPL 2022 auction. The franchise had to drop him with a restriction of only 4 players for retention. However, Pandya has been a core member of the team over the years and Mumbai Indians will wish to bring him back to the squad.

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