Will 6th title be MI's Mission Possible?

IMAGE: Mumbai Indians celebrate winning the IPL 2020 title in Dubai. Photograph: BCCI/IPL

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians will look to continue their winning streak in IPL 2021.

The defending champions, who started training in right earnest on Monday, saw star pacer Jasprit Bumrah hit the straps.

Bumrah, who will again lead the MI attack in the absence of IPL legend Lasith Malinga, will have Trent Boult for company along with latest recruit Adam Milne to bolster MI's pace attack.

All-rounder Jimmy Neesham's presence in the squad gives MI an added option in case Hardik Pandya is unable to bowl, while the ever-reliable Kieron Pollard with his long handle and powerful hitting always keeps this Rohit Sharma-led team in the hunt.

Look at MI's batting line-up: Rohit, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Pollard and others ready to jam the accelerator in the middle and death overs.

Squad:

	Age	Bats	Bowls	Role	IPL matches
Rohit Sharma	33	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Captain/batsman	200
Suryakumar Yadav	30	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Batsman	101
Saurabh Tiwary	31	Left-handed	Right-arm off-break	Batsman	88
Chris Lynn	30	Right-handed	Left-arm spin	Batsman	41
Anmolpreet Singh	23	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	Batsman	0
Quinton de Kock	28	Left-handed		Wicket-keeper	66
Ishan Kishan	22	Left-handed		Wicket-keeper	51
Aditya Tare	33	Right-handed		Wicket-keeper	35
Kieron Pollard	33	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	All-rounder	164
Hardik Pandya	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	All-rounder	80
Krunal Pandya	30	Left-handed	Left-arm spin	All-rounder	71
Jayant Yadav	31	Right-handed	Right-arm off-break	All-rounder	14
James Neesham	30	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	All-rounder	9
Anukul Roy	22	Left-handed	Left-arm spin	All-rounder	1
Arjun Tendulkar	21	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	All-rounder	0
Marco Jansen	20	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	All-rounder	0
Jasprit Bumrah	27	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	92
Dhawal Kulkarni	32	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	91
Trent Boult	31	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Bowler	48
Nathan Coulter-Nile	33	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	Bowler	33
Adam Milne	28	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	Bowler	5
Yudhvir Singh	23	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	Bowler	0
Mohsin Khan	22	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	Bowler	0
Piyush Chawla	32	Left-handed	Right-arm leg-break	Bowler	164
Rahul Chahar	21	Right-handed	Right-arm leg-break	Bowler	31

Note: The players in bold are overseas players

Players bought at this year's IPL auction:

Arjun Tendulkar
James Neesham
Marco Jansen
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Adam Milne
Yudhvir Singh
Piyush Chawla

Overall win-loss record in IPL:

Played	Won	Lost	No Result	Win%	W/L ratio
203	120	83	0	59.11	1.45

Note: The win/loss tally includes results in Super Over after a tie

Best finish in IPL:

Champions in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020

How they fared in each edition:

Year	Position
2008	5th
2009	7th
2010	2nd
2011	3rd
2012	4th
2013	1st
2014	4th
2015	1st
2016	5th
2017	1st
2018	5th
2019	1st
2020	1st

Top batsmen:

	Games	Runs	Highest Score	Average	Strike Rate	100	50
R G Sharma	155	4060	109*	31.47	130.37	1	31
K A Pollard	164	3024	83	29.94	149.92	0	15
A T Rayudu	114	2416	81*	27.14	126.16	0	14
S R Tendulkar	78	2334	100*	34.83	119.87	1	13
S A Yadav	47	1416	79*	35.40	135.76	0	10
H H Pandya	80	1349	91	29.97	159.26	0	4
L M P Simmons	29	1079	100*	39.96	126.64	1	11
Q de Kock	32	1032	81	35.58	136.50	0	8
K H Pandya	71	1000	86	25.00	142.45	0	1
P A Patel	40	911	81	23.36	131.84	0	5

Top bowlers:

	Games	Wickets	Average	Runs Per Over	Best	4W
S L Malinga	122	170	19.79	7.14	5-13	7
Harbhajan Singh	136	127	26.65	6.95	5-18	2
J J Bumrah	92	109	23.73	7.41	4-14	2
M J McClenaghan	56	71	25.39	8.49	4-21	1
K A Pollard	164	60	32.66	8.87	4-44	1
K H Pandya	71	46	32.78	7.26	3-14	0
H H Pandya	80	42	31.26	9.06	3-20	0
M M Patel	31	40	21.55	7.43	5-21	3
D S Kulkarni	34	36	24.11	7.95	3-18	0
M G Johnson	22	31	19.35	7.14	3-26	0