Mumbai Indians At IPL 2025: MI Team Preview, Full Squad, Fixtures, SWOT Analysis

The full-time MI captain, Hardik Pandya, will not be part of MI's first match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on 23 March due to a ban for one match

Jagdish Yadav

Updated on: 15 March 2025 5:51 pm

Mumbai Indians Captain Hardik Pandya (R) with Rohit Sharma celebrating a wicket in the IPL. Photo: File

Mumbai Indians are ready to start their Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 campaign in search of their sixth title. They have the joint-most number of trophies (5) in the history of IPL. (More Cricket News)

The 18th season of the IPL is set to kickstart on 22 March with Kolkata Knight Riders taking on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the opening match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

The full-time MI captain, Hardik Pandya, will not be part of MI's first match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on 23 March due to a ban for one match. Pandya suffered the ban for slow-over rate in the last match of the 17th season and the ban continued in the 18th season.

Rohit Sharma is expected to lead the side in his absence. He will be eligible to lead the team from the second match. Jasprit Bumrah's injury may keep him out of the action for the first few matches but he is expected to join the team in the second half.

Ryan Rickelton and Robin Minz are two left-handed batters who will be key players for MI this season. They have retained Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma.

Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Will Jacks and Bevon Jacobs are overseas players who are expected to excel in this season. Arjun Tendulkar and Raj Angad Bawa are two youngsters in the squad.

Mumbai Indians Full Squad

Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.

Strength

Mumbai Indians have a strong batting line-up and an experienced bowling group with Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult leading from the front. Their core is untouched from the last edition, but the addition of Ryan Rickelton and Robin Minz has strengthened their batting prowess. Mitchell Santner and Pandy himself are two top-class all-rounders in the squad.

Weakness

Mumbai Indians have a weakness of injured players. Jasprit Bumrah is not fully fit and his injury concerns are not a good sign for the MI. Allah Ghazanfar and Lizzad Williams have pulled out of the season due to injury. They also lack a complete finisher at number seven or eight. Unavailability of some players might create some problems for the five-time champions.

Opportunity

They have a big opportunity to become the first team of IPL to win six titles. Their performance in the last IPL edition was below average and now they can forget that year and perform collectively to become the six-time champions this year. Hardik Pandya also needs to win the confidence of the home crowd with another IPL trophy.

Threat

The biggest threat for MI are their fans. They booed their captain Hardik Pandya last year, and the results came in their opponents' favour. If they do that again this year, MI players may face a lot of problems due to that. Other threats are unavailability of quality spinners and a finisher in the squad.