IPL 2025: Power-Packed Indian Batters And...? 3 Strengths Of Rohit Sharma's MI

Anurag Dasgupta

MI have a power packed batting lineup [Source: @mipaltan/X.Com] MI have a power packed batting lineup [Source: @mipaltan/X.Com]

The IPL mega auction is done and dusted and all the ten teams have finalised their squads for the upcoming season. One of the smartest buys in the auction were made by the 5-time IPL champions, Mumbai Indians, who invested smartly in their squad.

For starters, they retained their core Indian players and thus had to just fill in the loopholes from the last season. They have a superb batting lineup and this is Mumbai Indians' biggest strengths heading into the next season. MI haven't spent crores of money on players, but have made shrews buys which could potentially win them the title. Ahead of the season, we look at their 3 strengths.

However, before that, let us look at the Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025 season.

MI squad for IPL 2025

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

Strengths of Mumbai Indians For IPL 2025

3. Power-packed Indian batting core

Mumbai Indians have a dream batting lineup and it is partly due to their strong Indian batting core. In Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma and Suryakumar Yadav, MI have an explosive Indian batting lineup and it is surely one of the best in the tournament.

In terms of sheer capability and match-winning abilities, no other franchise comes closer and that is the biggest strength of this Mumbai Indians side. Rohit's ultra aggressive approach at the top, combined with Suryakumar and Tilak Varma's middle-order exploits will be beneficial in the matches.

2. An all-round bowling department led by Bumrah

In the last couple of seasons, Mumbai Indians had a dip in their IPL form and it was due to their lack of resources in the bowling department. Their star bowler, Jasprit Bumrah missed the 2023 season due to injury and last season, he was their lone warrior as MI lacked the cutting-edge with the ball.

They invested smartly in Trent Boult and he will form a formidable bowling partnership alongside Bumrah. Plus, the Mumbai side has two quality spinners in Mitch Santner and mystery spinner, Allah Ghazanfar, which makes them a potent and dangerous bowling lineup for the upcoming season.

1. Quality finishers in the squad

In Hardik Pandya and the talented Robin Minz, Mumbai Indians have two brilliantly crafted all-rounders who can finish off a game in the blink of an eye. Hardik is already an established finisher and the whole world knows about his hitting abilities.

Minz, has also shown his exploits in the domestic circuit and has a T20 strike rate of 181, showcasing his power-hitting abilities.