Five Tips for Mumbai Indians to bring them on the winning track

Five Tips for Mumbai Indians to bring them on the winning track: The expectations from the star-studded Mumbai Indians (MI) are always high when the new season of Indian Premier League (IPL) commences but unfortunately the men in blue of IPL have not lived up to the expectations this season, having lost all the three matches thus far there start of season 8 campaign has been devastating to say the least and now Mumbai need to pull up their socks as soon as possible to keep chance of advancing into the playoff stage alive. Here are the five suggestions which can get the Mumbai Indians on the winning track. 1. Pick a Balanced team: (Photo Source: BCCI) Mumbai Indians posses world-class all-rounder’s like Corey Anderson and Kieron Pollard in their line-up which ideally should increase the batting depth of the team but their batting finishes at 7 as the likes of Vinay Kumar and Pawan Suyal follow Harbhajan at 7. The long tail puts immense pressure on top order as they know there isn’t much to expect from the lower order. So our advice will be to drop Pawan Suyal and back Corey Anderson, Kieron Pollard to contribute four over’s and play only 4 genuine bowlers instead of 5. 2. Trust an Opening Pair: (Photo Source: BCCI) The feeling of job security is a must in any professional job and same goes for cricketer as well, in the past few years MI have changed their opening pairs like chop and cheese which has affected the confidence of the openers adversely as the players walking out to open feel they might lose their spot in the next match if they don’t perform this time. Mumbai management and staff needs to show trust in an opening pair may be in Simmons and Parthiv and back them to the core for at least 4-5 games. 3. Put Youngsters in the limelight: (Photo Source: BCCI) Mumbai need to take a leaf out of Rajasthan Royals book and start backing youngsters to play a key role. RR has backed the likes of Sanju Samson, Deepak Hooda and Karun Nair and has reaped in rewards. MI too needs to give more confidence to the talented youngsters like Unmukt Chand and Shreyas Gopal as a team can’t rely on top guns to win them every match. 4. Captain needs to lead by example: (Photo Source: BCCI) Mumbai Indians bank a lot on their skipper Rohit Sharma to put the team in a commanding position but the captain who took the team to glory in his first stint, has scored two ducks in the first three matches. His miserable form with the bat has affected his captaincy too, he is absolutely pivotal for this Mumbai team and it’s about time for the skipper to starts delivering. 5. Make the middle order flexible: (Photo Source: BCCI) Mumbai does not fiddle much with their middle order and it feels at times the hard hitting Kieron Pollard bats too deep to make an impact in the match. Team management need to think on its feet when it comes to batting order and provide impact players like Corey Anderson and Kieron Pollard ample over’s to stamp their authority on the game. Quick Link: Top 10 players with most ducks in IPL