IPL 2021: Predicting team-wise top run-scorer and wicket-taker

8. Mumbai Indians : Suryakumar Yadav & Jasprit Bumrah

With already being declared as an ever best all-time team in the history of the T20 cricket along with being the hot favourites to lift their sixth IPL title, the MI fans would be expecting the team to pick themselves up from where they had left in the IPL 2020. Hardly there were any defects and flaws in the MI’s robust IPL season and in terms of filling the voids inside their spin department, the team has now additional bolstering in the form of Piyush Chawla.

In the lineup of giants picking up a clear candidate for scoring most runs is a befuddling affair but to come up with a clear name some utter consistency has been considered from previous seasons as well. With such a parameter, someone like Suryakumar Yadav does become the topping name as since IPL 2018 he has almost been MI’s 500-run bank. In his last three seasons for MI, Sky has in total scored 1,416 runs at an average of 36.39. Also in terms of strike rate and fifties, Sky has notched 10 of them at a rate of 136.44. Hence, in the company of giants yet again Suryakumar Yadav will be expected to become a scoring stalwart.

Over the years, apart from being a healthy batting lineup, MI is also now the best team when it comes to defending. So to pick a clear name in terms of fetching most wickets is a perplexing task, but with the presence of Jasprit Bumrah, there’s hardly any saying left. Last year Bumrah in his 15 games had taken 27 wickets that too at a menial economy of around 7. In the entire IPL 2020, he was widely used by skipper Rohit Sharma in all phases of the game. Therefore, for MI to have another invincible season, Bumrah will again be anticipated to be at his best.