From 9th of April, cricket fans will witness one of the most celebrated cricket leagues on their TV sets. Every year IPL gives the desired excitement to its fans which leads to higher expectations with all the franchises. All the cricket gurus make their specific predictions about the league & the franchise they think will be the star this year.
On the same note, legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has put out his prediction that defending champions Mumbai INdians will be hard to defeat in the upcoming Indian Premier League season. This prediction of Gavaskar came in after numerous MI players made impactful, at times match-winning, contributions during the limited-overs leg of England’s tour of India.
“Mumbai Indians will be hard to beat. We have just seen their players coming to form. Ishan Kishan, Suryakunar Yadav – the way they have batted. Hardik Pandya – the way he has come today,”
said Gavaskar.
Gavaskar shared his thoughts on Hardik Pandya & rest of the Indian Cricket team:
“Not just for Mumbai Indians, it was important for Indian cricket to see Pandya bowl 9 overs. That shows that he is ready to play in the Test format as well. It’s [the WTC final] in June, there is still time. But the way he’s come back… that is very very good for Mumbai Indians as well as India cricket. So, Mumbai Indian players who have participated in the T20I and the ODI series, have shown that they have been in very good form. You saw Chahal being hammered, you saw Kuldeep being hammered… There are no Rajasthan Royals in the Indian team. So, I don’t know what kind of performance they’re gonna put up.”
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians begin their campaign against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the season opener on April 9 in Chennai.