IPL 2021 Team Guide - Part Two
Time has come to go through the top four teams from the previous season. Will the defending champions, Mumbai Indians, manage to defend the title or will there be a new champion later in May? Follow the action from the Indian Premier League on TV or live stream by using Tvsports.in where you’ll get the latest information on how to watch the games live.
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Mumbai Indians
Previous season: 1st
Coach: Mahela Jayawardene
Captain: Rohit Sharma
Indian Premier League Trophies: 5 (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020)
Mumbai Indians is the team to beat this season. Since 2012 they have been a true powerhouse on the Indian cricket stage winning five IPL title in eight years. The squad is strong all-round and it’s hard to find any obvious weaknesses. Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah are all players who the other teams would do anything for having in their own squads. Mumbai Indians to finish top four is a safe bet going into the new season, if they can repeat last season’s title winning performance or not is left to be seen.
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SQUAD
Batsman: Rohit Sharma (c), Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Suryakumar Yadav,
Bowler: Adam Milne, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Yudhvir Singh
Wicket Keeper: Aditya Tare, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock
All-Rounder: Anukul Roy, Arjun Tendulkar, Hardik Pandya, James Neesham, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Marco Jansen
Delhi Capitals
Previous season: 2nd
Coach: Ricky Ponting
Captain: Rishabh Pant
Indian Premier League Trophies: -
Delhi Capitals were inches away from winning the first ever trophy last season. Mumbai Indians were too strong then as Delhi Capitals now prepare for revenge. Six players have been released by the franchise ahead of this season meaning there will be a lot of work to do for manager Ricky Ponting. Shreyas Iyer, who was the supposed captain, picked up a serious injury ahead of the upcoming season which will see him sit out the 2021 season. Not the build-up Delhi Capitals were looking for, though they have a good replacement in Rishabh Pant who will take over the captaincy. Most of the players from last season have been retained and Delhi Capitals should be a team to include in the favorites to win the title this season.
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SQUAD
Batsman: Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Steve Smith
Bowler: Amit Mishra, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Pravin Dubey, Tom Curran, Umesh Yadav
Wicket Keeper: Rishabh Pant (c), Vishnu Vinod, Sam Billings
All-Rounder: Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Previous season: 3rd
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Captain: David Warner
Indian Premier League Trophies: 1 (2016)
Sunrisers Hyderabad had a strong season in 2020 and finished third in the point table and fell against Delhi Capitals in the Playoffs. David Warner, 34, is the most important player in the team and if Sunrisers Hyderabad is to have a good season the Australian batsman will have to play at his best. Transfers worth mentioning are the ones of Kedar Jadhav and Mujeeb Ur Rahman, two players who can be the difference between a disappointing season and a top four finish for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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SQUAD
Batsman: Kedar Jadhav, David Warner (c), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, Jason Roy
Bowler: Shahbaz Nadeem, Jagadeesha Suchith, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddharth Kaul, T. Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi
Wicket Keeper: Wriddhiman Saha, Sreevats Goswami, Jonny Bairstow
All-Rounder: Mohammad Nabi, Vijay Shankar, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Previous season: 4th
Coach: Simon Katich
Captain: Virat Kohli
Indian Premier League Trophies: -
13 years without an Indian Premier League trophy and a semi-final loss last season. Royal Challengers Bangalore hope to break the title curse this season by doing a total makeover and releasing ten players from last season’s squad. The departures opened up for some big signings as RCB brought in Kyle Jamieson and Glenn Maxwell. Captain Virat Kohli will play a vital role as always and his performances will be decisive if Royal Challengers Bangalore is to reach the top four.
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SQUAD
Batsman: Rajat Patidar, Sachin Baby, Devdutt Padikkal, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli (c)
Bowler: Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Adam Zampa, Navdeep Saini, Kane Richardson
Wicket Keeper: Mohammed Azharuddeen, Finn Allen, AB de Villiers, KS Bharat
All-Rounder: Shahbaz Ahamad, Daniel Sams, Kyle Jamieson, Pavan Deshpande, Washington Sundar, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Dan Christian
Author: Ramesh Singh