Mumbai Indians have been the most successful team of the Indian Premier League having won 5 trophies in the 14 edition IPL editions so far.
The biggest reason for their success in the IPL are their strategy and balanced squads.
Mumbai always picks strong teams and they have all their bases covered every season.
The Overseas players have always been the key for Mumbai Indians in the tournament.
A lot of big names have represented Mumbai like Ponting, Hussey, Malinga, Maxwell, and many more.
The 5 times champion team has again picked some good overseas players in the mega-auction of IPL 2022.
Mumbai Indians have several excellent overseas players in their squad but as you know that each team can play 4 overseas players in a match.
So, we have made a list of the 3 players who will be the first-choice overseas players for Mumbai this season.
Mumbai has purchased the English pacer Jofra Archer for IND 8 crores but the franchise has confirmed that he will not be available in this season due to an injury.
So, he hasn’t been considered in this list.
1) Kieron Pollard
Kieron Pollard has been a regular and important part of the Mumbai Indians for the last many seasons.
The West Indies skipper was retained by the franchise before the mega auction which shows how much confidence the Mumbai Indians have in him.
Pollard has scored 245 runs in 14 games at a strike rate of 148.48.
Pollard smashed an unbeaten knock of 87 runs off just 34 deliveries in a match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in Delhi.
The 34-year-old Pollard is a well-known finisher of IPL and has won many games single-handedly for his side.
Kieron Pollard is not only a match-winner with the bat only but he is also a very handy bowler.
Pollard has claimed 9 wickets in the last couple of seasons and he bowls with good variations.
If Pollard is heaving an off-color both with the bat and bowl, Pollard can still win games for his side with his impressive fielding.
2) Tim David
The hard-hitting batter Tim David is most likely to bat in the middle-order of Mumbai Indians.
Tim David is a Singapore-born cricketer and has the experience of playing a lot of Franchise cricket tournaments.
He was in great form in the Pakistan Super League, has scored 278 in 11 innings at a strike rate of over 194. 00.
Tim David is basically from Singapore, he has represented his country and also scored 548 runs at an average of 41. 83.
His strike rate is over 150. 00 runs and he can hit the bowl very far in the death overs.
Tim David can also bowl some crucial overs and surprise the batters with his off-breaks.
He was a part of Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.
However, he didn’t get many opportunities but he will play as the first-choice overseas player for Mumbai this season.
3) Riley Meredith
In the absence of Jofra Archer, Riley Meredith will play as the front-line pacer alongside Jasprit Bumrah. The Australian speedster will get a lot of opportunities this season and he will amongst the first choice overseas players for Mumbai Indians this season. Riley Meredith can genuinely bowl at an express pace to trouble the batters. The 25-year-old pacer was outstanding in the BBL 2021-22 season, picking 16 wickets in only 11 games for the Hobart Hurricanes at a strike rate of 13.5 and an economy rate of only 7.94.
Meredith is definitely among the most promising young pacers in Australian cricket at present. He has grabbed 8 wickets in his first 5 matches and he has represented Australia in five T20Is.
The pacer has failed to make much of an impression in his IPL debut for Punjab Kings (PBKS) last season. His bowling has improved a lot and Mumbai will probably give him enough chances to play this season.
