Mumbai Indians have been five-time champions of the Indian Premier League. However, the Mumbai-based franchise have made a lot of mistakes as well. Over the years, the Mumbai-based franchise have signed some big names but given up on them before they could realize their full potential.
While the MI team management cannot be blamed fully for it because they had a sheer amount of talent in the squad, and it was impossible to give equal amount of opportunities to all the players. In this listicle now, we will look at the top four blunders made by MI in IPL.
1. Mumbai Indians left Trent Boult for an injured Jofra Archer
While it was understandable that Mumbai did not want to leave Kieron Pollard because of the emotions, they did not bid heavily for Trent Boult at the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. Instead, MI went hard for Jofra Archer, who had been with struggling with injuries for a long time. This decision hurt MI a lot in 2022 and 2023.
2. Mumbai Indians did not give Nicholas Pooran a single game in the blue jersey
Nicholas Pooran won IPL 2017 with the Mumbai Indians but made his IPL debut in 2019 for the Punjab Kings. Pooran is currently one of the best players in the world and recently smashed a match-winning hundred for MI New York in MLC, reminding the fans why releasing him in IPL was a big mistake.
3. Releasing Hardik Pandya before IPL 2022
Hardik Pandya had the best season of his IPL career with Gujarat Titans in IPL 2022. He stole the show in both the departments. MI had released him before the 2022 mega auction. Some fans felt that MI made a mistake by not retaining the pace-bowling all-rounder.
4. Not going hard for Ambati Rayudu in 2018
Ambati Rayudu had the best season of his IPL career in 2018. Rayudu helped the Chennai Super Kings win the title that year. Not many fans would know that Rayudu was sold for 2.2 crore in the 2018 auction. MI tried for him until 1.6 crore before giving up on him.
