With ICC postponing WT20, a new window is available for IPL between Sept 26 to Nov 11. The tournament is most likely to be held in UAE with BCCI already sending a request letter to the UAE govt. In this article, I will be analyzing the teams with respect to performance in the UAE, with stats from international games played in UAE and ipl 2014.

MUMBAI INDIANS

Last time around Mumbai Indians had a hell of a start in UAE, their record is

P-5 W-0 L-5

Mumbai Indians as a team is used to the pacy and bouncy wickets of Wankhede stadium, they could not easily adapt to the slow wickets of UAE. They registered the worst start for a defending champion and the record stands to date.

The 5 results being

  1. KKR 163/5(20) VS MI 122/7(20)

2. MI 115/9(20) VS RCB 116/3(17.3)

3. MI 141/7(20) VS CSK 142/3(19)

4. MI 125/6(20) VS DD 126/4(18.5)

5. SRH 172/5(20) VS MI 157/7(20)

Performance of Key Players

Rohit Sharma

ODI -

Innings - 5 Runs-317 Average - 106 SR- 93 Highest- 111*

IPL FOR MI-

Innings - 5 Runs- 84 Average- 17 SR- 110 Highest - 50(41)

Last time when Rohit visited UAE in 2019, he made it a memorable trip winning the Asia Cup under his captaincy. He was the second-highest runs scorer of the tournament. 2014 we saw an immature Rohit Sharma visiting the UAE but he has adapted well to the conditions there and has a good amount of experience playing in that country.

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Quinton De Kock

ODI-

Innings- 3 Runs- 186 Average- 62 SR - 79 Highest - 112

IPL FOR DD-

Innings - 2 Runs- 64 Average- 32 SR- 118 Highest - 48(30)

T20I

Innings- 2 Runs- 78 Average - 78 SR- 137 Highest - 48*(38)

Quinton's hundred in UAE

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Chris Lynn

Ipl for KKR-

Innings - 2 Runs - 58 Average-29 SR- 118 Highest - 45(31)

T20I -

Innings - 4 Runs - 56 Average- 14 SR - 105 Highest- 20(13)

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Surya Kumar Yadav

IPL FOR KKR- Used as a floater

Innings- 5 Runs- 110 Average - 55 SR- 164 Highest - 34(17)

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Kieron Pollard

ODI-

Innings - 3 Runs- 42 Average- 14 SR- 75 Highest- 22

IPL FOR MI -

Innings - 5 Runs- 132 Average - 44 SR- 127 Highest- 78(48)

T20I-

Innings- 3 Runs-43 Average - 22 SR- 92 Highest - 18(13)

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Jasprit Bumrah

ODI-

Innings -4 Total Figures- 128/8 in 35 overs Bowling Average - 16 Economy - 3.67 Best - 37/3

IPL For MI-

Innings-1 Figures - 14/0 in 2 overs Economy - 7

Jasprit Bumrah with his excellent slower balls will be a huge asset to the team.

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Mitchell McClenaghan

ODI -

Innings - 4 Total Figures- 239/6 in 38 overs Bowling Average- 40 Economy - 6.37 Best- 56/3

T20i-

Innings-1 Figures - 21/1 in 4 overs Bowling Average - 21 Economy - 5.25 Best- 21/1

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Lasith Malinga

ODI-

Innings - 14 Total Figures- 661/18 in 127 overs Bowling SR- 42 Economy- 5.23 Best 23/4

IPL for MI-

Innings- 5 Total Figures- 119/8 in 20 overs Bowling SR - 15 Economy- 6.1 Best -23/4

T20i-

Innings - 2 Total Figures- 88/5 in 12 overs Bowling SR- 13.80 Economy- 7.65 Best - 26/3

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Trent Boult

ODI -

Innings-3 Total Figures - 194/4 in 30 overs Bowling SR- 45.00 Economy- 6.47 Best - 54/3

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Nathan Coulter-Nile

ODI-

Innings- 3 Total Figures- 166/7 in 27 overs Bowling SR- 23 Economy- 6.15 Best - 53/3

T20I-

Innings - 4 Total Figures - 109/5 in 14 overs Bowling SR - 14.00 Economy - 7.79 Best- 18/3

Innings-3 Runs-61 Average- 20 Highest- 34(29) SR- 130

IPL FOR DD-

Innings - 1 Total Figure - 27/2 in 4 overs Bowling SR- 12 Economy- 6.75

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Dhawal Kulkarni

IPL FOR RR-

Innings- 3 Total Figures- 91/3 in 11 overs Bowling SR- 22 Economy- 8.27 Best -23/2

The experienced duo of Pandya Brothers are yet to play in the UAE, this will be their first outing to the country. The young talent of Ishan Kishan, Rahul Chahar will try their best to leave a mark on the new host country too.