Mumbai Indians becomes most followed IPL team on Instagram with 4 million followers

Mumbai Indians are arguably  most popular franchise cricket team across globe.  Rohit Sharma-led franchise had won Indian Premier League (IPL) title in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and are undoubtedly favourites going into  IPL 2020. On Tuesday, y became first team to reach 4 million followers on Instagram, which is a testament to ir popularity. y are closely followed by arch-rivals Chennai Super Kings, who have 3.8 million followers on Instagram.

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Mumbai Indians become first IPL team to reach 4 million followers on Instagram

Mumbai Indians has been IPL home to legendary players like Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Ricky Ponting, Lasith Malinga, Andrew Symonds and Yuvraj Singh in past. y have also nurtured several young talents like Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Krunal Pandya, who made it to Indian team courtesy ir performances for Mumbai Indians. 4-time champions are rewned to have a fine balance of youth and experience in ir side every season.

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Mumbai Indians go big at IPL 2020 Auction

Reigning champions Mumbai Indians made some quite unexpected purchases at IPL 2020 Auction when y acquired  likes of Chris Lynn and Nathan Coulter-Nile. Mumbai were t expected to spend this big at auction since defending champions already had a pretty strong core going into IPL 2020.  After big acquisitions of Chris Lynn and Nathan Coulter-Nile, four-time champions Mumbai Indians look as complete as y have ever been. With more explosive batsmen and fast bowlers, Mumbai can hope to win more games at Wankhede. 

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Mumbai Indians Squad

• Batsmen: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Sherfane Rurford, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn (Rs 2 crore), Saurabh Tiwary (Rs 50 lakh).
• Bowlers: Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Mohsin Khan (Rs 20 lakh), Fabian Allen (Rs 50 lakh), Prince Balwant Rai Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Digvijay Deshmukh (Rs 20 lakh).
• All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 8 crore).
• Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare.

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