If you are losing out on quality players, it's going to leave a hole: Boucher

There have been as many as 36 200-plus totals in IPL 2023. Mumbai Indians have been at the receiving end of six such scores. Three of those totals came on batting-friendly wickets at the Wankhede stadium, while MI also emerged victorious in four 200-plus chases. But the fact remains that the five-time champions lacked the fire-power in the bowling department with Jasprit Bumrah being absent for the entire tournament and Jofra Archer featuring in only five matches.

After losing their opening two games, they did come back well in the competition and got through to the playoffs by winning four of their last five games in the league stage, with Gujarat Titans doing them a favour by defeating Royal Challengers Bangalore. But their journey ended in