IPL 2021: Mumbai Indians can actually finish in the top two, reckons Gautam Gambhir

Gautam Gambhir feels that Mumbai Indians will have an advantage over other teams in the second phase of IPL 2021 having won the tournament in UAE last season.

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India Today Web Desk 

Dubai

September 19, 2021

UPDATED: September 19, 2021 16:17 IST

MI are currently in fourth position on the IPL 2021 points table with 4 wins out of 7 games (AFP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTS

• Mumbai probably have that advantage because they’ve won it last time in UAE: Gambhir
• Rohit Sharma’s MI clinched their fifth IPL title last season after defeating Delhi Capitals in the final in Dubai
• MI will restart their IPL 2021 campaign against Chennai Super Kings at the Dubai International Stadium on September 19

Former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir believes Mumbai Indians will have an advantage in the second phase of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in the United Arab Emirates because of their experience of winning the tournament in the country last year.

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Rohit Sharma’s MI clinched their fifth IPL title last season after defeating Delhi Capitals in the final in Dubai.

Gambhir therefore, reckons that MI will have an advantage and backed the most successful IPL team to finish in the top two in the league phase. MI are currently in fourth position on the points table with 4 wins out of 7 games.

"See again, Mumbai probably will be having that advantage, because first they’ve won it last time in Abu Dhabi and Dubai in UAE, well and they’re going back to the same place and they’re in a position where they can actually finish in the top two as well," Gambhir said on the Star Sports Show GamePlan.

"If you look at other franchises especially franchises like KKR or for that matter even Sunrisers (SRH), it’s pretty difficult for them to qualify or for that matter even Punjab Kings. But if you ask me one franchise who’s going to have an advantage with this break, is Mumbai Indians."

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MI will restart their IPL 2021 campaign against Chennai Super Kings at the Dubai International Stadium on September 19.

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IPL 2021 was initially postponed indefinitely after just 29 matches in May due to the second wave of Covid-19 in India.

But the Indian cricket board (BCCI) was able to find out a window to slot in the remaining 31 games to complete the season and thus, decided to take the tournament to the UAE where it will be played from September 19 to October 15 in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Oman.

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