Women's Premier League: Mumbai Indians SWOT analysis, schedule for WPL 2024

Mumbai Indians will begin their campaign for the second edition of the Women's Premier League as defending champions. The Harmanpreet Kaur will clash with Delhi Capitals in their tournament opener at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. 

After a successful inaugural WPL season, Mumbai Indians retained 13 players and released Heather Graham, Dhara Gujjar, Sonam Yadav and Neelam Bisht.

However, they attained the services of South African pacer Shabnim Ismail by spending Rs 1.20 crore in the auction. The Mumbai-based franchise also bought youngsters such as S Sanjana, Amandeep Kaur, Keethana Balakrishnan and Fatima Jaffer. 

Mumbai Indians SWOT analysis for WPL 2024:

Strengths

All-rounders

• Mumbai Indians won the inaugural edition after some brilliant performances from their all-rounders. 
• Hayley Matthews, Nat Sciver-Brunt, and Amelia Kerr are some of the best all-rounders in the world.
• Sciver-Brunt proved invaluable to the Mumbai-based team last season as she amassed 332 runs and claimed ten wickets. With 215 runs and 16 wickets, Matthews was the most productive bowler for MI.
• Kerr, who amassed 15 wickets and scored 149 runs, was just a little behind, either.
• MI's Issy Wong is the first Women's Premier League player to have a hat trick. She has a strike rate of 132.60 in WPL 2023.

Weakness

• MI didn't have a standout fast bowler in the previous season, but their all-round players hid that weakness. This time, one of the fastest bowlers in women's cricket, Shabnim Ismail, a former speedster from South Africa.
• But the Indian pace bowler contingent looks bleak. Pooja Vastrakar is an experienced bowler for India, but she bowled only four overs in WPL 2023.
• Amarjot kaur is other Indian pacer. Whether she gets a chance in a crucial situation remains to be seen in the coming days.

WPL 2024: Mumbai Indians full schedule, list of matches, live match timings and venue
Date	Match	Time	Venue
February 23	Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals	19:30:00	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
February 25	Gujarat Giants vs Mumbai Indians	19:30:00	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
February 28	Mumbai Indians vs UP Warriorz	19:30:00	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
March 2	Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians	19:30:00	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
March 5	Delhi Capitals vs Mumbai Indians	19:30:00	Arun Jaitley Stadium
March 7	UP Warriorz vs Mumbai Indians	19:30:00	Arun Jaitley Stadium
March 9	Mumbai Indians vs Gujarat Giants	19:30:00	Arun Jaitley Stadium
March 12	Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore	19:30:00	Arun Jaitley Stadium

Opportunity

• Due to the limit on foreign players, Mumbai Indians might see Shabnim Ismail as an opportunity.
• Ismail's out-and-out pace bowling is expected to help them. In that case, Issy Wong has to warm the benches, given they can't drop Matthews, Sciver-Brunt and Kerr.

Threats

• No Indian pacer to assist Ismail could become the biggest threat for Mumbai Indians in WPL 2024.

Mumbai Indians squad

Mumbai Indians player and their salary
Player name	Salary (rupees)
Harmanpreet Kaur	1.8 crore
Hayley Matthews	40 Lakh
Yastika Bhatia	1.5 crore
Natalie Sciver-Brunt	3.2 crore
Shabnim Ismail	1.2 crore
Amelia Kerr	1 crore
Isabelle Wong	30 Lakh
Pooja Vastrakar	1.9 crore
Chloe Tryon 40 Lakh	40 Lakh
Saika Ishaque	10 Lakh
Amanjot Kaur	50 Lakh
Jintimani Kalita	10 Lakh
Humairaa Kaazi	10 Lakh
Priyanka Bala	20 Lakh
S Sajana	15 lakh
Amandeep Kaur	10 lakh
Keerthana Balakrishnan	10 lakh
Fatima Jaffer	10 lakh