IPL 2022: What's going wrong? The big problem areas for Mumbai Indians this season

Mumbai Indians are staring at an early exit from this edition with five consecutive defeats. Winless this season, Rohit Sharma & Co. are languishing at the bottom of the points table. TimesofIndia.com here looks at some of the main problem areas for one of the most popular franchises in the IPL: Lack of big name match winners apart from the four retained players and Ishan KishanIt is often said that a captain is only as good as his team. In Rohit Sharma, MI have a very capable captain, who has taken them to a record 5 IPL titles. But this season, after the major reshuffle that happened ahead of the last player auction, Rohit's hands are tied a bit, in terms of the talent at his disposal. MI did retain four of their biggest match winners in Rohit, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav and Kieron Pollard, but a team needs more than four players to consistently win.

Mumbai's performances so far this season have been a combination of two things: A. Key match winners not finding their rhythm yet and B. A lack of solid performers who can step up to the plate and fill the void of big name players not managing to deliver. The one big positive for MI so far has been young South African Dewald Brevis power-hitting. The 18 year old, who was the Man of the tournament of the last edition of the ICC U-19 World Cup (506 runs in 6 innings) has been a really good buy. But again, he hasn't found great support at the other end. Jofra Archer missing out due to injury has been another big bow for the five time champions. MI Squad 2022: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Basil Thampi, M Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, N Tilak Varma, Sanjay Yadav, Jofra Archer, Daniel Sams, Tymal