Watch: Mumbai Indians new pick named his favorite IPL team ahead of IPL 2026 auction

Mumbai Indians is always an exciting franchise to look after in IPL auctions, as they like to bid for youngsters. With a small purse, in the IPL 2026 auction, they invested in multiple underrated players.

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Mumbai Indians is always an exciting franchise to look after in IPL auctions, as they like to bid for youngsters. With a small purse, in the IPL 2026 auction, they invested in multiple underrated players like Mohammad Izhar. 

Mohammad Izhar is an uncapped India pacer from Bihar who is now a part of the Mumbai Indians for the upcoming IPL 2026 season. The pacer, in the past, served as a net bowler for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). Now, he is a part of the Mumbai-based IPL franchise. But what is his favorite IPL team?

During an interview, Izhar said that it is true that he was a net bowler for the Chennai Super Kings, but from the heart, he is a fan of the Mumbai Indians. The pacer mentioned that the pace attack of MI with Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult especially attracted him towards the blue and gold team. Though, he mentioned Mitchell Starc as his idol. 

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"Starc is also a left-arm fast bowler, and I bowl left-handed too. We have legendary bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Trent Boult in our team. I'll try to learn the skill of bowling perfect yorkers from Bumrah and learn swing bowling from Boult. Since Boult is a left-arm bowler, I'll have a lot to learn from him," Izhar said in an interview. 

MI IPL 2026 Squad 

Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Raghu Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur, Quinton de Kock, Danish Malewar, Mohammad Izhar, Atharva Ankolekar, Mayank Rawat.

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