Batting order

Each batter at their most frequent position this season

PosBatterPositions batted (innings)InnsRunsSR
1Parthiv Patel1 (10), 2 (6)16395134.8
1Lendl Simmons1 (6), 2 (1)7137122.3
1Saurabh Tiwary1 (1)152120.9
2Jos Buttler2 (10)10272153.7
3Nitish Rana3 (9), 4 (2), 5 (1)12333126.1
3Ambati RayuduMoved around3 (2), 4 (2), 5 (1)591116.7
4Rohit Sharma4 (11), 3 (5)16333122.0
5Kieron PollardMoved around5 (8), 6 (6), 3 (1), 7 (1)16385139.5
6Krunal PandyaMoved around6 (5), 5 (3), 7 (3)11243135.8
7Hardik PandyaMoved around7 (6), 6 (4), 8 (3), 5 (2), 4 (1)16250156.3
7Karn SharmaMoved around7 (3), 5 (1), 8 (1), 9 (1)649119.5
8Harbhajan Singh8 (7)716100.0
9Mitchell McClenaghan9 (4), 4 (1), 8 (1)616106.7
9Mitchell Johnson9 (1), 10 (1)220117.6
9Tim Southee9 (1)17233.3
10Jasprit Bumrah10 (2)216133.3
11Lasith Malinga11 (2)27233.3

Quick answers

Who opened the batting for MI in IPL 2017?

MI most often opened with Parthiv Patel and Lendl Simmons in IPL 2017, with Nitish Rana at No. 3.

Who batted as MI's finisher?

Kieron Pollard batted most often at No. 5 (16 innings, 385 runs).

How settled was the MI top order?

Parthiv Patel batted at No. 1 in 63% of their innings; Lendl Simmons batted at No. 1 in 86% of their innings.