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Royal Challengers Bangalore: When he will sit down to decide his playing XI for Mumbai Indians' opening match against Gujarat Titans at Ahmedabad on March 24, head coach Mark Boucher will have a couple of issues to sort out.

He will have to fill in a couple of big gaps in the middle-order for the injured Suryakumar Yadav, who is likely to miss the first few matches because of an ankle injury he picked in South Africa, and Cameron Green, who had done well for MI last season but was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in an all-cash deal just before the auction.

Though Green's departure brought in the cash that paved the way for Hardik Pandya's return to the franchise where he started his career and the Indian T20 captain could fill the all-rounder's role, a replacement for SKY is sure to be a big headache for Boucher's team management.