Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians is the most coveted IPL team to date, having won four IPL titles. MI won their first T20 title in 2011, and then in 2015 and 2017. Sachin Tendulkar captained MI from 2008 to 2011. MI has one of the most talented squads; despite that, it struggled during the initial years. The IPL has been around for 12 years now and the Mumbai Indians have won four titles, that means 33% of the IPL tournaments have been won by the Mumbai Indians. The most recent of victories for the Mumbai Indians coming the last IPL season, were they won a thrilling competition against long-time rivals CSK by 1 run.

The high status of the Mumbai Indians franchise in the IPL could not have been predicted if we were to take a look at their initial seasons. The initials seasons of the IPL in 2008 and 2009 saw Mumbai Indians (MI) not even get past the group stages of the tournament. Even with the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Shaun Pollock and Lasith Malinga, their star-studded team failed to perform consistently, resulting in early exits from the IPL. However, after a strong recruitment in the auction, Mumbai Indians finally found themselves successfully reaching the play-offs but still falling short.

Mumbai Indians Team

The Mumbai Indians team is a Mumbai based franchised (as if you didn’t know that already) and are commonly abbreviated to MI. The Mumbai Indians originally had their home ground based in Nerul at the DY Patil Stadium for the first two seasons of the IPL. The Mumbai Indians were due to move to the Wankhede Stadium, but it was under renovation and being prepared to host the 2011 ICC World Cup at the time. This meant the Mumbai Indians team played their matches at the Brabourne Stadium in Churchgate, Mumbai. The Mumbai Indians team now are based in the Wankhede Stadium and have enjoyed many successes over the years.

Mumbai Indians 2021 – plug key holes in the auction table

Defending champions Mumbai Indians came into the IPL 2021 auction after releasing quite a few overseas bowlers and in the hope of building more strength on the bench. They not only managed to add to their overseas bowling backup, but also catered to a long-term need to develop players.

Players released before auction: Mitchell McCleneghan, James Pattinson, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai Singh

Players bought: Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Jimmy Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar

Adam Milne, the New Zealand quick, is a handy T20 bowler and complements the existing fast bowling duo of Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah perfectly. Nathan Coulter-Nile was bought back at a cheaper rate while there was also room for a young fast bowler in South Africa’s left-arm fast bowler, Marco Jansen. Jansen will likely be an understudy to Boult, with an eye on grooming him for later. Milne is likely the front runner to fill in for Lasith Malinga, a huge absence in the Mumbai Indians line-up after the Sri Lankan announced his decision to step away from the game.

Following a policy of grooming young talent, they bought Arjun Tendulkar, son of Sachin Tendulkar, who had been training in the Mumbai Indians academy. Another important, yet underrated buy, is the experienced Piyush Chawla to fill in for the release of Prince Balwant Rai in a more experienced form. Chawla might be used as the second spinner alongside Rahul Chahar with most teams trying to bring in two leg-spinners in tandem to take wickets.

Overall, Mumbai Indians had a really good auction, plugging important holes and making their squad a near-perfect one before they head into the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League where they will aim to add to their five trophies, the latest of which came last season in 2020.

Mumbai Indians 2021 Team

Name	Team	Role	Bowling Style	Batting Style	Nationality	Matches	Runs	Runs Average	Wickets
Anukul Roy	Mumbai Indians	All Rounder	Slow left-arm orthodox	Left Handed	India	1	–	–	1
Arjun Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	All Rounder	Left-arm medium fast	Left Handed	India	–	–	–	–
Hardik Pandya	Mumbai Indians	All Rounder	Right-arm medium fast	Right Handed	India	80	1349	29.97	42
James Neesham	Mumbai Indians	All Rounder	Right-arm medium	Left Handed	New Zealand	9	61	12.2	3
Kieron Pollard	Mumbai Indians	All Rounder	Right-arm medium	Right Handed	Trinidad&Tobago	164	3023	29.93	60
Krunal Pandya	Mumbai Indians	All Rounder	Slow left-arm orthodox	Left Handed	India	71	1000	25	46
Rohit Sharma	Mumbai Indians	Batsman	Off break	Right Handed	India	200	5230	31.31	15
Anmolpreet Singh	Mumbai Indians	Batsman	Off break	Right Handed	India	–	–	–	–
Chris Lynn	Mumbai Indians	Batsman	Slow left-arm orthodox	Right Handed	Australia	41	1280	33.68	–
Saurabh Sunil Tiwary	Mumbai Indians	Batsman	Off-break	Left Handed	India	88	1379	27.58	–
Suryakumar Yadav	Mumbai Indians	Batsman	Right-arm medium	Right Handed	India	101	2024	30.2	0
Adam Milne	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Right-arm fast	Right Handed	New Zealand	5	7	3.5	4
Dhawal Kulkarni	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Right-arm medium	Right Handed	India	91	104	11.55	86
Jasprit Bumrah	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Right-arm fast	Right Handed	India	92	40	13.33	109
Jayant Yadav	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Off break	Right Handed	India	14	6	3	6
Marco Jansen	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Left-arm fast	Right Handed	South Africa	–	–	–	–
Mohsin Khan	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Left-arm medium fast	Left Handed	Pakistan	–	–	–	–
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Right-arm fast	Right Handed	Australia	33	77	8.55	41
Piyush Chawla	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Leg break	Left Handed	India	164	584	11.91	156
Rahul Chahar	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Leg break	Right Handed	India	31	17	8.5	30
Trent Boult	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Left-arm fast	Right Handed	New Zealand	48	12	4	63
Yudhvir Singh Charak	Mumbai Indians	Bowler	Right-arm medium fast	Right Handed	India	–	–	–	–
Aditya Tare	Mumbai Indians	Wicket Keeper	–	Right Handed	India	35	339	14.12	–
Ishan Kishan	Mumbai Indians	Wicket Keeper	Left-arm medium	Left Handed	India	51	1211	28.83	–
Quinton de Kock	Mumbai Indians	Wicket Keeper		Left Handed	South Africa	66	1959	31.59

MI Season Results

Year	Total	Wins	Losses	No result	% win	Position
2008	14	7	7	0	50.00%	5
2009	14	5	8	1	35.71%	7
2010	16	11	5	0	68.75%	2
2011	16	10	6	0	62.50%	3
2012	17	10	7	0	58.82%	4
2013	19	13	6	0	68.42%	Winners
2014	15	7	8	0	46.67%	4
2015	16	10	6	0	62.50%	Winners
2016	14	7	7	0	50.00%	5
2017	17	12	5	0	70.59%	Winners
2018	14	6	8	0	42.86%	5
2019	16	11	5	0	68.75%	Winners

 Mumbai Indians Team 2019

The Mumbai Indians 2019 participated in one of the most thrilling finals in IPL history. Before we talk about the Mumbai Indians close competition in the final let’s take a look how they got their and which players helped them achieve this. Despite finishing first in the group stages, winning 9 matches and losing 5, the Mumbai Indians got off to a bad start to IPL 2019 losing by 37 runs to the Delhi Capitals in their opening match.  To add more room for concern with this defeat, it took place at their home ground and in T20 terms losing by 37 runs is a big defeat. The Mumbai Indians didn’t seem to get their consistency during the group stages, constantly stringing together two wins and losing their next match. However, four wins in their last four matches of the group stages was enough to propel the team’s confidence and points to the top of the table. In their first play-off match the Mumbai Indians played the Chennai Super Kings, the MI VS CSK has to be one the most intense rivalries in IPL history, fortunately for the Mumbai Indians they won comfortable by 6 wickets and reached yet another IPL final. CSK were not done however as they battle past the Delhi Capitals to set up a grand finale against the Mumbai Indians. In what was a thrilling contest that went down to the very last delivery, CSK were unable to chase down the MI score and lost by 1 run!

Mumbai Indians Team 2018

The Mumbai Indians team 2018 were given a wakeup call as long-time rivals CSK returned to the IPL stage. Having been recently crowned IPL champions in 2017, the Mumbai Indians would’ve been expecting to repeat their performance, but with the return of long-time rivals CSK, after their suspension, things wouldn’t be easy. The Mumbai Indians started the IPL 2018 season in the worse possible way losing their three opening matches including a match against CSK. Things didn’t improve for the Mumbai Indians, there was a small glimpse of hope when they managed to string together three wins ion the trot. But, it was not enough as they finished 5^th in the points table missing out on the playoffs for the second time in three years.

Mumbai Indians Team 2017

The Mumbai Indians team 2017 must’ve been filled with confident going into the 2017 season for IPL, with the absence of their main competitor CSK, amid a spot fixing scandal. Having failed to reach the play offs in 2016, the Mumbai Indians were determined to not let that happen for the upcoming season. To boost them, both CSK and RR were banned for two years from the IPL. This would be the final season before their ban was lifted, so the Mumbai Indians really needed to make it count.  The Mumbai Indians dominated the group stages winning 10 matches out of a possible 14, placing them in the all-important first position on the points table.  The worrying signs for MI in the group stages was the two defeats that were handed to them by new boys, Rising Pune Supergiant. The Mumbai Indians dispatched KKR in their first play-off match and made their way to the IPL final (see our MI vs KKR head to head for more information).

In the final they would meet the Rising Pune Supergiant’s, a team which was becoming a boogie team for MI. With RPS already defeating MI two times in tournament, they were strong favourites to become champions.

MUMBAI INDIANS ROSTER 2020

The Mumbai Indians roster for the upcoming IPL 2020 season, shouldn’t have too much movement as MI seem to know what the formula is to put together a winning team. The Mumbai Indians have been one of the first team IPL teams to kick start the change in player roster for IPL 2020. The Mumbai Indians have now completed the transfer of the leg-spinner Mayank Markande to the Delhi Capitals, with them receiving the big west Indian all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford in return – should make it an interesting MI vs DC live match!

Markande played a big part for the Mumbai Indians in 2019 picking up 15 wickets in 14 matches, it would appear there is no harsh feelings and the Mumbai Indians have stated it was a hard decision to make but believe Markande is an Indian cricket talent they expect to see ore of on the international stage. On the flip side it would appear the addition of the Rutherford has left some fans scratching their heads, as he has only just played his first IPL season in 2019, making just 73 runs and taking 1 wicket. With departure of their leg-spinner it would appear there is spot to be filled on the MI roster, with the likes of Shahbaz Nadeem of Sunrisers Hyderabad looking like a promising prospect. The Sunriser could ill-afford to lose such players though as MI won both fixtures in 2019. Lets hope this years MI vs SRH includes another one-over eliminator!

Mumbai Indians Vs

Cricket Betting offer you a full review of all the  Mumbai Indians Vs the 7  other seven IPL teams. The reviews includes match predictions, live match broadcast lists, head to head, match results, cricket betting tips and live odds so you can enjoy some inplay betting. We have published 56 head to head fixtures in total, like the massive fixture MI vs CSK

MI Head to Head

Opposition	Played	Won	Lost	win %
Chennai Super Kings	30	18	12	60%
Deccan Chargers	10	6	4	60%
Delhi Capitals	24	12	12	50%
Kings XI Punjab	24	13	11	54%
Kolkata Knight Riders	25	19	6	76%
Pune Warriors India	6	5	1	83%
Rajasthan Royals	23	11	11	48%
Rising Pune Supergiant	6	4	2	67%
Royal Challengers Bangalore	27	18	9	67%
Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	7	7	50%

MI vs KXIP

MI vs KXIP is always an intriguing match. Over the 24 matches played, MI come out ahead with 13 wins and 11 losses. Between, MI and KXIP they have won 6 IPL titles are regularly featured in the top 4 of each season. Cricket Betting have more information about these formidable teams in the MI vs KXIP analysis.

MI vs RR

Locked at 11 wins each, MI vs RR are locked in an intense rivalry. However in the last two years, Rajasthan have won both matches – a feat no other team can match. Who could forget Jos Buttlers performance in the MI vs RR 2019 match, scoring 89 off 43 balls.

MI vs RCB

One team MI have no issue against is RCB. Year in year out, they seem to just know how to beat the team from Bangalore. RCB have only won 1 of the last 8 matches and have never beaten MI in consecutive matches. We have more information about MI’s dominance in the MI vs RCB head to head analysis. 

Mumbai Indians Players

The Mumbai Indians players have frequently included some of the worlds most coveted cricketers. It is often the retention of players which is the difficult part of any IPL team, but Mumbai Indians have done well to retain their core players such as Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Lasith Malinga and Kieron Pollard. Most notably Mumbai Indians obtain and have retained Lasith Malinga in their team since 2008, this is of great importance as Malinga has developed into a T20 specialist over the years and has the stats to back it up. Malinga is not only the all-time wicket taker for the Mumbai Indians but he is the all tie wicket taker in IPL history with 170 wickets. The Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma is no slouch either, as he is the third highest runs scorer in IPL history and he has been at the helm for the four-times Mumbai Indians have won the IPL.

MI Best Batsman with 1000+ runs

Player	Years	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
RG Sharma	2011-2019	139	22	3728	109*	31.86	2854	130.62	1	28	10	335	143
KA Pollard	2010-2019	135	39	2755	83	28.69	1877	146.77	0	14	3	181	176
AT Rayudu	2010-2017	107	18	2416	81*	27.14	1915	126.16	0	14	9	205	79
SR Tendulkar	2008-2013	78	11	2334	100*	34.83	1948	119.81	1	13	4	295	29
LMP Simmons	2014-2017	29	2	1079	100*	39.96	852	126.64	1	11	2	109	44
HH Pandya	2015-2019	61	24	1068	91	28.86	690	154.78	0	3	3	72	68

MI Best Bowlers with 70+ wickets

Player	Years	Inns	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Econ	SR
SL Malinga	2009-2019	122	471.1	8	3366	170	5/13	19.8	7.14	16.6
Harbhajan Singh	2008-2017	134	486.3	5	3385	127	5/18	26.65	6.95	22.9
JJ Bumrah	2013-2019	77	288.4	4	2182	82	3/7	26.6	7.55	21.1
MJ McClenaghan	2015-2019	56	212.2	1	1803	71	4/21	25.39	8.49	17.9

Mumbai Indians Owner

The Mumbai Indians owner is Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). The Reliance Industries, owned by Mukesh Ambani, acquired the Mumbai franchise in 2008 for $111.9 millions, which at the tie made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in the IPL. To me and you we have always know the franchise to be called the Mumbai Indians, however, the original idea for the team name was the Mumbai Razors. Hence, the razor logo on the team’s emblem. If it wasn’t for the intervention of Sachin Tendulkar who suggest the team be called the Mumbai Indians, the franchised would’ve taken a different route in terms of branding.