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Mumbai Indians in 2021


The 2021 season is the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. They were one of the eight teams competing in the 2020 Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians are currently the defending champions.[1][2] The team is currently being captained by Rohit Sharma with Mahela Jayawardene as team coach.

Mumbai Indians
2021 season
CoachMahela Jayawardene
CaptainRohit Sharma
Ground(s)Wankhede Stadium
← 2020

BackgroundEdit

Player retention and transfersEdit

Main article: List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes

The Mumbai Indians retained 18 players and released seven players.[3]

Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan

Released Players: Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McClenaghan.

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

SquadEdit

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
  •  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
45 Rohit Sharma   (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹15 crore (US$1.7 million) Captain
5 Saurabh Tiwary   (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2020 ₹50 lakh (US$57,000)
50 Chris Lynn   (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 35) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 ₹2 crore (US$230,000) Overseas
77 Suryakumar Yadav   (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹3.2 crore (US$368,000)
28 Anmolpreet Singh   (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹80 lakh (US$92,000)
All-rounders
55 Kieron Pollard   (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 38) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 ₹5.4 crore (US$620,000) Vice-Captain, Overseas
21 Piyush Chawla   (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2021 ₹2.4 crore (US$276,000)
59 James Neesham   (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm medium 2021 ₹50 lakh (US$57,000) Overseas
36 Krunal Pandya   (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 34) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹8.8 crore (US$1.0 million)
33 Hardik Pandya   (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
6 Anukul Roy   (1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
N/A Arjun Tendulkar   (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) Left-handed Left-arm medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
70 Marco Jansen   (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 25) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000) Overseas
Wicket-keepers
27 Aditya Tare   (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 37) Right-handed N/A 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
13 Quinton de Kock   (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 ₹2.8 crore (US$322,000) Overseas
23 Ishan Kishan   (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26) Left-handed N/A 2018 ₹6.2 crore (US$712,000)
Spin Bowlers
19 Jayant Yadav   (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹50 lakh (US$57,000)
1 Rahul Chahar   (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹1.9 crore (US$218,000)
Pace Bowlers
7 Nathan Coulter-Nile   (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 37) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2021 ₹5 crore (US$570,000) Overseas
91 Dhawal Kulkarni   (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2020 ₹75 lakh (US$86,000)
18 Trent Boult   (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2020 ₹2.2 crore (US$250,000) Overseas
20 Adam Milne   (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2021 ₹3.4 crore (US$390,000) Overseas
93 Jasprit Bumrah   (1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 ₹7 crore (US$804,030.30)
N/A Yudhvir Charak   (1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
N/A Mohsin Khan   (1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020 ₹20 lakh (US$23,000)
Source:MI Players

Administration and support staffEdit

Position Name
Owner   Akash Ambani (Reliance Industries)
Team manager   Rahul Sanghvi
Director of Cricket Operations   Zaheer Khan
Head coach   Mahela Jayawardene
Batting coach   Robin Singh
Batting Mentor   Sachin Tendulkar
Bowling coach   Shane Bond
Fielding coach   James Pamment
Head of Talent Scouting   John Wright
Source:MI Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsorsEdit

Teams and standingsEdit

Results by matchEdit

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Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Royal Challengers Bangalore 3 3 0 0 6 0.750
2 Delhi Capitals 4 3 1 0 6 0.426
3 Chennai Super Kings 3 2 1 0 4 1.194
4 Mumbai Indians 4 2 2 0 4 0.187
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 3 1 2 0 2 −0.633
6 Rajasthan Royals 3 1 2 0 2 −0.719
7 Punjab Kings 3 1 2 0 2 −0.967
8 Sunrisers Hyderabad 3 0 3 0 0 −0.483
Updated to match(es) played on 20 April 2021. Source: IPLT20.com


League StageEdit

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[4]

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League § League stage

MatchesEdit

9 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
159/9 (20 overs)
v
Chris Lynn 49 (35)
Harshal Patel 5/27 (4 overs)
AB de Villiers 48 (27)
Jasprit Bumrah 2/26 (4 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
13 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
152 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
142/7 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 56 (36)
Andre Russell 5/15 (2 overs)
Nitish Rana 57 (47)
Rahul Chahar 4/27 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
17 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
150/5 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
137 (19.4 overs)
Quinton de Kock 40 (39)
Vijay Shankar 2/19 (3 overs)
Jonny Bairstow 43 (22)
Rahul Chahar 3/19 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 13 runs
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
20 April 2021
19:30
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
137/9 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
138/4 (19.1 overs)
Rohit Sharma 44 (30)
Amit Mishra 4/24 (4 overs)
Shikhar Dhawan 45 (42)
Kieron Pollard 1/9 (1.1 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

StatisticsEdit

Most runsEdit

No. Name Match Inns NO Runs HS Ave. BF SR 100s 50s 0 4s 6s
1 Rohit Sharma 7 7 0 250 63 35.71 195 128.20 0 1 0 18 11
2 Suryakumar Yadav 7 7 0 173 56 24.71 120 144.16 0 1 0 22 5
3 Kieron Pollard 7 7 4 168 87* 56.00 98 171.42 0 1 0 11 13
4 Quinton de Kock 6 6 1 155 70* 31.00 132 117.42 0 1 0 15 3
5 Hardik Pandya 7 7 1 100 39 16.66 76 131.57 0 0 0 8 4
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021
  • Source:Cricinfo[5]

Most wicketsEdit

No. Name Match Inns Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Ave. Econ. SR 4W 5W
1 Rahul Chahar 7 7 28.0 0 202 11 4/27 18.36 7.21 15.2 1 0
2 Trent Boult 7 7 26.2 0 223 8 3/28 27.87 8.46 19.7 0 0
3 Jasprit Bumrah 7 7 27.0 0 192 6 2/26 32.00 7.11 27.0 0 0
4 Kieron Pollard 7 5 7.1 0 54 3 2/12 18.00 7.53 14.3 0 0
5 Krunal Pandya 7 6 17.0 0 128 3 1/13 42.66 7.52 34.0 0 0
  • Last updated: 1 May 2021
  • Source:Cricinfo[6]

Awards and achievementsEdit

AwardsEdit

Man of the Match

League Stage

No. Date Player Opponent Result Contribution Ref.
1 13 April 2021 Rahul Chahar Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 10 runs 4/27 (4 overs) [7]
2 17 April 2021 Kieron Pollard Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 13 runs 35* (22) [8]
3 29 April 2021 Quinton de Kock Rajasthan Royals Won by 7 wickets 70* (50) [9]
4 1 May 2021 Kieron Pollard Chennai Super Kings Won by 4 wickets 2/12 (2 overs) and 87* (34) [10]

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "From 8 teams, IPL eyes expansion, once again". Times of India. 14 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "4 cities that might get an IPL team in 2020". Sports Keeda. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "IPL 2021 PLAYER RETENTIONS LIST". IPLt20. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "BCCI announces schedule for VIVO IPL 2021". www.iplt20.com. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "MI Most runs in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "MI Most wickets in IPL 2021". Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult star as Mumbai Indians pull off unlikely win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "Chahar, Boult, Bumrah keep Sunrisers winless by defending 150". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "Chahar, de Kock bring Mumbai back to winning ways". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Pollard's sensational takedown stuns Chennai Super Kings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2021.

External linksEdit

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