Mumbai Indians in 2015

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Mumbai Indians
2015 season
CoachRicky Ponting
CaptainRohit Sharma
Ground(s)Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (33,108)
IPLChampions
Most runsLendl Simmons (540)[1]
Most wicketsLasith Malinga (24)[2]
Most catchesAmbati Rayudu (9)
Kieron Pollard (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissalsParthiv Patel (7)[4]
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The Mumbai Indians (MI) is a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rohit Sharma.

The Mumbai Indians reached the final of the 2015 IPL where they beat Chennai Super Kings to win the title.

Squad[]

  • Players with international caps before the start of 2015 IPL are listed in bold.
  •  *  denotes a player who was ruled out of the season.
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
5 Aaron Finch[a] Australia (1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 28) Right-handed Left-arm orthodox 2015 ₹32 million (US$420,000) Overseas
7 Siddhesh Lad India (1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 22) Right-handed Right arm off break 2015 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
9 Ambati Rayudu India (1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹40 million (US$530,000) Occasional wicket-keeper
15 Unmukt Chand India (1993-03-26)26 March 1993 (aged 22) Right-handed Right arm off break 2015 Traded player
45 Rohit Sharma India (1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹125 million (US$1.7 million) Captain
54 Lendl Simmons Trinidad and Tobago (1985-01-25)25 January 1985 (aged 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 ₹9 million (US$120,000) Overseas
Aiden Blizzard Australia (1984-06-27)27 June 1984 (aged 30) Left-handed Left-arm medium 2015 ₹3 million (US$40,000) Overseas
Colin Munro New Zealand (1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 28) Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 Replacement signing Overseas
Alex Hales England (1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2015 Replacement signing Overseas
Nitish Rana India (1993-12-27)27 December 1993 (aged 21) Left-handed Right arm off break 2015 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
All-rounders
19 Shreyas Gopal India (1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
55 Kieron Pollard Trinidad and Tobago (1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹75 million (US$1.0 million) Overseas/Vice-captain
78 Corey Anderson[b] New Zealand (1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 24) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹45 million (US$600,000) Overseas
228 Hardik Pandya India (1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
Wicket-keepers
27 Aditya Tare India (1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 27) Right-handed 2014 ₹16 million (US$210,000)
72 Parthiv Patel India (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 30) Left-handed 2015 Traded player
Bowlers
3 Harbhajan Singh India (1980-07-03)3 July 1980 (aged 34) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 ₹95 million (US$1.3 million)
8 Josh Hazlewood[c] Australia (1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 24) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 ₹5 million (US$66,000) Overseas
12 Jasprit Bumrah India (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹12 million (US$160,000)
16 Jagadeesha Suchith India (1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 21) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2015 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
23 Vinay Kumar India (1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 Traded player
30 Pragyan Ojha India (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 30) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2015 ₹5 million (US$66,000)
33 Pawan Suyal India (1989-10-15)15 October 1989 (aged 25) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
81 Mitchell McClenaghan New Zealand (1986-06-11)11 June 1986 (aged 28) Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2015 ₹3 million (US$40,000) Overseas
90 Marchant de Lange South Africa (1990-10-13)13 October 1990 (aged 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 ₹3 million (US$40,000) Overseas
99 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka (1983-08-28)28 August 1983 (aged 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 ₹55 million (US$730,000) Overseas
Abhimanyu Mithun India (1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 25) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2015 ₹3 million (US$40,000)
Akshay Wakhare India (1985-10-03)3 October 1985 (aged 29) Right-handed Right arm off break 2015 ₹1 million (US$13,000)
Ben Hilfenhaus Australia (1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 32) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2015 Replacement signing Overseas
  1. ^ ruled out of the season with an injury
  2. ^ ruled out of the season with an injury
  3. ^ withdrew citing rest before international cricket

IPL[]

Standings[]

Mumbai Indians finished second in the league stage of IPL 2015.

Pos Team
 Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 9 5 0 18 0.709
2 Mumbai Indians (C) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.043
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) 14 7 5 2 16 1.037
4 Rajasthan Royals (4) 14 7 5 2 16 0.062
5 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 7 6 1 15 0.253
6 Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 7 7 0 14 −0.239
7 Delhi Daredevils 14 5 8 1 11 −0.049
8 Kings XI Punjab 14 3 11 0 6 −1.436
Source: [5]
  • Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
  •   advanced to the Qualifier
  •   advanced to the Eliminator

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Results[]

Playoffs[]

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)
Preliminary Final
  24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata
19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
1 Chennai Super Kings 162 (19 ov)
2 Mumbai Indians (H) 187/6 (20 ov) 2 Mumbai Indians 202/5 (20 ov)
Mumbai won by 25 runs  1 Chennai Super Kings 161/8 (20 ov)
Mumbai won by 41 runs 
22 May — JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi
1 Chennai Super Kings 140/7 (19.5 ov)
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 139/8 (20 ov)
Chennai won by 3 wickets 
20 May — MCA Stadium, Pune
3 Royal Challengers Bangalore 180/4 (20 ov)
4 Rajasthan Royals 109 (19 ov)
Bangalore won by 71 runs 
Qualifier 1
19 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
(H) Mumbai Indians
187/6 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
162 (19 overs)
Lendl Simmons 65 (51)
Dwayne Bravo 3/40 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 45 (34)
Lasith Malinga 3/23 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat

Final[]

Main article: 2015 Indian Premier League Final
24 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
202/5 (20 overs)
v
Chennai Super Kings
161/8 (20 overs)
Lendl Simmons 68 (45)
Dwayne Bravo 2/36 (4 overs)
Dwayne Smith 57 (58)
Mitchell McClenaghan 3/25 (4 overs)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field

References[]

  1. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most catches". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most dismissals". Cricketcountry. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. ^ "IPL 2015 Point Table". WWW.IPLT20.COM. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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