Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians

मुंबई इंडियन्स
Personnel
Captain	Rohit Sharma
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Owner	Reliance Industries
Team information
City	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Colors
Founded	2008 (2008)
Home ground	Wankhede Stadium (Capacity: 33,108)
Secondary home ground(s)	Brabourne Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
Official website	www.mumbaiindians.com

Mumbai Indians is one of the ten teams which plays in the Indian Premier League. The team was found in 2008 and is owned by Reliance Industries. Rohit Sharma is the current captain of the team while Robin Singh is the head coach. Assisting Robin in coaching are Jonty Rodhes (Fielding Coach) and Shaun Pollock (Bowling Coach).

History

Reliance Industries purchased the rights of MI (Abbreviation of Mumbai Indians) for a total of Rupees 441 Cr ($ 112.9 m) during the auction on 24 January 2008. As the name suggests, the franchise represents the city of Mumbai.

IPL Seasons

2008 Season

MI lost their Team Captain & Icon Player, Sachin Tendulkar due to a Hamstring Injury. Harbhajan Singh replaced him as the captain of the side. Due to some issues, Shaun Pollock had to takeover which bought some stability into the side for the first time in the season. The Mumbai Indians finished with a total of 7 wins and 7 losses and thus missed out on a playoff spot by a few points.

2009 Season

Due to issues in India, the second edition of IPL ha to be held in South Africa. The second season also proved to be a setback for the team as they finished with a total of 5 Wins, 8 Loses and 1 No Result (Match got cancelled due to rain); and thus not making it to the playoffs again.

2010 Season

During the auction held for the 2010 IPL Season, Mumbai Indians purchased Kieron Pollard for $750,000. This proved to be a great boost for the team. After the group stages, Mumbai Indians won 10 out of their 14 matches thus qualifying them for the playoffs. In the semifinals against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians emerged victorious by 35 runs.

The Indians then faced Chennai Super Kings in the final of the 2010 Season; the match was held in Navi Mumbai. MI lost the match by 22 runs thus finishing as the runner-ups.

They completed the season with a total of 11 Wins and 5 loses and also got a spot in the Airtel Champions League T20. Captain Sachin Tendulkar scored 681 runs in the 2010 season.

2016 Season

Mumbai Indians introduce two new players to their squad, Aiden Blizzard and James Franklin. Both these players perform well for the team in their debut season. Team Captain Sachin Tendulkar put up an impressive performance by scoring 613 runs in 10 matches and at the same time, team's senior bowler, Lasith Malinga took 28 wickets out of the 15 games. Impressive performance by MI in the group stages got them a place in the playoffs. Due to the addition of 2 more teams from this edition of Indian Premier League, the playoffs were a bit different.

Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders in their eliminator by 4 wickets. MI went on to face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Qualifier 2. Mumbai Indians lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 43 runs which ended the journey of Mumbai Indians in the 2011 Season. Defending Champions Chennai beat Bangalore in the finals thus getting the first spot. Royal Challengers Bangalore finished second while MI finished third.

Tendulkar scored an unbeaten ton against Kochi Tuskers Kerala of just 59 balls and was the only centurion from Mumbai Indians that season.

2023 Season

Mumbai Indians 2023 Retained & released players list. A total of 13 players have been released by the team.

Kieron Pollard (Retired), Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills.

The list of retained players of the Mumbai Indians.

Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal.

Kieron Pollard is taking up the role of batting coach of Mumbai Indians after being released by MI, Mark Boucher has been appointed as the new Mumbai Indians (MI) 2023 coach IPL. The vacancy opened up after Mahela Jayawardene was elevated to a more global role within the Mumbai Indians group which now has teams at the IPL, SA20 League and the UAE’S ILT20.

Mumbai Indian’s (MI) 2023 Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Owner	Mukesh Ambani
Icon	Sachin Tendulkar
Team manager	Rahul Sanghvi
Global Head Of Cricket Development	Zaheer Khan
Global Head Of Performance	Mahela Jayawardene
Head coach	Mark Boucher
Batting coach	Kieron Pollard
Bowling coach	Shane Bond
Fielding coach	James Pamment
Physiotherapist	Craig Govender
Strength and conditioning coach	Paul Chapman