Mumbai Indians in 2015

Mumbai Indians
2015 season
Coach Ricky Ponting
Captain Rohit Sharma
Ground(s) Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (33,108)
IPL Champions
Most runs Lendl Simmons (540)[1]
Most wickets Lasith Malinga (24)[2]
Most catches Ambati Rayudu (9)
Kieron Pollard (13)[3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissals Parthiv Patel (7)[4]

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

No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Signed year Salary Notes
Batsmen
5 Aaron Finch[lower-alpha 1] Australia 17 November 1986 Right-handed Left-arm off break 2015 32 million (US$480,000) Overseas
7 Siddhesh Lad India 23 May 1992 Right-handed Right arm off break 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
9 Ambati Rayudu India 23 September 1985 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 40 million (US$590,000) Occasional wicket-keeper
15 Unmukt Chand India 26 March 1993 Right-handed Right arm off break 2015 Traded player
45 Rohit Sharma India 30 April 1987 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 125 million (US$1.9 million) Captain
54 Lendl Simmons Trinidad and Tobago 25 January 1985 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2014 9 million (US$130,000) Overseas
Aiden Blizzard Australia 27 June 1984 Left-handed Left-arm medium 2015 3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
Colin Munro New Zealand 11 March 1987 Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 Replacement signing Overseas
Alex Hales England 3 January 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium 2015 Replacement signing Overseas
Nitish Rana India 27 December 1993 Left-handed Right arm off break 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
All-rounders
19 Shreyas Gopal India 4 September 1993 Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2014 1 million (US$15,000)
55 Kieron Pollard Trinidad and Tobago 12 May 1987 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 75 million (US$1.1 million) Overseas/Vice-captain
78 Corey Anderson[lower-alpha 2] New Zealand 13 December 1990 Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 45 million (US$670,000) Overseas
228 Hardik Pandya India 11 October 1993 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
Wicket-keepers
27 Aditya Tare India 7 November 1987 Right-handed 2014 16 million (US$240,000)
72 Parthiv Patel India 9 March 1985 Left-handed 2015 Traded player
Bowlers
3 Harbhajan Singh India 3 July 1980 Right-handed Right-arm off break 2014 95 million (US$1.4 million)
8 Josh Hazlewood[lower-alpha 3] Australia 8 January 1991 Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2014 5 million (US$74,000) Overseas
12 Jasprit Bumrah India 6 December 1993 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2014 12 million (US$180,000)
16 Jagadeesha Suchith India 16 January 1994 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
23 Vinay Kumar India 12 February 1984 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 Traded player
30 Pragyan Ojha India 9 March 1985 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2015 5 million (US$74,000)
33 Pawan Suyal India 15 October 1989 Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2014 1 million (US$15,000)
81 Mitchell McClenaghan New Zealand 11 June 1986 Left-handed Left-arm fast-medium 2015 3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
90 Marchant de Lange South Africa 13 October 1990 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 3 million (US$45,000) Overseas
99 Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka 28 August 1983 Right-handed Right-arm fast 2014 55 million (US$820,000) Overseas
Abhimanyu Mithun India 25 October 1989 Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2015 3 million (US$45,000)
Akshay Wakhare India 3 October 1985 Right-handed Right arm off break 2015 1 million (US$15,000)
Ben Hilfenhaus Australia 15 March 1983 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.

Team[5] Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Chennai Super Kings (R) 14 9 5 0 18 +0.709
Mumbai Indians (C) 14 8 6 0 16 −0.043
Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) 14 7 5 2 16 +1.037
Rajasthan Royals (4) 14 7 5 2 16 +0.062
Kolkata Knight Riders 14 7 6 1 15 +0.253
Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 7 7 0 14 −0.239
Delhi Daredevils 14 5 8 1 11 −0.049
Kings XI Punjab 14 3 11 0 6 −1.436

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 Home team 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
Home team 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

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". ESPNCricinfo. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
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