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]
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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[lower-alpha 1]		17 November 1986	Right-handed	Left-arm off break	2015	₹32 million (US$480,000)	Overseas
7	Siddhesh Lad		23 May 1992	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$15,000)
9	Ambati Rayudu		23 September 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹40 million (US$590,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
15	Unmukt Chand		26 March 1993	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	Traded player
45	Rohit Sharma		30 April 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹125 million (US$1.9 million)	Captain
54	Lendl Simmons		25 January 1985	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹9 million (US$130,000)	Overseas
	Aiden Blizzard		27 June 1984	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2015	₹3 million (US$45,000)	Overseas
	Colin Munro		11 March 1987	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Alex Hales		3 January 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Nitish Rana		27 December 1993	Left-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$15,000)
All-rounders
19	Shreyas Gopal		4 September 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹1 million (US$15,000)
55	Kieron Pollard		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]		13 December 1990	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2014	₹45 million (US$670,000)	Overseas
228	Hardik Pandya		11 October 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	₹1 million (US$15,000)
Wicket-keepers
27	Aditya Tare		7 November 1987	Right-handed		2014	₹16 million (US$240,000)
72	Parthiv Patel		9 March 1985	Left-handed		2015	Traded player
Bowlers
3	Harbhajan Singh		3 July 1980	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹95 million (US$1.4 million)
8	Josh Hazlewood[lower-alpha 3]		8 January 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹5 million (US$74,000)	Overseas
12	Jasprit Bumrah		6 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹12 million (US$180,000)
16	Jagadeesha Suchith		16 January 1994	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	₹1 million (US$15,000)
23	Vinay Kumar		12 February 1984	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	Traded player
30	Pragyan Ojha		9 March 1985	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	₹5 million (US$74,000)
33	Pawan Suyal		15 October 1989	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2014	₹1 million (US$15,000)
81	Mitchell McClenaghan		11 June 1986	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2015	₹3 million (US$45,000)	Overseas
90	Marchant de Lange		13 October 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹3 million (US$45,000)	Overseas
99	Lasith Malinga		28 August 1983	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹55 million (US$820,000)	Overseas
	Abhimanyu Mithun		25 October 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	₹3 million (US$45,000)
	Akshay Wakhare		3 October 1985	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$15,000)
	Ben Hilfenhaus		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

Preliminary

Final

24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata

19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

1

Chennai Super Kings

162 (19 ov)

2

Mumbai Indians

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

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)

Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (MI)

• 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.