Mumbai_Indians_in_2021

Mumbai Indians in 2021

Mumbai Indians in 2021

Mumbai based franchise cricket team in India


The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. They were one of the eight teams competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League.[1][2] Mumbai Indians were the defending champions, but cannot defend their title after they finished in the 5th position and edging behind Kolkata Knight Riders net run-rate at the end of the league stage.[3] The team was captained by Rohit Sharma with Mahela Jayawardene as team coach.

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Background

Player retention and transfers

The Mumbai Indians retained 18 players and released seven players.[4]

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

Squad

  • Players with international caps are listed in bold.
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Administration and support staff

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Kit manufacturers and sponsors

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Teams and standings

Results by match

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Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
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Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.[5]

Matches

Match 1
9 April 2021
19:30 (N)
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.

Match 5
13 April 2021
19:30 (N)
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.

Match 9
17 April 2021
19:30 (N)
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.

Match 13
20 April 2021
19:30 (N)
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.

Match 17
23 April 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
131/6 (20 overs)
v
Punjab Kings
132/1 (17.4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 63 (52)
Ravi Bishnoi 2/21 (4 overs)
Mohammed Shami 2/21 (4 overs)
KL Rahul 60* (52)
Rahul Chahar 1/19 (4 overs)
Punjab Kings won by 9 wickets
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind)
Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
  • Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 24
29 April 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
171/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
172/3 (18.3 overs)
Sanju Samson 42 (27)
Rahul Chahar 2/33 (4 overs)
Quinton de Kock 70* (50)
Chris Morris 2/33 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ)
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 27
1 May 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
218/4 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
219/6 (20 overs)
Ambati Rayudu 72* (27)
Kieron Pollard 2/12 (2 overs)
Kieron Pollard 87* (34)
Sam Curran 3/34 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi
Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 30
19 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Chennai Super Kings
156/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
136/8 (20 overs)
Ruturaj Gaikwad 88* (58)
Adam Milne 2/21 (4 overs)
Saurabh Tiwary 50* (40)
Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs)
Chennai Super Kings won by 20 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind)
Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
  • Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 34
23 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
155/6 (20 overs)
v
Kolkata Knight Riders
159/3 (15.1 overs)
Quinton de Kock 55 (42)
Lockie Ferguson 2/27 (4 overs)
Rahul Tripathi 74* (42)
Jasprit Bumrah 3/43 (4 overs)
Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
  • Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

Match 39
26 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
v
Mumbai Indians
111 (18.1 overs)
Glenn Maxwell 56 (37)
Jasprit Bumrah 3/36 (4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 43 (28)
Harshal Patel 4/17 (3.1 overs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 54 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first Indian player and fifth overall to score 10,000 runs in T20s.[6]
  • Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) took a hat-trick.[7]

Match 42
28 September 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Punjab Kings
135/6 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
137/4 (19 overs)
Aiden Markram 42 (29)
Kieron Pollard 2/8 (1 over)
Saurabh Tiwary 45 (37)
Ravi Bishnoi 2/25 (4 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

Match 46
2 October 2021
15:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
129/8 (20 overs)
v
Delhi Capitals
132/6 (19.1 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 33 (26)
Avesh Khan 3/15 (4 overs)
Shreyas Iyer 33* (33)
Krunal Pandya 1/18 (2.1 overs)
Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals)
  • Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

Match 51
5 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Rajasthan Royals
90/9 (20 overs)
v
Mumbai Indians
94/2 (8.2 overs)
Evin Lewis 24 (19)
Nathan Coulter-Nile 4/14 (4 overs)
Ishan Kishan 50* (25)
Mustafizur Rahman 1/32 (2.2 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng)
Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
  • Kuldip Yadav (Rajasthan Royals) made his T20 debut.[8]

Match 55
8 October 2021
19:30 (N)
Scorecard
Mumbai Indians
235/9 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Hyderabad
193/8 (20 overs)
Ishan Kishan 84 (32)
Jason Holder 4/52 (4 overs)
Manish Pandey 69* (41)
James Neesham 2/28 (3 overs)
Mumbai Indians won by 42 runs
Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind)
Player of the match: Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians)
  • Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs and Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.[9]

Statistics

Most runs

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  • Last updated: 10 October 2021
  • Source:Cricinfo[10]

Most wickets

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Player of the match awards

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References

  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. "Virat Kohli becomes first Indian to reach 10,000 runs in T20 cricket". The Hindu. Reuters. 27 September 2021. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  6. "Harshal Patel becomes third RCB player to take a hat-trick in IPL". Hindustan Times. 26 September 2021. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  7. "IPL 2021: Mumbai Indians opt to field against Rajasthan Royals in must-win game". The Times of India. PTI. 5 October 2021. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  8. Somani, Saurabh (8 October 2021). "Kishan, Suryakumar blitz not enough to push Mumbai into the playoffs". ESPN. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  9. "MI Most runs in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  10. "MI Most wickets in IPL 2021". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  11. "Chahar, de Kock bring Mumbai back to winning ways". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  12. "Hardik, Pollard, Tiwary swing tight contest Mumbai's way". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  13. "Neesham, Coulter-Nile and Kishan demolish Royals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

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