2021 Mumbai Indians season

Mumbai Indians

2021 season
Coach	Mahela Jayawardene
Captain	Rohit Sharma
Ground(s)	Wankhede Stadium
Tournament performance	League stage (5th)
Most runs	Rohit Sharma (381)
Most wickets	Jasprit Bumrah (21)
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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.

Background

Player retention and transfers

Main article: List of 2021 Indian Premier League personnel changes

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.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
45	Rohit Sharma	India	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹15 crore (US$1.8 million)	Captain
77	Suryakumar Yadav	India	(1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$383,000)
5	Saurabh Tiwary	India	(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 34)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2020	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)
50	Chris Lynn	Australia	(1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2020	₹2 crore (US$240,000)	Overseas
63	Anmolpreet Singh	India	(1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2019	₹80 lakh (US$96,000)
All-rounders
55	Kieron Pollard	Trinidad and Tobago	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹5.4 crore (US$647,000)	Vice-Captain, Overseas
33	Hardik Pandya	India	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 30)	Right-Handed	Right arm medium-fast	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
Wicket-keepers
27	Aditya Tare	India	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	—	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
13	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2019	₹2.8 crore (US$335,000)	Overseas
23	Ishan Kishan	India	(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	—	2018	₹6.2 crore (US$743,000)
Spin Bowlers
36	Krunal Pandya	India	(1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹8.8 crore (US$1.1 million)
19	Jayant Yadav	India	(1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2019	₹50 lakh (US$60,000)
28	Rahul Chahar	India	(1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹1.9 crore (US$228,000)
120	Piyush Chawla	India	(1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 35)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break	2021	₹2.4 crore (US$288,000)
6	Anukul Roy	India	(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Pace Bowlers
7	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Australia	(1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹5 crore (equivalent to ₹5.6 croreorUS$670,000 in 2023)	Overseas
83	James Neesham	New Zealand	(1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2021	₹50 lakh (equivalent to ₹56 lakhorUS$67,000 in 2023)	Overseas
21	Dhawal Kulkarni	India	(1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2020	₹75 lakh (US$90,000)
18	Trent Boult	New Zealand	(1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2020	₹2.2 crore (US$260,000)	Overseas
20	Adam Milne	New Zealand	(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2021	₹3.4 crore (equivalent to ₹3.8 croreorUS$460,000 in 2023)	Overseas
93	Jasprit Bumrah	India	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7 crore (US$838,732.40)
—	Arjun Tendulkar	India	(1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	Injured
—	Yudhvir Charak	India	(1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
70	Marco Jansen	South Africa	(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)	Overseas
—	Mohsin Khan	India	(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2020	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	Simarjeet Singh	India	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2021	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
Source:MI Players

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Owner	Akash Ambani (Reliance Industries)
Team manager	Rahul Sanghvi
Director of Cricket Operations	Zaheer Khan
Head coach	Mahela Jayawardene
Batting coach	Robin Singh
Bowling coach	Shane Bond
Fielding coach	James Pamment
Physiotherapist	Kevin Sims
Strength and conditioning coach	Paul Chapman
Source:MI Staff

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back) Chest Branding Performax Samsung DHL Marriott Bonvoy Source : mumbaiindians.com

T20 uniform

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Result	L	W	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W
Position	8	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	5	6	5	5

Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Delhi Capitals (3rd)	14	10	4	0	20	0.481	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.455
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th)	14	9	5	0	18	−0.140	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (R)	14	7	7	0	14	0.587
5	Mumbai Indians	14	7	7	0	14	0.116
6	Punjab Kings	14	6	8	0	12	−0.001
7	Rajasthan Royals	14	5	9	0	10	−0.993
8	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	3	11	0	6	−0.545

Source: ESPNcricinfo
(C) Champion; (R) Runners-up

The four top-ranked teams qualified for the playoffs.

League stage

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

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

Main article: 2021 Indian Premier League § League stage

Matches

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

Mumbai Indians 159/9 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 160/8 (20 overs)
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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Match 39 26 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard

Royal Challengers Bangalore 165/6 (20 overs)	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]

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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.

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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.

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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]

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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

No.	Name	Match	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave.	BF	SR	100s	50s	0	4s	6s
1	Rohit Sharma	13	11	0	381	63	31.00	273	124.90	0	1	0	29	12
2	Suryakumar Yadav	14	12	0	317	56	18.50	173	128.32	0	1	0	24	7
3	Quinton de Kock	11	11	1	297	70*	29.70	256	116.01	0	2	0	29	7
4	Kieron Pollard	14	12	4	245	87*	33.14	153	151.63	0	1	0	15	16
5	Ishan Kishan	10	8	0	241	28	13.37	198	86.99	0	0	0	5	3
6	Krunal Pandya	13	12	1	143	39	14.88	116	115.51	0	0	0	9	6
7	Hardik Pandya	12	9	0	127	16	14.00	98	114.28	0	0	0	11	4
8	Saurabh Tiwary	5	4	2	115	50*	57.50	97	118.55	0	1	0	10	2
9	Chris Lynn	1	1	0	49	49	49.00	35	140.00	0	0	0	4	3

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

Most wickets

No.	Name	Match	Inns	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Ave.	Econ.	SR	4W	5W
1	Jasprit Bumrah	14	14	55.0	0	410	21	3/36	19.52	7.45	15.71	0	0
2	Rahul Chahar	11	11	43.0	0	318	13	4/27	24.46	7.39	19.84	1	0
2	Trent Boult	14	14	51.2	0	406	13	3/28	31.23	7.90	24.69	0	0
3	Nathan Coulter-Nile	5	5	20.0	0	127	7	4/14	18.14	6.35	17.14	1	0
4	Kieron Pollard	14	9	13.1	0	95	5	2/8	19.00	7.21	15.80	0	0
4	James Neesham	3	3	9.0	0	66	5	3/12	13.20	7.33	10.80	0	0
4	Krunal Pandya	13	12	13.1	0	265	5	1/13	53.00	7.98	39.80	0	0
5	Adam Milne	4	4	14.0	0	131	3	2/21	43.66	9.35	28.0	0	0

• Last updated: 10 October 2021
• Source:Cricinfo ^[11]

Player of the match awards

No.	Date	Player	Opponent	Result	Contribution	Ref.
1	13 April 2021	Rahul Chahar	Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 10 runs	4/27 (4 overs)	[12]
2	17 April 2021	Kieron Pollard	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 13 runs	35* (22)	[13]
3	29 April 2021	Quinton de Kock	Rajasthan Royals	Won by 7 wickets	70* (50)	[14]
4	1 May 2021	Kieron Pollard	Chennai Super Kings	Won by 4 wickets	2/12 (2 overs) and 87* (34)	[15]
5	28 September 2021	Kieron Pollard	Punjab Kings	Won by 6 wickets	2/8 (1 over) and 15* (7)	[16]
6	5 October 2021	Nathan Coulter-Nile	Rajasthan Royals	Won by 8 wickets	4/14 (4 overs)	[17]
7	8 October 2021	Ishan Kishan	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Won by 42 runs	84 (32)	[18]

References

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External links

• Official Website