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
5Aaron Finch[lower-alpha 1]Australia17 November 1986Right-handedLeft-arm off break2015₹32 million (US$450,000)Overseas
7Siddhesh LadIndia23 May 1992Right-handedRight arm off break2015₹1 million (US$14,000)
9Ambati RayuduIndia23 September 1985Right-handedRight-arm off break2014₹40 million (US$560,000)Occasional wicket-keeper
15Unmukt ChandIndia26 March 1993Right-handedRight arm off break2015Traded player
45Rohit SharmaIndia30 April 1987Right-handedRight-arm off break2014₹125 million (US$1.7 million)Captain
54Lendl SimmonsTrinidad and Tobago25 January 1985Right-handedRight-arm medium2014₹9 million (US$130,000)Overseas
Aiden BlizzardAustralia27 June 1984Left-handedLeft-arm medium2015₹3 million (US$42,000)Overseas
Colin MunroNew Zealand11 March 1987Left-handedRight-arm medium-fast2015Replacement signingOverseas
Alex HalesEngland3 January 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium2015Replacement signingOverseas
Nitish RanaIndia27 December 1993Left-handedRight arm off break2015₹1 million (US$14,000)
All-rounders
19Shreyas GopalIndia4 September 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg break2014₹1 million (US$14,000)
55Kieron PollardTrinidad and Tobago12 May 1987Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2014₹75 million (US$1.0 million)Overseas/Vice-captain
78Corey Anderson[lower-alpha 2]New Zealand13 December 1990Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2014₹45 million (US$630,000)Overseas
228Hardik PandyaIndia11 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2015₹1 million (US$14,000)
Wicket-keepers
27Aditya TareIndia7 November 1987Right-handed2014₹16 million (US$220,000)
72Parthiv PatelIndia9 March 1985Left-handed2015Traded player
Bowlers
3Harbhajan SinghIndia3 July 1980Right-handedRight-arm off break2014₹95 million (US$1.3 million)
8Josh Hazlewood[lower-alpha 3]Australia8 January 1991Left-handedRight-arm fast-medium2014₹5 million (US$70,000)Overseas
12Jasprit BumrahIndia6 December 1993Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2014₹12 million (US$170,000)
16Jagadeesha SuchithIndia16 January 1994Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2015₹1 million (US$14,000)
23Vinay KumarIndia12 February 1984Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2015Traded player
30Pragyan OjhaIndia9 March 1985Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox2015₹5 million (US$70,000)
33Pawan SuyalIndia15 October 1989Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fast2014₹1 million (US$14,000)
81Mitchell McClenaghanNew Zealand11 June 1986Left-handedLeft-arm fast-medium2015₹3 million (US$42,000)Overseas
90Marchant de LangeSouth Africa13 October 1990Right-handedRight-arm fast2014₹3 million (US$42,000)Overseas
99Lasith MalingaSri Lanka28 August 1983Right-handedRight-arm fast2014₹55 million (US$770,000)Overseas
Abhimanyu MithunIndia25 October 1989Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2015₹3 million (US$42,000)
Akshay WakhareIndia3 October 1985Right-handedRight arm off break2015₹1 million (US$14,000)
Ben HilfenhausAustralia15 March 1983Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium2015Replacement signingOverseas
  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) 1495018 +0.709
Mumbai Indians (C) 1486016 −0.043
Royal Challengers Bangalore (3) 1475216 +1.037
Rajasthan Royals (4) 1475216 +0.062
Kolkata Knight Riders 1476115 +0.253
Sunrisers Hyderabad 1477014 −0.239
Delhi Daredevils 1458111 −0.049
Kings XI Punjab 1431106−1.436

Results

Playoffs

Preliminary Final
  24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata
19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
1 Chennai Super Kings 162 (19 ov)
2 Mumbai Indians 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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