Mumbai Indians
2021 season
CoachMahela Jayawardene
CaptainRohit Sharma
Ground(s)Wankhede Stadium
Tournament performanceLeague stage (5th)
Most runsRohit Sharma (381)
Most wicketsJasprit 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

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 36) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 ₹15 crore (US$1.9 million) Captain
77 Suryakumar Yadav  India (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 ₹3.2 crore (US$401,000)
5 Saurabh Tiwary  India (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 34) Left-handed Right-arm off break 2020 ₹50 lakh (US$63,000)
50 Chris Lynn  Australia (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 ₹2 crore (US$250,000) Overseas
63 Anmolpreet Singh  India (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 ₹80 lakh (US$100,000)
All-rounders
55 Kieron Pollard  Trinidad and Tobago (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 36) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2018 ₹5.4 crore (US$676,000) 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$1.4 million)
Wicket-keepers
27 Aditya Tare  India (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36) Right-handed — 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
13 Quinton de Kock  South Africa (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 ₹2.8 crore (US$351,000) Overseas
23 Ishan Kishan  India (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 25) Left-handed — 2018 ₹6.2 crore (US$776,000)
Spin Bowlers
36 Krunal Pandya  India (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 32) 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$63,000)
28 Rahul Chahar  India (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 ₹1.9 crore (US$238,000)
120 Piyush Chawla  India (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 35) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2021 ₹2.4 crore (US$301,000)
6 Anukul Roy  India (1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
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 crore or US$700,000 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 lakh or US$70,000 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$94,000)
18 Trent Boult  New Zealand (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2020 ₹2.2 crore (US$280,000) Overseas
20 Adam Milne  New Zealand (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm fast 2021 ₹3.4 crore (equivalent to ₹3.8 crore or US$480,000 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$876,635.00)
— Arjun Tendulkar  India (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 24) Left-handed Left-arm medium 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) Injured
— Yudhvir Charak  India (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
70 Marco Jansen  South Africa (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 23) Right-handed Left-arm fast 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000) Overseas
— Mohsin Khan  India (1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 25) Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
— Simarjeet Singh  India (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 ₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
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

Teams and standings

Results by match

Round1234567891011121314
ResultLWWLLWWLLLWLWW
Position82144444675655
Source: Fixtures
W = Win; L = Loss; NR = No Result
Pos Team
 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
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

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

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

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]

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