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. 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. The team was captained by Rohit Sharma with Mahela Jayawardene as team coach.
Background Player retention and transfers
The Mumbai Indians retained 18 players and released seven players.
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 Batsmen5 Saurabh Tiwary Left-handed Right-arm off break 2020 45 Rohit Sharma Right-handed Right-arm off break 2018 Captain50 Chris Lynn Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2020 Overseas63Anmolpreet Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 77 Suryakumar Yadav Right-handed Right-arm medium 2018 All-rounders33 Hardik Pandya Right-Handed Right arm medium-fast 2018 36 Krunal Pandya Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 55 Kieron Pollard Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast2018 Vice-Captain, Overseas83James Neesham Left-handedRight-arm medium 2021Overseas Wicket-keepers13 Quinton de Kock Left-handed Left-arm orthodox 2019 Overseas23 Ishan Kishan Left-handed 2018 27Aditya Tare Right-handed 2018 Spin Bowlers6Anukul Roy Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 2018 19 Jayant Yadav Right-handed Right-arm off break 2019 28 Rahul Chahar Right-handed Right-arm leg break 2018 120 Piyush Chawla Left-handed Right-arm leg break 2021 Pace Bowlers7Nathan Coulter-Nile Right-handedRight-arm fast 2021Overseas18 Trent Boult Right-handed Left-arm fast 2020 Overseas20Adam Milne Right-handed Right-arm fast 2021Overseas21 Dhawal Kulkarni Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2020 70Marco Jansen Right-handed Left-arm fast 2021 Overseas93 Jasprit Bumrah Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 2018 Arjun Tendulkar Left-handed Left-arm medium 2021 InjuredYudhvir Charak Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 Mohsin Khan Left-handed Left-arm medium-fast 2020 Simarjeet Singh Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 2021 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 BrandingPerformaxSamsungDHLMarriott Bonvoy Source : mumbaiindians.com
Teams and standings Results by match
League stage
The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.
Matches
Statistics Most runs No.NameMatchInnsNORunsHSAve.BFSR100s50s04s6s 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 9Chris Lynn110494949.0035140.0000043 Last updated: 10 October 2021 Source:Cricinfo
Most wickets No.NameMatchInnsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBBIAve.Econ.SR4W5W 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
Player of the match awards No.DatePlayerOpponentResultContributionRef. 1 Rahul Chahar Kolkata Knight Riders Won by 10 runs 4/27 (4 overs) 2 Kieron Pollard Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 13 runs 35* (22) 3 Quinton de Kock Rajasthan Royals Won by 7 wickets 70* (50) 4 Kieron Pollard Chennai Super Kings Won by 4 wickets 2/12 (2 overs) and 87* (34) 5 Kieron Pollard Punjab Kings Won by 6 wickets 2/8 (1 over) and 15* (7) 6 Nathan Coulter-Nile Rajasthan Royals Won by 8 wickets 4/14 (4 overs) 7 Ishan Kishan Sunrisers Hyderabad Won by 42 runs 84 (32)
References
External links Official Website