The Mumbai franchise was bought by the Reliance industries in Jan 2008. Sachin Tendulkar was announced as the icon player for the team based on his home city

Richard Madley was the IPL auctioneer for 11 seasons, right since Season 1. The big purchases of Mumbai Indians in the 2008 auction included Sanath Jayasuriya, Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa. Sachin insisted to bag Lasith Malinga as a future prospect, even though he was going to miss the entire season due to injury

Sachin Tendulkar suffered a groin injury in the CB Series, but pushed himself to the finals and starred with his innings of 120* and 91. He couldn't push futher and was sure to miss the initial games of the inaugural edition. Harbhajan was appointed as the team's captain till Sachin recovered from his injury

After experimenting with a steel-colored logo to begin with, Mumbai Indians announced the official logo of the team

Mumbai Indians' anthem Duniya Hila Denge Hum featured Hritik Roshan

It's a very little known fact that Harsha Bhogle was a part of Mumbai Indians team in 2008 as an advisor. Lalchand Rajput was appointed the head coach

The Mumbai Indians made their IPL debut with a loss against RCB. Boucher's unbeaten 39 of 19 helped them chase MI's 165. It was followed by a close 6 run loss vs CSK

Harbhajan was banned for the rest of the season as he slapped Sreesanth, who supposedly mocked the skipper for 3rd loss in 3rd game. Shaun Pollock was appointed as the new captain

Gilchrist scored a century as MI faced their 4th consecutive loss, this time by 10 wickets against DC, who won just 2 games that season (vs MI and CSK)

First win for MI came under Pollock's captaincy against KKR. It was followed by two more wins against DD and RR. Champions Rajasthan Royals had a purple patch in the mid of tournament, winning 11 out of the 12 games, their only loss coming against Mumbai

After missing the first 7 games, Sachin was back and made his IPL debut against CSK, also taking over the captaincy

Sachin and Jayasuriya opening together was a dream come true, and the home crowd welcomed the pair with great enthusiasm

Jayasuriya's scored a century in that game, first ever by a Mumbai Indians' batsman. His innings of 114* consisted of 11 sixes

KKR were bowled out for 67, the lowest total back then. MI promptly chased the target down in the 6th over itself, achieving the biggest win in terms of balls to spare (87)

Sachin's scored his first IPL fifty (65 vs KXIP), and MI looked all set for their 7th consecutive win before he got run out

However, the game went till the last ball, and a Jonty-ish dive by Yuvraj ended MI's six game winning streak with Punjab sealing a one run-win

After another last over loss against DD, MI needed to beat RR to stay alive in the tournament. But Niraj Patel along with a young Ravindra Jadeja ended Mumbai's campaign, aided by a fielding fumble by Jayasuriya and Fernando on the last ball

A win against RCB in the last game meant that MI finished 5th on the table with 7 wins in 14 games. They beat KKR twice, lost to KXIP twice, and managed a win and a loss each against every other team

Sanath Jayasuriya had a great IPL season, ending up as the third leading run scorer with 518 runs. He also won the maximum sixes award for the season, hitting 31 sixes

MI roped in Shikhar Dhawan from DD in place of Ashish Nehra (their leading wicket taker last season) and Zaheer Khan from RCB in place of Robin Uthappa ahead of the season through the trade window

As the IPL was shifted to South Africa due to Indian General Elections, MI invested heavily in South African JP Duminy. Shaun Pollock was appointed the head coach

Another South African added to the armoury was Jonty Rhodes, who joined in as the fielding coach

Sachin's 59* vs CSK in the inaugural game of the second season of IPL gave the Mumbai Indians a winning start

Lasith Malinga, having missed the 2008 edition, began his 2009 campaign with 11 wickets in 4 games

The second game against RR was abandoned without a ball bowled, the only wash-off in MI's IPL history

KXIP beat MI by 3 runs defending just 119. Duminy scored 59 but no one else chipped in. MI scored just one boundary in last 5 overs

Despite the losses against DC and KXIP, Mumbai Indians had 7 points at the end of their 6th game, as they managed to beat KKR twice in the season, yet again

However, MI went on to lose the next three games. Rohit Sharma, then playing for Deccan Chargers, took a hat-trick against Mumbai (4/6 in 2 overs)

Sachin demoted himself in the batting order hoping to provide stability and depth to the batting order. The experiment didn't work as Duminy got a duck against DD as an opener and Ronchi, Takawale or Bravo weren't consistent either

Bravo scored 70* as an opener which gave MI their first ever win against KXIP. This was preceded by a win against RCB and MI now needed to win just 2 of their next 3 games to qualify

MI failed to score 6 runs in 9 balls against RR, falling short by 2 runs. Nayar looked to seal the game with his 35(18) but soon after his wicket, MI lost 3 more in succession in the last over

MI lost the last two league games as well, against CSK and table toppers Delhi

MI finished 7th amongst 8 teams, with just 11 points; their worst performance in any edition

In the last league game vs DD, Ashraful batted his only innings, and scored 2 runs. Making his debut in the washed-off RR game, he had become second Bangladeshi player to play the IPL after Abdur Razzak, who played just one game for RCB in 2008

Rahane scored a fifty in the last league game vs Delhi Daredevils and also in the win against RCB

Zaheer could play just 6 games in the season, picking 6 wickets

JP Duminy was the most consistent batsman from the Mumbai Indians' team with 372 runs @41.33, scoring 5 fifties in 8 games at a point

The first major change brought about by the franchise was in the jersey. They switched from a light and dark blue alternate stripes pattern, to deep blue colored jersey

MI went in with a new strategy, signing a lot of young Indian uncapped players, who formerly played ICL. Pollard's exploits in the 2009 CLT20 made him the costliest player of the 2010 auctions

Robin Singh was appointed as the head coach, and had a 3-year long term. Former head coach Shaun Pollock assumed the role of the bowling coach

The home venue for the season was shifted to the Home of Indian cricket - CCI's Brabourne Stadium, as the Wankhede Staium was being renovated in the wake of 2011 World Cup

In the first MI game of 2010, Yusuf Pathan played one of the most destructive innings in IPL scoring 100 (37), including a patch off 11 balls- 5 sixes and 6 fours taking him from 15(14) to 69(25). MI escaped with a 4 run win. Yusuf Patharn was awarded the Man of the Match award despite being in the losing side

The Little Master Sunil Gavaskar showed his respect for the Master Blaster the first time he met him since the latter scored the first ever double century against South Africa

Mumbai Indians had quite a comfortable start to the season with 7 wins in the first 8 games

Sachin Tendulkar's consistency was the primary reason behind Mumbai Indians' dominance. He scored 63(32) vs DD, and 3 more fifties in a winnings cause a match later. He was adjudged the Man of the Match in 3 of these 4 games

Harbhajan scored 49* in just 18 balls against Deccan, while picking 3 wickets later. His batting form made the captain give him more batting opportunities up the order

Rayudu's 55*(29) against the Deccan Chargers was a beginning of his long journey with the Mumbai Indians

Malinga picked 4 wickets against Punjab

Sachin suffered dehydration in Chennai and had to sit out for most of the game, which smoothened the way for CSK to break MI's 5 match winning streak. MI also lost against KXIP in the next match

Sachin's 89* against RR brought MI back to winning ways. Sachin hit 86 fours in the season (second highest in an IPL season), but just 3 sixes. Two of those came on back to back deliveries in the last over of this innings

Kieron Pollard proved his worth in the most crucial stages of the tournament, with multiple match winning performances. He scored 25*(13) vs RR, 45*(13) vs DD, 20*(7) & 3/28 vs RCB in his last 3 group stage games

MI topped the point table with the highest NRR in the history. The only other team ever to have an NRR above 1 was RCB in 2015, who finished 3rd on the table that year

Pollard displayed his all round skills yet again in the Semi Final, scoring 33*(13) & 3/17

CSK beat MI by 22 runs in the Final to win their first IPL, after ending runner ups in the inaugural season

Shikhar Dhawan scored just 191 runs in 10 games, infamously getting out for a duck after facing a maiden first over in the Final

Saurabh Tiwary scored 419 runs including 3 fifties while hitting 18 sixes, and won the Emerging Player of the season award. He also made international debut in coming months

Sachin Tendulkar won the Orange Cap in this season scoring 618 runs, overtaking Kallis (572) with his knock of 48 in the finals. He scored 5 fifties and won 4 Man of the Match awards along with the Player of the tournament award

Mumbai Indians played the Champions League T20 for the first time in 2010. They lost the first 2 games in the group stage, and won the next 2, but couldn't make it to the Semis

In the last group stage game of CLT20, MI beat RCB by just 2 runs despite a quick 47 by Virat Kohli

Mumbai Indians retained Sachin, Harbhajan, Malinga and Pollard ahead of the mega auction. They bough back Rayudu and Aditya Tare in the auctions to keep the core team intact

The team was looking for a young Indian cricketer who could stay in for a long term. Rohit Sharma was released by the Deccan Chargers and Mumbai grabbed the opportunity, buying him for a whopping 2 millions dollars. Other major buys included Munaf Patel and Andrew Symonds

The Wankhede Stadium, which hosted the World Cup final a week ago, hosted the Mumbai games again after three years, as the 2009 edition was played in South Africa and the stadium was getting renovated in 2010

Malinga started the season for MI on a winning note picking 5 wickets for just 13 runs bowling Delhi Daredevils out for just 95

Sachin and Rayudu scored fifties to beat RCB in the second game. Sachin, who was awarded the Player of the match, shared his trophy with a young Rayudu

Sachin Tendulkar scored his only IPL century in the only game against Kochi. He was unbeaten in all the three games, scoring 46*, 55* and 100*. Mumbai, however lost this game

After hitting a last ball six against Pune to seal the game, Rohit's first fifty for MI came when he scored 87(48) vs CSK, and his second fifty came in the next game against his old team Deccan, making it 3 wins in a row

Harbhajan picked 5 wickets against the Chennai Super Kings for just 18 runs

Lasith Malinga was in his peak form picking 16 wickets in first 6 games, picking at least 2 wickets in every game. Coincidentally, Mumbai's top order was in a great form, and lost just 16 wickets in the first 6 games

Against Rajasthan Royals, MI scored just 94, losing 8 wickets, the second lowest score in IPL when a batting side has faced the full 20 overs. Johan Botha picked 3/6 and came back to score 45

Rayudu continued his good form scoring 2 fifties in the next 3 games, which were all won by MI. Mumbai Indians almost qualified for the playoffs with 8 wins in just 10 games

Munaf Patel picked 5 wickets for 21 runs against Punjab. But Bhargav Bhatt's 4/22 trumped his performance as MI got bowled out for their lowest score, 87

Watson picked 3 wickets and scored 89*, as Rajasthan beat MI for the second time in the tournament, this time by 10 wickets. Lasith Malinga's 12 match wicket taking streak was broken, and MI faced their 3rd consecutive loss

In the last league game vs KKR, Ray Price became only the second Zimbabwean to play the IPL after Tatenda Taibu (KKR, 2008)

MI needed to chase 21 runs in the last over vs KKR. James Franklin hit four fours before taking a single. With 4 to win from 1 ball, Rayudu hit a six to win the game

KKR and MI met again in the eliminator. Munaf Patel picked 3/27 and MI chased 147 easily. Munaf's bowling performance in 2011 is often underrated, but he was the 2nd leading wicket taker of the season(22), behind just Malinga (28)

Gayle's 89 in the Qualifier 2 knocked MI out of the tournament

Malinga won the Purple Cap for picking 28 wickets in the season

In the 2011 Tour of England, both Sachin and Rohit suffered injuries. Total 6 Indian players from the MI side were injured prior to the 2011 CLT20. Hence special permission was granted to MI to allow fielding 5 overseas players in the team in the group stage

At 106/7 with 53 needed of 28, Malinga scored 37*(18) vs CSK to register a win in the first CLT20 encounter.

In the second game, MI bowled Trinidad and Tobago for just 98. With 2 required of the last ball, Yuzvendra Chahal, coming in to bat at no.11, ran a sneaky double to help MI chase the small target

Sarul Kanwar opened the batting for MI in CLT20 2011, but never got to play an IPL game. He sscored 45(21) in the game against Cape Cobras, which was abandoned by rain

Despite the loss against New South Wales, the 10 points in first 3 games were enough for MI to qualify for the Semis

Malinga destroyed Somerset with his yorkers and variations in the Semi Finals picking up 4/20. All the 4 wickets picked by him were Bowled

MI scored just 139 batting first in the final. In response, RCB started well, scoring 38/0 in 4 overs, but kept losing wickets at regular intervals, getting bowled out for 108. Captain Harbhajan picked 3/20 and was the Man of the Match

Despite all major Indian players being injured, Harbhajan led the team to a victory in the 2011 Champions League

Malinga was rightly awarded the Player of the Tournament for picking 10 wickets at an average of just 11.7

Sachin Tendulkar passed the captaincy baton to Hatbhajan Singh following the latter's brilliant captaincy in the CLT20 victory in Sachin's absence

MI acquired Pragyan Ojha from Deccan Chargers and Dinesh Karthik from Kings XI Punjab before the season started. Having bought RP Singh, MI now possesed all the active Purple Cap winners (Ojha, RP, Malinga)

The auction buys for the season included Herschelle Gibbs, Thisara Perera, Mitchell Johnson, Robin Peterson

Richard Levi, who had scored the fastest T20I century a month before the IPL, scored a fifty in the inaugural game of IPL 2012 vs CSK. He got out on 50 with team score 69

Sachin got retired hurt as he injured his finger against CSK, and sat out for next 4 games

MI lost the second game vs Pune, their only loss in the history against Pune Warriors India. MI have a 5-1 record against PWI otherwise. Rayudu opened the batting in Sachin's absence

Rohit Sharma hit Dan Christian for a six with 11 required off 3, following it with a double. With 3 required off the last ball, Rohit hit a six and sealed the game

Pollard scored 64 and picked 4 wickets against Rajasthan. Munaf picked 4 too

The rebuilt Delhi Daredevils, who topped the table after finishing at the bottom in 2011, bowled MI out for just 92. No one apart from Harbhajan (33) and Rohit (29) could score in double digits, with 8 scores below 5

After a home leg loss against KXIP, Robin Peterson's switch hits and reverse sweep against Piyush Chawala helped MI pull off a victory vs KXIP at away venue

Delhi Daredevils continued their domination, beating MI for the second time. Mumbai Indians won 7 out of the 8 away agames that season, this being the only loss

MI chased of an easy 101 against DC despite Steyn's spell. They stole a single run win against Pune, defending just 120. Munaf bowled the last over. MI now had 12 points in 10 games

Mitchell Johnson couldn't make his IPL debut throughout the season, and left midway due to an injury

Dwayne Smith, who was a part of the team in 2008, joined the team as Johnson's replacement

Sachin (74) and Rohit (60) looked like they would comfortable chase CSK's 173. But Sachin's wicket led to a collapse as usual, and CSK made a comeback in the game

Dwayne Smith, playing his first game of the season, hit Hilfenhaus for 6,4,4 when MI needed 14 to win from 3 balls vs CSK, and announced his arrival

Rohit Sharma scored his only IPL century (109*) at the Eden Garden. His partnership along with Gibbs sealed the win against KKR, after a loss against RCB

Mumbai Indians looked in all sort of troubles chasing RCB's 171, losing 5 wickets for 51 in the 9th over. There were constant light failures in the game

Rayudu and Pollard's 122 run stand after 51/5 helped Mumbai Indians achieve one of the greatest comebacks in the IPL history at the Chinnaswamy. MI qualified for the playoffs with 2 games to go

Shah Rukh Khan got into a fight with the MCA staff, leading to him getting banned at the Wankhede stadium for 5 years. MI lost only their second game against KKR in 5 years

Mumbai Indians struggled to get a stable opening partnership throughout the season. Franklin-Sachin, Levi-Suman, Sachin-Gibbs were the common partnerships, with Rayudu and Davy Jacobs trying to open as well

A 10-wicket win against RR in the last league stage game also announced the arrival of the new opening pair of Sachin and Dwayne Smith, which proved to be crucial in the next year

After finishing third on the points table with 20 points, MI went down to CSK in the eliminator. Dhoni smashed 51 off just 20 balls. Bravo and Pollard had a banter as the former gave the latter a send off after he got him out

The 2012 CLT20 campaign in South Africa turned out to be a disaster as Mumbai Indians failed to win even a single game

CSK beat MI by 6 runs in a close encounter, ending up the CLT20 rivalry score at 1-1

Glenn Maxwell was purchased in the auctions for a million dollars, based on his impressive performance for the Melbourne Stars in the BBL. The Australian legend Ricky Ponting was also bought, and appointed as the team's captain

The arrival of Ricky Ponting got the whole world excited about witnessing the two legends batting together. The opening pair was referred to as Pondulkar

Mumbai appointed John Wright as their coach ahead of the season. Wright is still a part of the franchise as a Talent Scout, and has helped MI deliver fresh talent every year

Anil Kumble joined the team as the chief mentor, further strenghtening the support staff

In the opening game of the season, Jasprit Bumrah, a talent spotted by Head Coach John Wright, made his debut. He got hit for 3 fours in the first 4 balls he bowled by Virat Kohli, but he managed to get him out on the next ball

Gayle's 92* guided RCB to 156. Despite Karthik's fighting efforts, MI fell short by just 2 runs. Vinay Kumar (3/27) defended 10 off the last over

Mumbai won their second game, with Pollard starring with the bat, scoring a fifty, and also taking Dhoni's catch in the last over

Ricky Ponting took a stunning in-field catch on the first ball itself against the Daredevils who were chasing MI's 209 (Karthik 86, Rohit 74*)

Rohit hit another unbeaten fifty in the next game vs Pune to bring up the third win for MI in 4 games

MI were bowled out for 92 against RR, while Sehwag's 95* in the next game blew MI apart despite Sachin and Rohit's fifties

Ricky Ponting stepped down from captaincy after the two losses. The baton of captaincy was passed to Rohit Sharma, a move that was about to change the team's history

Under Rohit's captaincy, MI won the next three games. Rohit himself starred in the game against Punjab, scoring 79*(39)

The crowd booed Virat Kohli after he claimed a run out of Rayudu against the spirit of the game. His bat was left in the air because of the bowler but was still ruled out

The loss against SRH was a minor setback. MI scored just 139 in their next game against CSK at Wankhede

A rare incident happened in the home game against CSK where Pollard dropped three catches in three balls of the first over. He however went to grab 2 amazing catches later in the match

Mitchell Johnson picked the first 3 wickets of CSK for just 9 runs. CSK faltered to 54/9 and were eventually bowled out for 79, their only sub-100 total in the history

The Johnson Juggernaut continued. After dismantling CSK top order, his combined figures against KKR and Pune read 8-0-21-4, at an economy rate of just 2.38. MI won 3 games in a row

Sachin's 48(28) vs KKR earned him the last of his 8 Man of the Match awards in IPL

Against SRH, Sachin had to walk back due to cramps in his arm after hitting a six off Karn Sharma. He ended his IPL career hitting a six

Kieron Pollard blasted 3 back to back sixes off Perera pulling off a victory by 3 balls to spare when at a point 62 were needed off 24. He single handedly brought the target from 55 of 22 to 12 of 12

In the last home game against RR, Glenn Maxwell made his MI debut and opened alongside Aditya Tare. While the former departed early after hitting 3 sixes, Tare went to score a fifty and booked Sachin's opening spot for the rest of the tournament

A win against Rajasthan at home helped Mumbai Indians achieve 8 victories in 8 home games, and they stayed unbeaten at their fortress. They were also assured of a Top 2 finish

Adam Gilchrist decided to have a go with the ball in his last match, with MI 9 down and an over to go. He managed to pick a wicket of Harbhajan on the only ball he bowled, and celebrated it Bhajji's style

Hussey 86* and Raina 82* thumped the Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 1 to enter the finals

Needing a longer route to reach the final,MI played RR in Qualifier 2. The last over of first innings was filled with antiques, like Yagnik standing behind stumps to face Malinga, and the ball slipping out of Malinga's hand twice resulting in 2 super-wides

Dwayne Smith scored 62, Rishi Dhawan hit a crucial boundary in the last over, and Harbhajan picked 3 wickets and scored the winning runs vs RR in Qualifier 2, taking MI to the final

The Mumbai Indians lost 3 wickets for just 16 runs in the final. Slowly rebuilding, and on the back of Pollard's 60*(32), MI scored 148/9

Pollard was visibly agiated when he didn't get strike on the first 4 balls of the last over. After he finally got strike, he hit 2 sixes in 2 balls

In response, CSK lost 3 wickets for 3 runs, followed by 39/6, 58/8. Despite Dhoni's 63*, a dominant bowling performance by the Mumbai Indians won them their first ever IPL title by 23 runs

Sachin missed out on being in the IPL winning playing XI, but gave his insights commentating on the sidelines. He perfectly predicted a Harbhajan Singh 'Doosra', sitting 70 meters away

Rohit Sharma (538 runs) and Dinesh Karthik (510 runs) were the pillars of the MI batting line up in 2013, always playing crucial knocks in the middle order

After the IPL, the next target to achieve for the Mumbai Indians was the CLT20

The start of the season was bleak, as MI lost to RR in the first game, and the Otago clash was washed off. MI needed to win their next two games now, also needing a good NRR

Dwayne Smith's 63 helped MI to finally beat Highveld Lions after going down against them in 2010 and 2012

Mumbai Indians had to chase whatever the target was set by Perth Scorchers in just 14.2 overs to qualify. Thanks to Rohit's 51*(24) and Dwayne Smith's 48(26), MI chased 150 in just 13.2 overs

Dwayne Smith scored another fifty in the Semi Final against Trinidad and Tobago. MI were all set to meet RR in the finals

This game was Sachin's last T20 appearance and Dravid's last appearance in professional cricket. Both of them given guard of honours

Mumbai Indians, who were just above 100 in the 14th over, finished with 202/6, thanks to quickfire hitting from Rohit 33(14) and Maxwell 37(14)

The Rajasthan Royals look well within reach of the target on the back of quick fifties from Rahane and Samson, and were at a point 117/1 in 11.3 overs

Ojha dismissed Samson (60 off 33), and Harbhajan picked the next 4 wickets quickly. RR were bowled out for 169

Dravid demoted himself to no.8, so that others could quickly get some runs. After he got out bowled, Harsha Bhogale described the situation precisely with this quote - "In a career that is marked by grace, style and beautiful batsmanship, it’s a slog that’s ended Rahul Dravid‘s career. But once again, it was what was needed"

MI won their second CLT20 title, becoming the first team to do so. Harbhajan was Man of the Match again, just like the 2011 finals

Appointing Rohit as the captain turned out to be a mastermove as his captaincy played a crucial role in the first title win in 6 years

The maturity gained through captaincy also benifitted his international performance, as he sealed the opening spot in limited over cricket, scored a double century against Australia and also made his Test debut, scoring 2 centuries in first 2 innings

Sachin Tendulkar got a farewell he deserved as Mumbai Indians managed to win both the trophies. He retired from International Cricket in November 2013 in front of his home crowd

As Sachin Tendulkar retired, Mumbai Indians retained Rohit, Malinga, Pollard, Rayudu and Harbhajan ahead of the auctions, and used the RTM card on Pragyan Ojha.

Having retained the core, MI didn't bag any big buys, apart from Mike Hussey and Corey Anderson - who had recently hit the fastest ODI hundred in just 36 balls. Tare, Bumrah were bought back and Zaheer came back home

The UAE phase of the tournament was utter disappointment. MI lost all the 5 games and there was not a single individual performance worth mentioning

In the 5th of that loss though, Kieron Pollard tried to put up a fight, scoring 27 off an Amit Mishra over, but to no avail

KXIP on the other hand, had one all of their 5 games in UAE. Mumbai Indians managed to stun the table toppers with a win

Mitchell Starc bowled at Kieron Pollard despite he pulled out of the crease before the ball. Pollard response was hurling his bat back at the bowler

Pollard hit a boundary against Starc two balls later. Starc and Parthiv ran Pollard out after his mix up with Rohit. Pollard had the last laugh, grabbing Starc's catch. Amidst all the drama, MI grabbed their second win on the back of Rohit's fifty

Lendl Simmons joined the team as Jalaj Saxena's replacement

Just like 2009, MI missed the services of Zaheer mid-season again owing to an injury. Praveen Kumar replaced Zaheer for rest of the season

After the eventful win against RCB, MI faced a loss against CSK

Simmons and Rayudu scored 68 each, giving MI their third win of the season against SRH

Uthappa smashed 80 as MI lost against in-form KKR, virtually ending all the hopes of MI's qualification, as they had just 3 wins in 10 games. They needed to win all the games and hope things go their way

A new opening combination of Hussey and Simmons, put on a 120 run stand and Mission Qualification began

In the game against RR, Pollard took one of the best catches ever to dismiss Cooper off Harbhajan. He stopped the ball over the boundary, stepped out, and leapt in full dive to grab it

Lendl Simmons extended his good form into a century against KXIP

The game against Delhi started with a minor controvery, as Mumbai Indians included Praveen Kumar in the playing XI after the team sheets were submitted at the toss

An easy win against a down-and-out Delhi Daredevils, and KXIP beating RR, meant that MI vs RR game was to decide who grabs the 4th qualification spot

The equation was that whatever target Rajasthan Royals give, MI will have to chase it within 87 balls (14.3 overs). In such a case, Mumbai will pip RR on Net Run Rate and qualify at the 4th spot

Rajasthan Royals scored 189 on the back of fifties from youngsters Samson and Nair. Mumbai Indians had the 87 ball target in mind and played aggressive right from the start

Simmons, Hussey, Pollard, Rohit all played small but quick knocks, at a 150+ strike rate, hitting exactly one six (except Simmons), while Corey Anderson held one end

Corey Anderson scored a handsome 95*(44). With 2 required of 1 ball to qualify, Rayudu got run out on 30(10) with scored levelled. He broke down

The statistics explained the NRR situation. MI needed to score a boundary of the next ball to qualify. Aditya Tare, who walked in next, smashed Faulkner for a six, and MI qualified. Best game in the IPL history

Even Rahul Dravid couldn't hide his disappointment, and threw his cap in anger. only to pick it up immediately

A night before this game, Cristiano Ronaldo scored a penalty against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League Final, and took his shirt off. Aditya Tare had his Ronaldo moment after the six

All the heroics of the game on Sunday didn't prove to be much of use, and MI went down to CSK in the eliminator. But the team and fans were still satisifed with the way this team shut down the critics who wrote them off after 5 losses

Mumbai Indians failed to qualify for group stage of the CLT20 under Pollard's captaincy, who was leading in injured Rohit's absence, after a loss against the Northern Knights from NZ. This was the last edition of CLT20, and CSK won it for the 2nd time, equalling MI's record

Aaron Finch was the only player on which MI spent more than 50 Lakhs in the auction, as MI invested in uncapped players. Parthiv Patel was acquired from RCB in the trade window

Ricky Ponting took over as the head coach of the team

Mumbai Indians started their campaign slowly scoring just 80/3 in 14 overs against KKR. Rohit (98*) and Anderson's fifty accelerated the score and MI scored 88 runs in the last 6 overs. KKR, however, chased the target with ease

The top order struggle continued in the KXIP game as well. Harbhajan's 64 of 24 helped MI reduce the losing margin to just 18 runs, after they MI were 60/6 in 14 overs chasing 178 (scoring 99 in last 6 overs)

Finch's injury against RR ruled him out of the IPL. Another top order failure, followed by Pollard and Anderson's fifties, wasn't good enough as MI lost their third game as well

MI finally got a respectable total against CSK, but Smith and McCullum's 109 run opening stand in just 44 balls gave MI thier 4th loss of the season, and also their worst streak of 4 losses against CSK

At Chinnaswamy, Mumbai piled up 209, with fifties from Unmukt Chand and Simmons, and Rohit's classy 42(15). Debutant Hardik slammed 2 sixes in the last over

Pollard continued his on-field antiques. He taped his mouth when umpire asked him to stay away from chatter

Despite ABD's fighting 41(11), hitting Malinga for 24 runs in 5 balls, and David Wiese's all round performance, MI managed their first win of the tournament

Iyer and Duminy's century stand and Imran Tahir's 3 wicket saw MI facing their 5th loss in 6 games

Malinga's 4 wickets against SRH, and McClenghan's 3 gave MI an important win. Simmons scored a fifty

MI followed up the win with 3 more wins against RR, KXIP and DD. They were functioning as a dominating unit. Rayudu scored a quick fifty against RR, Simmons and Parthiv against KXIP, while Harbhajan bowled a spell of 2/11 in 4 vs DD

Hardik Pandya smashed 3 sixes against Pawan Negi in the 19th over to pull of a win against CSK after a minor slump. The 5 wins in a row put MI back in the qualification race

ABD's masterclass 133* along with Kohli's 82* halted Mumbai's winning streak. The only team which MI beat towards the start, became the only team that could now beat MI

Hardik Pandya's 61*(31) along with Pollard's death bowling gave MI a victory against KKR for the first time since 2013. MI just needed to win the next game to qualify

The DD-RCB game got washed out, meaning that RCB finished with 16 points, and a win against SRH would take MI to 16 as well. Despite RCB's Net Run Rate being far superior, MI would be given the priority as MI would have 8 wins, while RCB would have 7 wins and 2 washouts

A win would give MI the second position, and a loss would mean elimination. The Sunrisers were completely overpowered and MI were all set to play the Qualifier 1

The in form unit went on to seal the Qualifier as well with hardly any resistance from the table toppers CSK. MI looked unbeatable at that point, and were playing a whole new brand of cricket with a side featuring hardly any big names

In the finals, Mumbai lost Parthiv early, as a direct hit from Faf du Plessis sent him back

Rohit looked in brilliant touch and hit an upper cut for a six early on. Rohit and Simmons put on a century stand, with Simmons scoring 68 and Rohit scored 50(26)

Pollard and Rayudu did the finishing job and the bowling unit never gave CSK the chance of chasing MI's 202. Mumbai Indians were the two time IPL Champions

Rohit Sharma led a team of young players (Hardik, Suchith), and players past their prime (Harbhajan, Parthiv) and those who were ignored by their national sides (McClenaghan, Simmons, Rayudu, Vinay Kumar) along with team legends Pollard and Malinga to script one of the best comebacks in the history

The win highlighted the importance of having a good team management, support staff and captaincy

The defending champions didn't tweak much at auction, except for buying Jos Buttler. Tim Southee was bought as Malinga missed the whole season due to injury

Hardik Pandya's elder brother Krunal Pandya was purchased too, for 2 crores

The season started with a loss against debutants Rising Pune Supergiants. The top order faltered and Harbhajan was the top scorer. 4 of the Pune bowlers picked a wicket off the first ball of their spell

Rohit Sharma had taken up the opening duties for the season, and delivered with 84* vs KKR, registering team's first win of the season, at the Eden Garden

Mitchell McClenaghan was sent at no.4 for some pinch hitting. He delivered with 3 quick sixes

Mumbai Indians lost their next two games to Gujarat Lions and SRH owing to batting performances of Finch (67*) and Warner (90*) respectively

Kohli and ABD were in top form that season, but Krunal Pandya got both of them out and Rohit's fifty sealed the game for MI

With 14 needed of 4 against DD, Rohit collided with Hardik while running a two. He fell on the ground and Morris ran him out on 65. MI lost their 4th game in the first 6

Parthiv Patel's career best 81 gave MI a comfortable win against KXIP

Pollard slammed a 17 ball fifty against KKR, and Rohit Sharma scored another fifty

Harbhajan and Rayudu had a small on field tiff after the former scolded the latter for a lousy fielding effort

Rohit Sharma's 85* vs RPS was his 4th fifty and 3rd Man of the match in just 5 games. MI went on a one week break with 5 wins in 9 games

Due to the drought situation in Maharashtra, the last 3 home games of Mumbai were moved from the Wankhede to Vizag

The new venue didn't turn out lucky for the team as they suffered two losses that week at the venue. First they were bowled out for 92 against SRH, followed by a damp outing vs KXIP where they scored just 124 and lost

Between the two losses, MI managed to beat RCB for the second time. MI was the only team against whom Kohli couldn't score a fifty, or RCB couldn't win that season

Having scored just 37 run in 10 matches, strike rate in 60s, and picking just 3 wicekts at an economy rate more than 9, Hardik Pandya was clearly struggling in the season, and hence was benched

Krunal Pandya won another man of the match award after the RCB game, for his destructive 86(37) vs DD as MI notched up 206 for an easy win

After notching up a fifty, Krunal dedicated it to his younger brother Hardik, trying to give a message that the days are hard for him, with Krunal getting more preference, but the good days will be back and the brothers will play together again

In a must win game against Gujarat Lions, a young Nitish Rana scored 70

However, Gujarat comfortably won the game, and the Mumbai Indians failed to make it to playoffs first time since 2009

The season in all was bleak, and despite picking form in the middle, the change of venue resulted into and anti-climatic finish

Krunal Pandya was the find of the season, with crucial breakthroughs and averaged 39 with the bat

Mumbai Indians didn't have much boxes to tick ahead of the auction. The big Indian buys were Karn Sharma and Krishnappa Gowtham. Mitchel Johnson joined the team again after 2013

The season started for Mumbai Indians with a last over loss against the Rising Pune Supergiant, with their new skipper scoring 84*, hitting 2 sixes against Pollard in the last over. Pollard didn't bowl in the IPL ever again

In the game against RPS, MI's key player Ambati Rayudu suffered a groin injury and had to miss 4-5 weeks of the IPL

MI bounced back with 2 wins. Nitish Rana and Hardik starred in the KKR chase, chasing 60 off the last 4 overs, while Bumrah's bowling was the key against SRH

After RCB managed just 142 on the board, Samuel Badree's hattrick reduced MI to 7/4. Rohit Sharma scored just 9 runs in his first 4 innings

Pollard's 70 brought MI out of the trouble and Pandya brothers sealed the 3rd win of MI

After a chilled victory over GL, MI managed to chase 199 against KXIP in just the 16th over despite Amla's century. Hardik Pandya was not out in all the 6 games so far

McClenaghan picked 3 wickets to dismantle the top order, and DD were down to 24/6 before Rabada (44) and Morris (52*) reduced the losing margin. 6th consecutive win for MI

Mumbai Indians lost to RPS again, in the last over, breaking their winning streak on Sachin's birthday

MI played their first super over against the Gujarat Lions. MI lost both their wickets in 5 balls at 11. Bumrah bowled a no ball, a wide, and there were also byes and leg byes in the super over, but just 6 runs. Krunal's all round performance in the game won him the MoM award

Krunal Pandya dismissed ABD for the 4th time in 4 games, and celebrated it evidently. MI won on the back of a composed Rohit Sharma fifty

Krunal Pandya suffered a back injury while fielding. When he came back to bat, Virat Kohli unnecesarily hurled the ball at the stumps forcing Krunal to dive to make his ground, and in process he hurt his back again and had to be ruled out for the next 3 games

Simmons re-entry powered the team further. They registered the biggest win in IPL history, by 146 runs (212/3 vs 66 all out). Simmons and Pollard scored fifties, Karn and Harbhajan picked 3 wickets each, and Malinga 2/5. MI qualified for the playoffs and almost sealed the top position in the table, even though there were 3 games to go

MI lost against SRH, where Rohit scored 67 out of team's 138. In the next game, KXIP set a huge target of 231 thanks to Saha's 93

Against KXIP, MI scored their highest team total in history, 223/6, but still lost by 7 runs. Martin Guptill took an excellent catch to dismiss Simmons, who scored a fifty and shared a quick 99 run opening stand with Parthiv. Hardik hit 4 sixes in his knock of 30 while Karn Sharma also chipped in with the bat

Pollard, despite standing tall till the end scoring a fifty, failed to chase 9 off 4 balls. A slight controversy was Pollard purposely running short to get back on strike, at a cost of one run

Assured of topping the table, MI made 6 changes to the squad. Rayudu and Johnson were 2 of the changes, who played the final in place of regulars Rana and McClenaghan

KKR failed to chase 50 off 44, thanks to amazing death bowling by Hardik and Johnson. Rayudu scored 63 on his comeback, and Saurabh Tiwary playing his only game, scored 52. They finished at the top comfortably

Karn Sharma, who was Krunal's injury replacement, had impressed with his performance. With Krunal back into the side, MI took the bold decision of dropping veteran Harbhajan Singh from the Playing XI

Rising Pune Supergant asserted their dominance in the Qualifier 1, beating the Mumbai Indians for the third time in the season. Washington Sundar picked 3/16

Karn Sharma spell of 4/16, and Bumrah chipping in with 3/7, bundled KKR up for 107, giving MI an easy entry into the finals

In the final against the Rising Pune Supergiant, both the openers departed in the third over, while rest of the top order couldn't convert start either. MI were 79/7 in 14 overs

Krunal Pandya's crucial knock of 47 took Mumbai Indians to a total of a paltry 129

Between his batting and captaincy, Rohit Sharma managed a nap in the dugout in the latter half of the MI innings

Rahane in IPL 2017: vs MI - 198 runs in 4 matches, vs other teams - 184 runs in 12 matches. His composed knock of 44 ensured RPS were easily chasing off the target. However, Mumbai's bowling got tighter after Rahane's wicket, conceding just 14 runs in next 21 balls

With 45 needed off 28, RPS started speeding up and lost wickets in the process. Bumrah got Dhoni out on just 10. Powred by Smith's fifty, RPS needed 11 off the last over to be bowled by Mitchell Johnson

After a first ball four by Manoj Tiwary, Johnson got Tiwary and Smith out in the next 2 balls. Dan Christian had to score 4 off the last ball, but while running for the third, SUndar got run out and MI clinched the title by a single run

Topping the table and winning the title made it a perfect season for MI. The 2017 trophy just reinforced Rohit's image as a leader, especially his calm approach in the final defending just 129. The trophy made Mumbai Indians the most succesful team in IPL history

Rohit Sharma made his International captaincy debut in December 2017, and scored his third double century and Fastest T20I century in that series

After his 9 years as MI fielding coach, Jonty Rhodes decided to retire from his job to focus on his family. As a gesture to thank the importance of this country in his life, he named his daughter 'India'

Mumbai Indians retained Rohit Bumrah and Hardik, and bought back Pollard and Krunal using the Right To Match Card

Rayudu and Harbhajan were purchased by CSK, hence breaking the core team of the Mumbai Indians

Ishan Kishan was purchased for a heavy 6.2 cr, while Krunal was the costliest uncapped player. They also managed to get Evin Lewis, Mustafizur, Ben Cutting, and ex MI players like Duminy, Tare, Tiwary and Suryakumar Yadav

Cummins and Behrendorff were also purchased, but couldn't play because of injuries. Mitchell McClenaghan was back as the replacement of Behrendorff

MI continued their tradition of launching a young player every year with Markande. He picked 3 wickets on his debut and CSK faltered in their chase in the opening game of IPL 2018

With 47 needed of 18, Bravo attacked Mitch Mc and Bumrah on his way to 68(30), scoring 20 in each over. After his wicket, an injured Kedar Jadhav came back to chase 7 of 6 balls, hitting a six against Mustafizur, and CSK won their comeback game

MI suffered another loss by one wicket in their second game, this time on the last ball against SRH. In the next game vs DD, Rohit gave his opening position to Suryakumar Yadav, who put on a century opening stand long with Evin Lewis, scoring 84 runs in the powerplay. However, MI faced another last ball defeat

Mumbai Indians finally got their first win of the season on the back of Rohit's 94 against RCB. He came in to bat after Umesh Yadav picket 2 wickets on the first 2 balls of the innings

Ishan Kishan was hit on the eye with a bail. Aditya Tare took over the gloves

Mumbai Indians' last over misery continued as Gowtham's 33*(11) helped RR seal a win with 2 balls to spare. Surya and Kishan scored fifties for MI

MI finally seemed to regroup as a team as they bowled out SRH for 118, only to get bundled out for 87 themselves, their joint lowest total in the IPL. This was their 5th loss in 6 games. Rashid was the man of the match in both the wins against MI

Kieron Pollard was removed from the playing XI on the eve of the CSK game as he managed just 63 runs in 6 innings. JP Duminy replaced him

Rohit's fifty gave MI an important victory against CSK. He hit 4 fours in the penultimate over, and also hit a one hand six against Watson. They lost the next game though, their only loss against RCB since 2015

MI got back to winning ways with wins against KXIP and KKR. Suryakumar Yadav hit fifties in both these games, Krunal finished the game against Punjab, while Hardik's all round efforts vs KKR won the game for MI

Playing KKR again within 3 days, MI piled up 210, and beat KKR by 102 runs to bring up their 5th win in 11 games, and ensuring they never fall short on NRR. Ishan Kishan equalled Pollard's record of fastest fifty by an MI batsman in his innings of 62(21)

Buttler's 94* broke Mumbai's winning momentum, making the game against KXIP a virtual knockout. Rohit got out on a duck in both the games against RR

Pollard made a come back to the side against Punjab in the second last game, and scored an emotional fifty

Rahul almost kicked MI out of the tournament with his 94, but Bumrah (3/15) got him out just in time and MI lived to see another day

Rohit Sharma injured his hand while fielding in the last game. Pant's 64 guided them to 174, and chasing that with an injured Rohit was going to be tough

Amit Mishra spun a web, picking 3/19, and with Lamichhane and Harshal picking 3 each, MI crashed out of the tournament

Rohit Sharma had a disappointing season with the bat, failing to score 300 runs in a season for the first time in his career

Suryakumar Yadav was the biggest positive of the season, scoring 512 runs. Promoting him as an opener was a succesful tactical move. Ishan Kishan and Markande were the other youngsters who delievered

Mumbai Indians got Quinton de Kock through the trade window before the auctions

Lasith Malinga entered the auctions again after being MI's bowling mentor in the previous season. MI used up their only overseas slot buying him for his base price of 2cr

In order to prepare for the upcoming World Cup, Rohit Sharma decided to open the batting for MI in the 2019 edition. This was only the second season, after 2016, that Rohit would play as full time opener

Rishabh Pant's 78*(27) included some outrageous shots, even against Bumrah. MI continued their tradition of losing the season opener for 7th time in a row

Shivam Dube could get just a single with 7 required off the last ball. However, it was later found out that the Malinga had overstepped

After a loss against KXIP, Hardik Pandya shone against CSK with both the bat (25* of 8) and the ball (3/20)

The Mumbai batting struggled against SRH and Pollard's lone 46*(26) managed to take the team to a still below par 136

In absence of Malinga, Alzarri Joseph had a dream debut bagging the best figures in IPL history (6/12), bowling the Sunrisers out for 96

Rohit Sharma missed his only IPL game for Mumbai Indians. Pollard was the stand in captain, while Siddhesh Lad got to play his only game in 5 years. He started his IPL career with a six

KL Rahul completed his century which he missed a year back at the Wankhede, scoring 265 runs in his last 3 innings vs MI (staying unbeaten twice). MI looked struggling on their way to a chase of 198, needing 54 of 24 with Pollard being the last recognized batsman

The skipper Kieron Pollard scored 41 of the next 50 runs that he was on the crease, getting out with 4 needed of 5, which was finished off by Alzarri calmly. Pollard's innings of 83(31) included 10 sixes and just 3 fours

Buttler's 89 trumped de Kock's 81 as RR continued their dominance over MI

Hardik sealed the game smashing 22 runs off Pawan Negi, giving 2015 flashbacks. MI also beat Delhi Capitals in the next game

A calculated chase by 17 year old Riyan Parag and Steve Smith resulted in MI's 4th consecutive loss against RR

Rohit Sharma found his form against CSK, scoring a fifty after 16 innings

Hardik's 91(34) couldn't help MI cross the line and KKR beat MI for the first time since 2015. Russell scored 80 off 40 balls. This turned out to be MI's last loss of the season, making this the only season where MI didn't lose 2 back to back games

Manish Pandey hit a six with 7 required off the last ball. Mumbai Indians won their second ever Super Over with ease as Bumrah conceded just 8 and Hardik hit a six

With an easy win against KKR, MI topped the table for a record 3rd time in the IPL history

MI continued their winning momentum beating Chennai in Chennai in Qualifier 1. MI played with just 3 overseas players, to accomodate Jayant Yadav on a slow pitch

Mumbai Indians put up a sub-par 149 on the board in the finals. CSK kept MI under a check with consistent good bowling

CSK started well, but lost the track in between. Dhoni's run out was a close affair and a big blow for them

Shane Watson, who was bleeding of an injury, played another responsible knock of 80 in this final, after a century against SRH in the 2018 Final. He smashed 3 sixes off Krunal in the 18th over

With just 9 to defend of the last over, Lasith Malinga displayed the importance of experience. He got Shardul Thakur trapped LBW of the last ball, with 2 required, and MI won another final by just 1 run

Mumbai Indians had a dream season, topping the table, beating rivals CSK 4/4 times, and winning the trophy for a record 4th time

Just like every year, Mumbai started their season early in the trade window itself, when they roped in the World No.1 ODI bowler Trent Boult from Delhi Capitals

With no need to alter the 2019 winning combination, Mumbai didn't go hard in the auctions. They bought Chris Lynn for his base price of 2cr, though he didn't play a single game the whole season

Lasith Malinga chose to opt out of the season. James Pattinson was called in as his replacement

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the season was shifted to UAE. Mumbai were scheduled to play 8 games in Abu Dhabi, 3 in Dubai and 3 in Sharjah

Rohit Sharma hit a cover drive for a four on the first ball of the IPL, as cricket resumed after 6 months

However, MI hardly played to their full potential, and continued their tradition of losing the first game of the season for 8th time in a row. Rayudu 71, Faf 58*

Eden or no Eden, Rohit smashed his favorite opponents KKR. His innings of 80 helped MI secure an easy win

Hardik Pandya's back injury prevented him from bowling a single ball the whole season. This prompted Pollard to take up bowling for MI again, after three and half years. He picked Nitish Rana's wicket

In reply to RCB's 201, MI struggled and lost their 4th wicket in the 12th over with 78 on the board. After missing the first two games, Kishan rose up to the occasion and scored 99 on his comeback

The 119 run partnership in just 8.3 overs between Kishan and Pollard helped MI take the game to the super over, even when 80 runs were required off the last 4 overs. Pollard hit a four with 5 required off the last ball after Kishan's dismissal

MI managed just 7 in the super over, and despite Bumrah's efforts, ABD and Kohli chased it off with a four on the last ball. MI lost a super over for the first time in their history

After Rohit scored 70 vs KXIP, the power engine of Pollard and Pandya smashed 67 in last 23 balls to secure a comfortable win. The third member of the power engine, Krunal Pandya, hit 20 off 4 balls in the next game against SRH to take MI past 200 at Sharjah

Quinton de Kock found his form against SRH while Boult got into the grove as well MI won two games in a row

After a bitter sweet start against RR, SuryaKumar Yadav's 79* helped them beat Rajasthan Royals for the first time after 5 years, 5 months and 5 days. He took over Jofra Archer in that innings

The battle between two strongest teams of the tournament turned out to be pretty on sided as QDK and SKY smashed fifties against the Delhi Capitals

After being reduced to 61/5, KKR scraped to 148. Another fifty for QDK , who walked out to bat in his training pants, sealed the 5th consecutive win for the table topppers

De Kock's third consecutive fifty bailed MI out of trouble after being 38/3. He became the third MI player after Sachin and Rohit to score 4 fifties in 5 games. Pollard chipped in with 34 of just 12 balls to take the total to 176

Rahul was comfortably guiding KXIP to a win, but MI took the game to a Super Over with superb death bowling. The afternoon game between KKR and SRH had also gone to the Super Over

Bumrah cleared KXIP out for just 5 runs, picking 2 wickets (having already picked 3 more in the match). However, in reply, Shami bowled an overful of perfect Yorkers, and MI also managed to get just 5 runs

For the first time in history of cricket, a second Super Over was played. KXIP chased MI's 11 to finally win the game and end MI's winning streak. Mayank saved a six off the last ball of the MI over

Rohit's hamstring injury sprung up again after the KXIP game. Pollard was handed over the captaincy in his absence, while Kishan took the opening spot. Saurabh Tiwary, who had replaced Kishan in his absence, came back into the playing XI again

Boult and Bumrah's fiery bowling shattered CSK to 3/4. QDK and his new opening partner Kishan chased CSK's 114 within 12 overs, without losing a wicket

Hardik Pandya's monstrous 60*(21) took MI to 195 after an average start. However, they were outplayed by Ben Stokes' unbeaten 107 and a fifty by Samson

Hardik Pandya took the knee to support the Black Lives Matter movement after his fifty against RR. Kieron Pollard appreciated the gesture from the dugout

Before the RCB game, the Indian squad for the Australian tour was announced. Rohit was excluded from the national slide, citing injury reasons, while Suryakumar Yadav, who was expecting a national call up owing to his form and consistency over the past 3 domestic seasons, didn't get selected either. MI posted a video of Rohit in nets immediately after the announcement

Suryakumar Yadav guided MI to a win against Kohli's RCB, scoring 79*. He had a stare-off with Kohli on the pitch, with obvious reference to the national team selection, and also did a Calma calma celebation after hitting the winnings runs. Earlier, Pollard got ABD's wicket off a full toss

Boult and Bumrah picked 3 wickets each as Delhi could get just 110 after 20 overs. MI chased it off easily and sealed the top spot for the second year in a row

Rohit came back from his injury in the SRH game. MI, who had used just 13 players in the tournament so far, decided to rest Boult and Bumrah ahead of the playoffs. SRH managed a 10 wicket win and qualified for the playoffs, while the game was insignificant for MI

The sheer batting strength of Mumbai Indians was on display in the Qualifier 1, where they notched up 200 despite Ashwin dismissing Rohit and Pollard for ducks. Kishan and SKY scored fifties, QDk got 40 while Hardik slammed 37 of just 14

Boult got 2 wickets in the first over, while Bumrah picked 4 wickets as Delhi never seemed to recover from 0/3. MI made it into the finals

Jayant Yadav replaced Rahul Chahar in the finals, a tactical substitution to rope in an off spinner against Dhawan, Hetmyer and Pant. MI had previously used them in Qualifier 1 of 2019, and only two other games, both against Delhi, over the 2 seasons

Boult got Stoinis on the first ball of the final. Iyer and Pant scored fifties after DC faltered to 22/3. MI needed 157 to win

Playing his 200th IPL game, Rohit anchored the chase with a solid 68, and others chipped in as MI comfortably chased the target to win the trophy for the fifth time

Suryakumar Yadav was run out for the third time this season. In all these games, Rohit Sharma was at the other end, and Rohit scored fifties in all the three games

MI stamped their authority as the best ever T20 franchise, but winning the IPL 3 times in 4 years, while topping the table every time

Suryakumar Yadav scored 480 runs in the season, crossing the 400 run mark for three seasons in a row and made himself a strong contender for the Indian team

Ishan Kishan scored 516 runs at an average of 57, and also won the maximum sixes award for hitting 30 sixes in the season

Bumrah and Boult shared 52 wickets amongst themselves and ended up being the second and third leading wicket takers of the season

MI released Coulter-Nile ahead of the auction, freeing up 8cr. They bought him back, along with Milne within nearly the same budget (5+3.2)

After being MI's net bowler for 3 years, Arjun Tendulkar was bought by MI in the auctions for his base price. The other buys included Piyush Chawla and Jimmy Neesham

The 6ft 8 bowler from South Africa, Marco Jansen, was scouted by Parthiv Patel and picked by MI in the auctions. He made his debut in the inaugural game of the season

As the season was to be played at neutral venues, MI played their first 5 games in Chennai. They were unbeaten at Chepauk, their rival's home ground, since 2011

Chris Lynn finally made his debut for MI after being benched for a season, replacing QDK who was in quarantine. He top scored with 49, and also got Rohit run out

Harshal Patel became the first bowler ever to pick a five wicket haul vs MI. RCB chased MI's 159 on the last ball, riding on the back of ABD's 48

Apart from SKY's 56 and Rohit's 43, no MI batsman could read the Chepauk pitch. MI lost 10 wickets for the first time since 2018, and Russell picked 5/15. MI 152 vs KKR

Russell's fortunes changed completely when he came to bat, and MI didn't shy away from putting in an aggressive fielding. KKR failed to chase 31 of 31, losing by 10 runs

Rohit Sharma bowled in IPL for the first time since 2014. He twisted his leg in the run up to the first ball itself, but bowled a decent over, producing a keeper's catch chance on the first ball

Mumbai's batting struggles continued on the slow pitch, and Pollard's sixes off the last two balls took them to 150. Barstow and Warner scored a majority of runs in the powerplay itself. Bairstow was hit wicket and Warner run out

Rahul Chahar, who picked 4 wickets in 4 overs vs KKR, picked 3 more against SRH, playing a huge role in restricting them from chasing 86 runs in 80 balls, winning by 13

A funny moment in the MI SRH game was when Boult tripped on the field trying to save a boundary, and looked like a swimmer trying to save himself from drowning. It gave a huge opportunities to memers, as Neesham himself tweeted about it, telling the users to send him the best Boult falling GIF, while Krunal's reaction prompted a few more memes

Mumbai tried to make a match out of a paltry 137, but Delhi chased it off in the final over

After playing cruicial knocks every game on the sticky wicket, Rohit finally got his first fifty in the last game at Chepauk. PBKS chased 131 comfortably, giving MI their 3rd loss in 5 games

Quinton de Kock finally found his form back, scoring an unbeaten 70 chasing RR's 171 succesfully at Delhi

A snorter from Morris hit Pollard's helmet so hard, that is went on to the boundary. Pollard guided the ball to the boundary by his hand actions 60 meters away

After fifties from Faf and Moeen, Rayudu's 72*(27) not only broke MI's hopes, but also the fridge in the dugout. CSK piled up 218 despite Pollard's 2/12 in 2 overs in the middle

Pollard played the knock of his lifetime, 87*(34), to bring up MI's first successful 200+ run chase on the last ball. Rohit, QDK, Krunal and Hardik all made important contributions

Ahead of the MI SRH game, Wriddhiman Saha tested positive for COVID. A few other cases inside the bio bubbles made BCCI suspend the IPL undefinitely. MI's campaign halted at 4 wins and 3 losses

A window between the England Tour and WT20 2021 was finalised for IPL. MI and CSK met in the season opener. Rohit Sharma missed the game coming back from a successful tour. MI got CSK 24/4 with Milne and Boult picking 2 wickets each

However, Ruturaj Gaikwad (88*) took CSK to 156/6 after a decent partnership with Jadeja. MI lost the match by 20 runs

MI's struggles with the bat continued against KKR too, and fifties from Venkatesh Iyer and Rahul Tripathi gave KKR a win, taking the head to head count to 22-7

In a desperate need for a win, MI restricted RCB to 165 after a fifty from Maxwell. Things looked smooth till a shot from Kishan hit Rohit, with the score at 79/1 in 9 overs

MI collapsed and lost 9 wickets for just 32 runs, with Harshal Patel picking a hattrick. Maxwell picked 2, while Chahal picked 3 wickets. MI now had 4 wins and 6 losses

Mumbai took a bold call of dropping Kishan, and replaced him with Saurabh Tiwary. He delivered with 45 against PBKS, and Hardik Pandya found some form too

Kieron Pollard won the Man of the Match award after bowling just 6 balls (2-8) and batting just 7 balls (15*). He also completed 300 wickets getting the wicket of Gayle and KL Rahul

On a tricky Sharjah wicket, Mumbai managed just 129 runs, and despite taking the second innings till the last over, MI lost against the Table toppers Delhi after some resilience from Ashwin and Iyer

MI played a virtual knockout against RR, and managed to bowl them out for just 90. They chased the target in just 8.2 overs, with Ishan Kishan returning as an opener replacing Quinton de Kock

After KKR crushed RR, MI needed a 170 run win against SRH to qualify, as their NRR was way below KKR, despite recovering a chunk of it against RR. If MI were made to chase, they'd have been eliminated at the toss itself

MI won the toss and elected to bat in an attempt to give it everything. The two talents nurtured by MI over the last 4 years gave the perfect payoff, as Ishan Kishan scored 84 of just 32 balls and Suryakumar Yadav scored 82 of just 40 balls

Despite notching their highest ever score of 235, MI couldn't achieve the seemingly impossible target of bowling SRH out below 65. However, they ended the season on a winning note

This was the last time we saw probably the greatest T20 team of all time. MI finished 5th yet again, as had been the case since 2015 where they either won the trophy or finished 5th

As the mega auction arrived, MI had to let go of the greatest T20 team ever assembled. Only Rohit, Bumrah, SKY and Pollard could be retained

With Hardik drafted in by GT, MI were hell bent on getting at least Kishan back. They let go of first 30+ players in the auction till they got their first buy, Kishan. First player in history for which MI spent more than 9cr in an auction

The season was going to be played entirely in Mumbai and Pune to reduce travel with COVID still around. This was a good opportunity for MI fans to watch the maximum number of MI games

Buying Jofra at 8cr was a big gamble, knowing that he will miss the whole season. MI's auction report card, and subsequent season depended on how their two main buys - Tilak Varma and Tim David performed

MI's season started like every other - with a loss from a good position. Kishan's 81 took MI to 177, and Thampi's 3 wickets reduced Delhi to 104/6 in 13.2, but Axar and Lalit chased down the remaining 74 runs in just 5 overs

After Buttler's century gave MI their obvious second loss against mighty RR, MI bottled another game from a winning position with Pat Cummins scoring the fastest IPL fifty in 14 balls, hitting 35 runs off a Daniel Sams over

Things went worse vs RCB, as MI collapsed to 79/6 vs RCB and eventually lost. PBKS piled 198 against MI in the next game

However, MI replied well with Dewald Brevis hitting 28 runs off a Rahul Chahar over, with 4 sixes. MI needed less than 10 RPO with 7 overs to go, but a series of comical run outs gave MI their 5th loss

MI equalled the record for most losses at the start of the season with their sixth loss against LSG, owing to a KL Rahul century. To make sure they didn't create the unique record, they had to face CSK in the next game, who themselves had a poor season with 5 losses in 6 games so far

After both our openers departed for ducks, and some more regular wickets, MI stabilised their way to 155, with Tilak scoring 51*. Daniel Sams got a couple of early wickets too, and MI managed to put CSK in a tough position

With CSK needing 16 in 4 balls, Dhoni finished the game off vs Unadkat with 6,4,2,4. MI registered their 7th loss

After another KL Rahul century, MI extended their losing streak to 8 matches. They were now going to face RR, placed second on the table with 6 wins in 8 games

Despite Buttler hitting Shokeen for 4 sixes in a row, and Shokeen giving him a sendoff after getting him out, RR managed to score just 158 in the match dedicated to RR legend Shane Warne

Without any unnecessary flare and fuss, MI chased down the target with sensible batting from SKY, Tilak, Kishan and a Tim David finish on his comeback. Finally a win after 8 losses, on captain's birthday

After beating the second placed team, MI now faced the table toppers GT, who put MI to bat first. MI had to defend 177 against a team that had never failed to chase a target ever

Despite a 106 run opening stand, MI managed to pull things back and choke GT. With 9 needed off last over against in form Miller Tewatia and Rashid, Daniel Sams bowled beautifully and MI won by 5 runs

Despite Bumrah picking 5/10 and restricting KKR to 165, MI lost to KKR for the second time in the season (first time since 2014). Bumrah became the first MI player to win POTM in a losing cause

SKY's season ended before the KKR game as he was diagnosed with sports hernia. MI signed Akash Madhwal as his replacement

Kieron Pollard had a poor season with an average of just 14.4 and SR of 107. MI stuck by him, but with the season out of hand, Pollard decided to rest ahead of the CSK game, on his birthday and 3rd anniversary of the 2019 final, making way for Tristan Stubbs

In the second leg of El Clasico, MI bowled CSK out for 97 (at a point 39/6) and chased the target off easily, despite an initial hiccup of being 33/4. Daniel Sams got 3 wickets, and combined 7 wickets across both the CSK games. Conway couldn't review an umpiring mistake due to electricity issues at Wankhede

SRH piled 193 against MI. The chase looked on track before MI lost both the openers in 40s. MI needed 45 in 18 balls at a point

Tim David gave the flashbacks of the 2013 Pollard vs SRH game by hitting Natarajan for 4 sixes in an over, but got run out on the last ball. Needing 19 in 12, Bhuvi bowled a maiden, and MI fell 3 runs short

Mayank Markande had a homecoming in the SRH game and Sanjay Yadav also got a game. MI played 22 of their 25 members that season, with everyone apart from Rahul Buddhi, Aryan Juyal and Arjun Tendulkar getting a game. Desparate times

A wooden spoon was almost confirmed for MI, unless they won by 90+ runs. However, RCB had stakes in the game, as they needed MI to win vs DC for them to qualify. This was the reverse of 2018, where MI faced a bottom placed Delhi needing to qualify, and DD won

Rohit, however, treated the DC game normally, trying his best to give chances to new players. After DC were 50/4, Rohit experimented various things, including Ramandeep Singh bowling 2 overs. As the season ended, Ramandeep had 6 wickets in 6 overs and was groomed as a power hitter. Rohit himself scored 2(13) chasing 160

Brevis, an ABD fan, and Tim David, an ex-RCBian, made sure MI and RCB cross the line

With just 8 points, MI finished last in the points table for the first time ever, tied with CSK on points, but lower NRR. This was the third time that Dhoni's team finished second last in last 7 years, but survived the last spot yet again

The season ended with a few positives for MI. We invested in young players, like Tilak, Brevis, Stubbs, Shokeen, Ramandeep, and mainly, Kumar Kartikeya, a mystery spinner who joined as a replacement

Biggest positive of the season was Tim David, who had knocks of 20*(9), 44*(21), 16*(7) and 34(11) in wins and 46(18) vs SRH

Ahead of the auctions, Pollard announced his retirement from the IPL. He said that he would rather retire than playing for any other team

With Bumrah injured, and Jofra still unavailable, MI needed to go for fast bowlers in the auction. Preferably, MI also needed a replacement for Pollard. As a solution to this, MI went for Cameron Green for 17.5cr (the second highest bid ever) hoping to cover both the roles

Fast bowling stock was replenished with Duan Jansen, the twins brother of ex-MI find Marco, and Jhye Richardson, who unfortunately got injured. Piyush Chawla was back. MI mostly relied on their 2022 team's core to do better

2023 marked a significant moment in franchise cricket history, as the IPL franchises decided to make bids for team in other T20 leagues

MI's team in SA20 League was called MI Cape Town. MI's marquee picks were Rashid, Rabada, Brevis, Curran, Livingstone and wild card pick Jofra. They got Rassie van der Dussen in the auction

Despite boasting of a star studded lineup, MI Cape Town finished at the bottom of the table with 3 wins in 10 games

The ILT20 team was named MI Emirates. Led by Nicholas Pooran, the team also had Pollard, Bravo, Boult and Imran Tahir. They finished 3rd that season with 5 wins in the group stage. Muhammad Waseem won the best UAE player award

After years of efforts for a women's T20 league, Women's Premier League was finally inaugurated in 2023. The 5 teams were Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, RCB, UP Warriorz and Gujarat Giants

MI's first pick in the auction was the Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. We also picked the World no.1 allrounder Haley Matthews, England veteran Nat Sciver-Brunt and a gun youngster Amelia Kerr. Other Indian national players included Yastika Bhatia and Pooja Vastrakar

In the inaugural game of the season, MI played GG. Captain Harmanpreet top scored with 65(30), including 7 fours in a row, and MI piled up 207, getting GG bowled out for just 64

MI followed the win by 4 more comfortable wins, dominating the tournament. Saika Ishaque was the star find for MI, picking 12 wickets in the first 4 games. While Saika donned the purple cap, Haley donned the Orange. MI bowling clicked, picking 45 wickets in 5 games

MI's first roadblock of the season came when they bundled for 127 against UP Warriorz. They eventually lost in the 20th over

MI followed it up with a huge loss against Delhi Capitals, who displaced MI from the top spot with a 9-over chase. Despite the win vs RCB in the last league game, MI missed out on the top spot and a direct entry to the final

MI faced UPW in the Semi final at DY Patil stadium. They had a slow starts, being 69-2 in 9 overs, before Nat Sciver Brunt clutched with a 72*(38), taking MI to 182

UPW never got going with the chase. Issy Wong finished UP's hopes with a hattrick - a feat none of the MI men's bowler could achieve since 15 years

DC elected to bat first in the final at Brabourne, but the top order kept losing wickets. From 73-3, DC collapsed to 79-9, with Hayley bowling unreal figures of 4-2-5-3

Before the final began, 4 MI bowlers occupied the spots 2-5 in the purple cap race. Hayley jumped from 5th spot to displace Sophie Ecclestone to win the Purple Cap. Hayley was the Orange Cap holder in the first half of the tournament

Delhi's last wicket pair of Radha Yadav and Shikha Pandey added 52 runs in last 4 overs to take DC to a respectable 131. DC also managed to get the MI openers out early to make a strong comeback

Harmanpreet steadied the ship with a 37(39) before getting run out, with 36 still needed in 23 balls. Nat Sciver Brunt was taking her time as well, batting on 28(38) at a point

Nat Sciver ended up with 60*(55), including the winning scoop shot, while Kerr helped with a couple of timely boundaries. MI won the inaugural WPL

MI's men team, who had arrived in Mumbai for practice already, made sure to be present at Brabourne to cheer the girls as they lifted the trophy

Back to the Men's tournament, 2023 introduced the impact player rule, giving every team effectively one added batter. MI spotted Nehal Wadhera to fill that role in most games. Nehal's claim to fame was scoring 578 runs in a district level game, and was a clean hitter

Rohit started the new season where he left the last season, ending up at 1(10). MI were 48/4 in 9 overs, before Tilak Varma rescued them to 171, scoring 84*(46). RCB chased the target easily in the 17th over for their 4th consecutive win vs MI

MI started the CSK game with a 61 run powerplay, but Jadeja 3/20 triggered a collapse and restricted MI to 157. Rahane killed the game with 61(27) on his CSK debut at his home ground

Looking for their first win, DC folded for 172, losing their last 5 wickets for just 7 runs. Rohit scored his first fifty after 25 innings, and MI were chasing it comfortably, till it suddenly became 18 needed in 9 balls

Tim David and Cam Green capped the chase off succesfully to give MI their first 2 points. He put a funny post the next day

To celebrate the WPL win, the MI Men's team wore the WPL theme jersey on ESA matchday vs KKR

SKY captained MI against KKR as Rohit chose not to field in a hot afternoon game and just bat as the impact player instead. Shokeen got Rana out and that led to a small tiff between the two Delhi boys

Before Venky Iyer arrived, MI had a 22-6 record vs KKR, which became 22-9. As usual Venky performed against MI, while becoming only the second ever KKR centurion after McCullum in the IPL opener 2008

Kishan gave a quick start and SKY David finished the chase of 185 within 18 overs. It was the start of an attacking batting chasing template that MI generated in Wankhede games to make up for their toothless bowling

Against SRH, MI promoted Cam Green to his natural position at no.3. He took some time to settle in but ended at 64*(40). MI kept chipping wickets to succesfully defend the total of 192

After 2 years on bench, Arjun Tendulkar finally made his debut in the previous game vs KKR. In the SRH game, he defended 20 off the last over successfully, while taking the wicket of Bhuvi, who has a rare recrod of being the only bowler to dismiss Sachin on a duck in Ranji

MI reduced PBKS to 83/4 and looked all set for their 4th win. But Curran and Harpreet Bhatia tonked Arjun for 31 runs in an over. PBKS finished at 214, scoring 96 in last 5. Jitesh played a blinder (25 in 7 balls)

Fifties from Green and SKY and 44 from Rohit took MI very close to the target. With 16 needed off the last over, Arshdeep broke the stumps of Tilak and Nehal on back to back balls to seal the win for PBKS

MI's misery continued with a loss at Ahmedabad against GT. Nehal Wadhera stepped up with a 40(21) trying to save a drowning ship

Against RR on Rohit's birthday, MI kept chipping wickets, letting no one cross the 20 run mark. Except for Yashasvi Jaiswal, who scored a century to take RR to 212

MI paced the chase very well, just like the PBKS game. But just like the PBKS game, SKY got out to a stunning catch. This time, it was Sandeep Sharma running backwards and diving full length

MI still needed 61 in 26 when Tim David walked in. Needing 17 in the last over, Tim David smashed Holder for three back to back sixes to win MI the game. David finished 45*(14)

MI casually conceded 200+ 4th time in a row in the second leg vs PBKS. Liam Livingstone led with 82*(42). MI were set a target of 215, exact same target which they had at Wankhede vs PBKS

This time, however, MI never let their foot off the pedal. Kishan and SKY scored quick fifties and 170 was up in 15 overs itself. Tilak Varma hit Arshdeep for big sixes, to take the revenge of the broken stumps at Wankhede, and finished the job this time

MI's winning momentum was stopped by their rivals CSK, as MI lost against CSK at Chennai for the first time since 2010. The bright spots of the game were Nehal fighting a lone battle scoring 64 in absence of Tilak

In a season where MI's bowling had constantly disappointed, Piyush Chawla was having a great season. He picked 17 wickets in 10 matches, averaging just 16.5 at an economy of 7.2

Jofra Archer, who was supposed to lead the MI attack this season, could barely play 5 games before withdrawing from the season. He did bowl decently at times, but gave 56 runs at Mohali. Chris Jordan was his replacement

Maxwell and Faf gave a good start to RCB at Wankhede, but the death bowling did well (in their own standards) to restrict RCB to 199. Behrendorff picked 2 wickets in the PP and got the crucial Maxwell wicket later

Following the PBKS chase template, Kishan gave a flying start and SKY built on it with a classic 83(35). Nehal got another fifty, and MI chased 200 for the third time this season to register their first victory vs RCB since 2020

Nehal Wadhera smashed the car in his innings vs RCB. The money generated from the car auction was given to the welfare of a coffee plantation

MI had set a template for batting second, but GT put them in an unfamiliar territory by making them bat first. SKY continued his brilliant form to score the first century by an MI batter since 2014. He went from 50 to 100 in just 17 balls, MI scored 218

Akash Madhwal, who had 3 subpar games to start, picked 3 wickets and GT never got into the chase, being 103/8. With the match way out of reach, Rashid had some fun, scoring 79(32) after picking 4 wickets. MI missed on an NRR boosting opportunity, but continued their feat of never losing after scoring 200

MI never looked out of the chase, but LSG strangled them to register a 5 run win. Yash Thakur and Mohsin bowled really well in death and Tim David couldn't get MI over the line

On the last day of the league stage, MI needed to beat SRH to qualify, and also needed GT to beat RCB. Vivrant and Mayank put up a 140 run stand. Despite that, Madhwal picked 4 wickets to restrict SRH to 200. His back to back yorkers shattering the stumps of Klaasen and Brook was a spectacle

MI had made a habit of 200+ chases, and they chased this target in 18 overs without breaking a sweat. Cam Green got a ton and was supported by captain Rohit with a fifty

Shubman Gill countered Kohli's century with another century and as a result, MI managed to qualify for the playoffs. They were going to face LSG at Chepauk, which suits LSG's playing style

None of the MI batter had a standout performance in the eliminator, except Cam Green getting a quick 41(23), but yet MI managed to put 182 on the board. Naveen and Thakur took 7 wickets amongst them

LSG were 69/2 and well in the chase before Akash Madhwal wreaked havoc. He bowled the best figures in the history of IPL playoffs, picking 5/5. LSG folded for just 101

MI entered the Qualifier 2 giving everyone the hope of another MI-CSK final. The hopes didn't last long once Gill set his foot in. He scored a handsome 129 and GT ended at 233

The target was always tall, but every MI batter gave it their best shot. Tilak Varma scored 43 in just 14 balls, a special innings where he took over Shami and Rashid. But GT kept chipping wickets. MI needed 79 in 34 balls when SKY got out, and Mohit finished the tail with a 5-fer

MI ended their season as the third best team. It was a great achievement after finishing last in the previous season, and further missing Pollard and Bumrah. One of the best captaincy performance by Rohit

The year ended on a good note for MI fans with MI New York winning the inaugural edition of Major League Cricket. MI qualified with just 2 wins in 5 games, but had a speedrun of winning 3 playoff games to clinch the trophy. Nicholas Pooran hit a century in the final

Following India's heartbreak at the WC final, the rumors of Hardik Pandya coming back to MI helped people shift their focus from the loss

The rumors turned out to be true, and Hardik was back at MI. The move made MI stronger on paper, but there was a general anti-Hardik sentiment since his statement last year about MI buying big players

On 15th Dec, MI announced Hardik as the MI captain, replacing Rohit. The move was met with a lot of criticism on social media, with MI losing a million Insta followers

Ahead of the auction, MI had to let go of Green to accomodate Hardik Pandya in the budget. This was the biggest trade deal in the IPL history. MI also had to let go of Jofra, and the Jof-Boom combo could never happen

Amidst the criticism, MI managed to build a decent squad in the auction. Two star pacers of the WC23, Gerarld Coetzee and Dilshan Madhushanka were bagged for less than 10cr combined, and Nabi was picked at base price. A slinger Nuwan Thushara was also purchased

The SA20 season for MI was as disappointing as the previous one, with MI finishing last again, despite Pollard's addition

The MI Emirates on the other hand managed to win the ILT20, giving the MI franchise their 10th trophy overall

At the WPL auctions, MI managed to retain their winning team, and added express pacer Shabnam Ismail to the squad

The inaugural WPL game was played between the finalists MI and DC. Harmanpreet took the game to the last over, but got out leaving 5 needed off the last ball. Sajana Sanjeevan hit the ball for a six to start the season with a win

MI faced RCB again a few days later, in the Eliminator. RCB lost 4 wickets for just 49 runs, and ended up with just 135

In reply, MI seemed well in control of the chase, but Harman got out with 16 still needed off 12 balls. RCB sneaked in a 5 run victory to end MI's run

The main difference between MI's 2023 and 2024 campaign was the form of Hayley, who batted very slow in most game, and lack of contributions from Amelia with both the bat and the ball

A week later, the men's team started their campaign against captain Hardik's former team GT. The Ahmedabad crowd was brutal to Hardik with constant boos right from the toss

Amidst the boos, MI managed to put a great performance, containing GT to just 168. Rohit's quick 43 put MI in a good position

From a point where MI needed 43 in 33 balls, GT managed to strangle the batters and got the equation to 19 needed in 6. Hardik nearly redeemed himself, hitting a six and a four before getting out, and MI fell short by 6 runs

At Hyderabad, Tim David dropped Travis Head's catch early. He made MI pay with some brutal hitting. After he got out, Abhishek took over, and after he got out, Klaasen took over. SRH scored a record total of 277 runs

In reply, MI batters actually managed to score 140 runs within 10 overs. SRH ultimately pulled things back, although MI posted their personal best team total of 246

MI were rolled over by men-in-form RR in their first Wankhede game. The only highlight of the game was the brutal reception by MI crowd to Hardik, so much so that Sanjay Manjarekar had to tell the crowd to behave. Hardik, funnily, was MI's top scorer that day

The ESA day brought some luck for MI finally. The momentum of Rohit's quick 49 was carried forward well, and Romario's 39*(10) meant that MI ended at 234, with 51 runs in last 2 overs. MI got their first win

RCB posted 197 in a hot and cold innings. Bumrah bowled a beauty to get Kohli out, before DK hit Madhwal for continous boundaries behind the stumps

The chase of 197 was completed within 16 overs by Mr.360, giving a throwback to the previous year's MI RCB game

MI and CSK were scheduled to play just one game in 2024. MI started with some economical bowling, but Dhoni's 20*(4) in the end, hitting Hardik for 3 sixes, took CSK to 206

Througout the season, Hardik's captaincy was hated for invalid reasons. However, he really blundered vs CSK. In an attempt to not let Dube face spin, he ended up giving a lot of bowling to a subpar bowler Romario Shepherd, whom Dube happily targeted

In reply, MI started with a good opening stand, but never looked in the chase after SKY got a duck. Rohit scored his second IPL century, and his first instance of staying unbeaten in a losing cause. Pathirana picked 4