All about Mumbai Indians IPL 2021

Mumbai Indians have remained the force to be reckoned with ever since the start of the Indian Premier League. After the slow starts in first couple of seasons, Mumbai Indians invested heavily in their scouting systems globally. First of the franchises to do so and results followed shortly afterwards. They made their first ever final appearance in the 2010 season and won their first IPL title in 2013. In the same year in 2013, they also completed a double by also winning Champions League T20. They haven’t looked back since then and have claimed silverwares pretty regularly. A total of five IPL titles till now only confirm the fact that they have remained far ahead of anyone else.

About Mumbai Indians IPL 2021 Team

The most successful IPL team in the history – Mumbai Indians added some important names in their already strong squad this year. They have all their basis covered with more than enough options in all the departments. With the Indian core of Captain Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan and Jasprit Bumrah already intact, Mumbai Indians only needed some backup options from the auction, which they filled very well. They also have proven match-winners in the likes of Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock and Trent Boult in overseas imports.

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MI Team 2021 Players list

Rohit Sharma would be hoping for a hat-trick of IPL titles from this list of players in IPL 2021:

Rohit Sharma ©, Anmolpreet Singh, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Piyush Chawla, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Quinton de Kock, Ishan Kishan, Marco Jansen, Dhawal Kulkarni, Chris Lynn, Adam Milne, Mohsin Khan, James Neesham, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Anukul Roy, Aditya Tare, Arjun Tendulkar, Saurabh Tiwary, Jayant Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Yudhvir Singh

MI Released Players 2021

Mumbai Indians released some of their players from their last year’s squad before the auction in February. Most of them were fast-bowlers as Mumbai Indians team management looked to free up some of their purse to buy fresh names from the auction pool. Sri Lankan and MI great Lasith Malinga was released from the squad as he had announced his retirement from all forms of the game. Apart from the Sri Lankan, Mitchell McClenaghan, James Pattinson and Nathan Coulter-Nile were released from the squad. A couple of domestic talents in Prince Balwant Rai and Digvijay Deshmukh along with Caribbean Southpaw Sherfane Rutherford were also released before this year’s auction.

MI Retained Players 2021

Mumbai Indians retained most of their title winning squad from the 2020 season. Along with Indians power-house of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah, overseas superstars in Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock and Chris Lynn were retained by Mumbai Indians this year. Here is the full list of retained players by Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan

Mumbai Indians 2021 Captain

Rohit Sharma will continue as the Captain of Mumbai Indians for this season as well. With 5 Championships to his name, there are no reasons to expect any changes at leadership levels in Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma has been at the center of the all the success that Mumbai have achieved so far. From giving them their first title in 2013 in his first year as the captain to winning back to back titles in 2019 & 2020, Rohit Sharma has done it all as the captain.

FAQs

Who is the MI captain in 2021?

Rohit Sharma is the Captain of Mumbai Indians for IPL 2021. Defending Champions would be hoping for the Hat-trick of titles this year after winning in 2019 & 2020 back to back. Mumbai Indians started the season slowly in the first half but came roaring back in their usual fashion in the last couple of games. Currently, they are at the fifth position with 4 wins from 7 matches. With second half of the season being held in UAE, Mumbai Indians would be having happy memories as they won the title there last year comprehensively.

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How many matches MI played 2021?

From the regular set of 14 matches, Mumbai Indians have played 7 matches so far this season. As mentioned earlier, first half of the season was held in India in April while the second half will take place in UAE from September. From those 7 matches, Mumbai have acquired 8 points by winning 4 matches. Their last win came against Chennai Super Kings in an epic run chase at Kotla. Under Rohit Sharma, they will look to peak at the right time by gathering momentum towards backend of the tournament.

Which players did MI buy in 2021?

Mumbai Indians bought a small pool of players from IPL auction 2021. They were already having a strong squad before; hence, they only needed some of the back-ups in case of any injuries. Their highest paid buy at IPL 2021 was Nathan Coulter-Nile for INR 5 Cr. They also bought Adam Milne at INR 3.2 Cr while Piyush Chawla at INR 2.4 Cr. Apart from these names, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen and Arjun Tendulkar were also included in the Mumbai Indians squad from IPL 2021.

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