2015 Mumbai Indians season

Mumbai Indians (MI) is a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2015 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Rohit Sharma.

Mumbai Indians

2015 season
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Captain	Rohit Sharma
Ground(s)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (33,108)
IPL	Champions
Most runs	Lendl Simmons (540)[1]
Most wickets	Lasith Malinga (24)[2]
Most catches	Kieron Pollard (13) Ambati Rayudu (9) [3]
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Parthiv Patel (7)[4]
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The Mumbai Indians reached the final of the 2015 IPL where they beat Chennai Super Kings to win the title.

Squad

• Players with international caps before the start of 2015 IPL are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
5	Aaron Finch[a]	Australia	(1986-11-17)17 November 1986 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox	2015	₹3.2 crore (US$500,000)	Overseas
7	Siddhesh Lad	India	(1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
9	Ambati Rayudu	India	(1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹4 crore (US$620,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
15	Unmukt Chand	India	(1993-03-26)26 March 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	Traded player
45	Rohit Sharma	India	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹12.5 crore (US$1.95 million)	Captain
54	Lendl Simmons	Trinidad and Tobago	(1985-01-25)25 January 1985 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹90 lakh (US$140,000)	Overseas
	Aiden Blizzard	Australia	(1984-06-27)27 June 1984 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2015	₹30 lakh (US$50,000)	Overseas
	Colin Munro	New Zealand	(1987-03-11)11 March 1987 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Alex Hales	England	(1989-01-03)3 January 1989 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Nitish Rana	India	(1993-12-27)27 December 1993 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
All-rounders
19	Shreyas Gopal	India	(1993-09-04)4 September 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
55	Kieron Pollard	Trinidad and Tobago	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹7.5 crore (US$1.17 million)	Overseas/Vice-captain
78	Corey Anderson[b]	New Zealand	(1990-12-13)13 December 1990 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2014	₹4.5 crore (US$700,000)	Overseas
228	Hardik Pandya	India	(1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
Wicket-keepers
27	Aditya Tare	India	(1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 27)	Right-handed		2014	₹1.6 crore (US$250,000)
72	Parthiv Patel	India	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 30)	Left-handed		2015	Traded player
Bowlers
3	Harbhajan Singh	India	(1980-07-03)3 July 1980 (aged 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹9.5 crore (US$1.48 million)
8	Josh Hazlewood[c]	Australia	(1991-01-08)8 January 1991 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹50 lakh (US$80,000)	Overseas
12	Jasprit Bumrah	India	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹1.2 crore (US$190,000)
16	Jagadeesha Suchith	India	(1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
23	Vinay Kumar	India	(1984-02-12)12 February 1984 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	Traded player
30	Pragyan Ojha	India	(1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	₹50 lakh (US$80,000)
33	Pawan Suyal	India	(1989-10-15)15 October 1989 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2014	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
81	Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	(1986-06-11)11 June 1986 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2015	₹30 lakh (US$50,000)	Overseas
90	Marchant de Lange	South Africa	(1990-10-13)13 October 1990 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹30 lakh (US$50,000)	Overseas
99	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	(1983-08-28)28 August 1983 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹5.5 crore (US$860,000)	Overseas
	Abhimanyu Mithun	India	(1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2015	₹30 lakh (US$50,000)
	Akshay Wakhare	India	(1985-10-03)3 October 1985 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹10 lakh (US$20,000)
	Ben Hilfenhaus	Australia	(1983-03-15)15 March 1983 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas

1. ruled out of the season with an injury
2. ruled out of the season with an injury
3. withdrew citing rest before international cricket

IPL

Standings

Mumbai Indians finished second in the league stage of IPL 2015.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.709
2	Mumbai Indians (C)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.043
3	Royal Challengers Bangalore (3)	14	7	5	2	16	1.037
4	Rajasthan Royals (4)	14	7	5	2	16	0.062
5	Kolkata Knight Riders	14	7	6	1	15	0.253
6	Sunrisers Hyderabad	14	7	7	0	14	−0.239
7	Delhi Daredevils	14	5	8	1	11	−0.049
8	Kings XI Punjab	14	3	11	0	6	−1.436

Source: ^[5]

• Top 4 teams were qualified for the playoffs
•   advanced to the Qualifier
•   advanced to the Eliminator

("C" refers to the "Champions" of the Tournament. 'R'(2nd Position), '3' and '4' are the positions of the respective teams in the tournament.)

Results

Match log

No.	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorecard
1	April 8	Kolkata Knight Riders	Kolkata	Lost by 7 wickets	Cricinfo
2	April 12	Kings XI Punjab	Mumbai	Lost by 18 runs	Cricinfo
3	April 14	Rajasthan Royals	Ahedabad	Lost by 7 wickets	Cricinfo
4	April 17	Chennai Super Kings	Mumbai	Lost by 5 wickets	Cricinfo
5	April 19	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Bengaluru	Won by 18 runs, MoM – Harbhajan Singh 3/27 (4 overs)	Cricinfo
6	April 23	Delhi Daredevils	New Delhi	Lost by 38 runs	Cricinfo
7	April 25	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Mumbai	Won by 20 runs, MoM – Lasith Malinga 4/23 (4 overs)	Cricinfo
8	May 1	Rajasthan Royals	Mumbai	Won by 8 runs, MoM – Ambati Rayudu 53* (27)	Cricinfo
9	May 3	Kings XI Punjab	Mohali	Won by 23 runs, MoM – Lendl Simmons 71 (56)	Cricinfo
10	May 5	Delhi Daredevils	Mumbai	Won by 5 wickets, MoM - Harbhajan Singh 2/11 (4 overs)	Cricinfo
11	May 8	Chennai Super Kings	Chennai	Won by 6 wickets, MoM - Hardik Pandya 21 (8)	Cricinfo
12	May 10	Royal Challengers Bangalore	Mumbai	Lost by 40 runs	Cricinfo
13	May 14	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai	Won by 5 runs, MoM - Hardik Pandya 61 (31)	Cricinfo
14	May 17	Sunrisers Hyderabad	Hyderabad	Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Mitchell McClenaghan 3/16 (4 overs)	Cricinfo
15	May 19	Chennai Super Kings (Qualifier 1)	Mumbai	Won by 25 runs, MoM - Kieron Pollard 41 (17)	Cricinfo
16	May 24	Chennai Super Kings (Final)	Kolkata	Won by 41 runs, MoM - Rohit Sharma 50 (26)	Cricinfo

Playoffs

All times are in Indian Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Semifinals

Preliminary final

Final

19 May — Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

24 May — Eden Gardens, Kolkata

1

Chennai Super Kings

162 (19 ov)

2

Mumbai Indians

202/5 (20 ov)

2

Mumbai Indians (H)

187/6 (20 ov)

22 May — JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi

1

Chennai Super Kings

161/8 (20 ov)

1

Chennai Super Kings

140/7 (19.5 ov)

20 May — MCA Stadium, Pune

3

Royal Challengers Bangalore

139/8 (20 ov)

3

Royal Challengers Bangalore

180/4 (20 ov)

4

Rajasthan Royals

109 (19 ov)

Qualifier 1

19 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 187/6 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 162 (19 overs)
Lendl Simmons 65 (51) Dwayne Bravo 3/40 (4 overs)		Faf du Plessis 45 (34) Lasith Malinga 3/23 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 25 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (MI)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat

Final

Main article: 2015 Indian Premier League final

24 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 202/5 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 161/8 (20 overs)
Lendl Simmons 68 (45) Dwayne Bravo 2/36 (4 overs)		Dwayne Smith 57 (58) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/25 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 41 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (MI)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field