2018 Mumbai Indians season

The 2018 season was the 11th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians

2018 season
Coach	Mahela Jayawardene
Captain	Rohit Sharma
Ground(s)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
IPL	5th
Most runs	Suryakumar Yadav (512)
Most wickets	Hardik Pandya (18)
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Offseason

Support staff changes

• In December 2017, Jonty Rhodes stepped down as the fielding coach in order to focus on personal business.^[1]
• In December 2017, James Pamment was appointed fielding coach.^[1]
• In February 2018, Lasith Malinga was named as the bowling mentor of the team.^[2]

Others

In March 2018, the franchise signed up Goibibo as the principal sponsor of the team for the season. As part of the deal, Goibibo was sported on the back of the team jersey.^[3] Later that month, the franchise onboarded Samsung as the lead sponsor of the team, replacing Videocon. The three-year contract with Samsung was worth approximately ₹25 crore per year, according to a report in the Economic Times.^[4]

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Year signed	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
17	Evin Lewis	Trinidad and Tobago	(1991-12-27)27 December 1991 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹3.8 crore (US$449,000)	Overseas
21	JP Duminy	South Africa	(1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1 crore (US$118,000)	Vice-Captain; Overseas
23	Siddhesh Lad	India	(1992-05-23)23 May 1992 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
45	Rohit Sharma	India	(1987-04-30)30 April 1987 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹15 crore (US$1.8 million)	Captain
77	Suryakumar Yadav	India	(1990-09-14)14 September 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$378,000)
—	Saurabh Tiwary	India	(1989-12-30)30 December 1989 (aged 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹80 lakh (US$95,000)
—	Sharad Lumba	India	(1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
All-rounders
24	Krunal Pandya	India	(1991-03-24)24 March 1991 (aged 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹8.8 crore (US$1.0 million)
31	Ben Cutting	Australia	(1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$260,000)	Overseas
33	Hardik Pandya	India	(1993-10-11)11 October 1993 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.3 million)
55	Kieron Pollard	Trinidad and Tobago	(1987-05-12)12 May 1987 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹5.4 crore (US$639,000)	Overseas
—	Anukul Roy	India	(1998-11-30)30 November 1998 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	Tajinder Dhillon	India	(1992-05-25)25 May 1992 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹55 lakh (US$65,000)
Wicket-keepers
27	Aditya Tare	India	(1987-11-07)7 November 1987 (aged 30)	Right-handed		2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
51	Ishan Kishan	India	(1998-07-18)18 July 1998 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2018	₹6.2 crore (US$733,000)
Bowlers
4	Akila Dananjaya	Sri Lanka	(1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹50 lakh (US$59,000)	Overseas
11	Mayank Markande	India	(1997-11-11)11 November 1997 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
18	Pradeep Sangwan	India	(1990-11-05)5 November 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1.5 crore (US$177,000)
81	Mitchell McClenaghan	New Zealand	(1986-06-11)11 June 1986 (aged 31)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1 crore (US$118,000)	Overseas
90	Mustafizur Rahman	Bangladesh	(1995-09-06)6 September 1995 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$260,000)	Overseas
93	Jasprit Bumrah	India	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7 crore (US$827,968.40)
—	Rahul Chahar	India	(1999-08-04)4 August 1999 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	2018	₹1.9 crore (US$225,000)
—	Pat Cummins	Australia	(1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹5.4 crore (US$639,000)	Overseas
—	Mohsin Khan	India	(1998-07-15)15 July 1998 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	M. D. Nidheesh	India	(1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹20 lakh (US$24,000)
—	Jason Behrendorff	Australia	(1990-04-20)20 April 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1.5 crore (US$177,000)	Overseas
—	Adam Milne	New Zealand	(1992-04-13)13 April 1992 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹75 lakh (US$89,000)	Overseas

Season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Sunrisers Hyderabad (RU)	14	9	5	0	18	0.284	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.253
3	Kolkata Knight Riders (3)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.070	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Rajasthan Royals (4)	14	7	7	0	14	−0.250
5	Mumbai Indians	14	6	8	0	12	0.317
6	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	6	8	0	12	0.129
7	Kings XI Punjab	14	6	8	0	12	−0.502
8	Delhi Daredevils	14	5	9	0	10	−0.222

Source: ESPNcricinfo

The four top ranked teams qualify for the playoffs.

Results

League matches

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

7 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 165/4 (20 overs)	v	Chennai Super Kings 169/9 (19.5 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 43 (29) Shane Watson 2/29 (4 overs)		Dwayne Bravo 68 (30) Mayank Markande 3/23 (4 overs)

Chennai Super Kings won by 1 wicket Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Nand Kishore (India) Player of the match: Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings)

• Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

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12 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 147/8 (20 overs)	v	Sunrisers Hyderabad (H) 151/9 (20 overs)
Evin Lewis 29 (17) Sandeep Sharma 2/25 (4 overs)		Shikhar Dhawan 45 (28) Mayank Markande 4/23 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 1 wicket Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Nigel Llong (England) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.

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14 April 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 194/7 (20 overs)	v	Delhi Daredevils 195/3 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 53 (32) Daniel Christian 3/35 (3 overs)		Jason Roy 91* (53) Krunal Pandya 2/21 (3 overs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Jason Roy (Delhi Daredevils)

• Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

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17 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 213/6 (20 overs)	v	Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/8 (20 overs)
Rohit Sharma 94 (52) Umesh Yadav 2/36 (4 overs)		Virat Kohli 92* (62) Krunal Pandya 3/28 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 46 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Rod Tucker (Australia) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)

• Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.

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22 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 167/7 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals (H) 168/7 (19.4 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 72 (47) Jofra Archer 3/23 (4 overs)		Sanju Samson 52 (39) Hardik Pandya 2/25 (2.4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 3 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Rod Tucker (Australia) Player of the match: Jofra Archer (Rajasthan Royals)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.

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24 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Sunrisers Hyderabad 118 (18.4 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians (H) 87 (18.5 overs)
Kane Williamson 29 (21) Mayank Markande 2/15 (3 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 34 (38) Siddarth Kaul 3/23 (4 overs)

Sunrisers Hyderabad won by 31 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (India) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India) Player of the match: Rashid Khan (Sunrisers Hyderabad)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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28 April 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Chennai Super Kings 169/5 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 170/2 (19.4 overs)
Suresh Raina 75* (47) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/26 (4 overs)		Rohit Sharma 56* (33) Harbhajan Singh 1/20 (3.5 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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1 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Royal Challengers Bangalore 167/7 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 153/7 (20 overs)
Manan Vohra 45 (31) Hardik Pandya 3/28 (3 overs)		Hardik Pandya 50 (42) Tim Southee 2/25 (4 overs)

Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 14 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Tim Southee (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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4 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Kings XI Punjab 174/6 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 176/4 (19 overs)
Chris Gayle 50 (40) Jasprit Bumrah 1/19 (4 overs)		Suryakumar Yadav 57 (42) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/37 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Umpires: Anil Dandekar (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Suryakumar Yadav (Mumbai Indians)

• Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

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6 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 181/4 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders 168/6 (20 overs)
Suryakumar Yadav 59 (39) Andre Russell 2/12 (2 overs)		Robin Uthappa 54 (35) Hardik Pandya 2/19 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 13 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Abhijit Deshmukh (India) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Mumbai Indians)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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9 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Mumbai Indians 210/6 (20 overs)	v	Kolkata Knight Riders (H) 108 (18.1 overs)
Ishan Kishan 62 (21) Piyush Chawla 3/48 (4 overs)		Chris Lynn 21 (15) Krunal Pandya 2/12 (3.1 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 102 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Anil Chaudhary (India) Player of the match: Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians)

• Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.

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13 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 168/6 (20 overs)	v	Rajasthan Royals 171/3 (18 overs)
Evin Lewis 60 (42) Jofra Archer 2/16 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 94* (53) Hardik Pandya 2/52 (4 overs)

Rajasthan Royals won by 7 wickets Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Rajasthan Royals)

• Rajasthan Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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16 May 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Mumbai Indians 186/8 (20 overs)	v	Kings XI Punjab 183/5 (20 overs)
Kieron Pollard 50 (23) Andrew Tye 4/16 (4 overs)		K. L. Rahul 94 (60) Jasprit Bumrah 3/15 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 3 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Nitin Menon (India) Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)

• Kings XI Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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20 May 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

(H) Delhi Daredevils 174/4 (20 overs)	v	Mumbai Indians 163 (19.3 overs)
Rishabh Pant 64 (44) Krunal Pandya 1/11 (2 overs)		Evin Lewis 48 (31) Amit Mishra 3/19 (4 overs)

Delhi Daredevils won by 11 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and C. K. Nandan (India) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Daredevils)

• Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.