2018 Mumbai Indians season

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

Offseason

Support staff changes

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

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. 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.

Squad

• Players with international caps are listed in bold.
•  *  denotes a player who is currently unavailable for selection.
•  *  denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
17	Evin Lewis		(1991-12-27) 27 December 1991	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹3.8 crore (US$476,000)	Overseas
21	JP Duminy		(1984-04-14) 14 April 1984	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹1 crore (US$125,000)	Overseas
23	Siddhesh Lad		(1992-05-23) 23 May 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
45	Rohit Sharma		(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹15 crore (US$1.9 million)	Captain
77	Suryakumar Yadav		(1990-09-14) 14 September 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹3.2 crore (US$401,000)
—	Saurabh Tiwary		(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹80 lakh (US$100,000)
—	Sharad Lumba		(1989-09-10) 10 September 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
All-rounders
4	Akila Dananjaya		(1993-10-04) 4 October 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹50 lakh (US$63,000)	Overseas
24	Krunal Pandya		(1991-03-24) 24 March 1991	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹8.8 crore (US$1.1 million)
31	Ben Cutting		(1987-01-30) 30 January 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2018	₹2.2 crore (US$276,000)	Overseas
33	Hardik Pandya		(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹11 crore (US$1.4 million)
55	Kieron Pollard		(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2018	₹5.4 crore (US$676,000)	Overseas
—	Anukul Roy		(1998-11-30) 30 November 1998	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2018	₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
—	Tajinder Dhillon		(1992-05-25) 25 May 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2018	₹55 lakh (US$69,000)
Wicket-keepers
27	Aditya Tare		(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987	Right-handed		2018	₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
51	Ishan Kishan		(1998-07-18) 18 July 1998	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2018	₹6.2 crore (US$776,000)
Bowlers
11	Mayank Markande		(1997-11-11) 11 November 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2018	₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
18	Pradeep Sangwan		(1990-11-05) 5 November 1990	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1.5 crore (US$188,000)
81	Mitchell McClenaghan		(1986-06-11) 11 June 1986	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1 crore (US$125,000)	Overseas
93	Jasprit Bumrah		(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹7 crore (US$876,635.00)
—	Rahul Chahar		(1999-08-04) 4 August 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	2018	₹1.9 crore (US$238,000)
—	Pat Cummins		(1993-05-08) 8 May 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2018	₹5.4 crore (US$676,000)	Overseas
—	Mohsin Khan		(1998-07-15) 15 July 1998	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2018	₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
—	M. D. Nidheesh		(1991-05-05) 5 May 1991			2018	₹20 lakh (US$25,000)
—	Jason Behrendorff		(1990-04-20) 20 April 1990	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2018	₹1.5 crore (US$188,000)	Overseas
—	Adam Milne		(1992-04-13) 13 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2018	₹75 lakh (US$94,000)	Overseas

Season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Chennai Super Kings (C)	14	9	5	0	18	0.253	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Sunrisers Hyderabad (2)	14	9	5	0	18	0.284
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)

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Statistics

Most runs

Name	Nat	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR
Evin Lewis		4	142	65	35.50	159.55
Rohit Sharma		4	138	94	34.50	145.26
Suryakumar Yadav		4	124	53	31.00	133.33
Ishan Kishan		4	93	44	23.25	150.00
Krunal Pandya		4	82	41*	27.33	151.85

• Last Update: 18 April 2018.
• Source: Cricinfo

Most wickets

Name	Nat	Mat	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Eco

• Last Update: 31 March 2018.
• Source: Cricinfo

External links

• Official Website