2015 Mumbai Indians season

Mumbai Indians
2015 season
Coach	Ricky Ponting
Captain	Rohit Sharma
Ground(s)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai (33,108)
IPL	Champions
Most runs	Lendl Simmons (540)
Most wickets	Lasith Malinga (24)
Most catches	Ambati Rayudu (9) ; Kieron Pollard (13)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Parthiv Patel (7)
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The 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.

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.
* denotes a player who was ruled out of the season.

No.	Name	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary	Notes
Batsmen
5	Aaron Finch^[a]	(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 37)	Right-handed	Left-arm off break	2015	₹32 million (US$380,000)	Overseas
7	Siddhesh Lad	(1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
9	Ambati Rayudu	(1985-09-23) 23 September 1985 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹40 million (US$480,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
15	Unmukt Chand	(1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	Traded player
45	Rohit Sharma	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹125 million (US$1.5 million)	Captain
54	Lendl Simmons	(1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹9 million (US$110,000)	Overseas
	Aiden Blizzard	(1984-06-27) 27 June 1984 (age 40)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	2015	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Overseas
	Colin Munro	(1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Alex Hales	(1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas
	Nitish Rana	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
All-rounders
19	Shreyas Gopal	(1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
55	Kieron Pollard	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹75 million (US$900,000)	Overseas/Vice-captain
78	Corey Anderson^[b]	(1990-12-13) 13 December 1990 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2014	₹45 million (US$540,000)	Overseas
228	Hardik Pandya	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
Wicket-keepers
27	Aditya Tare	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)	Right-handed		2014	₹16 million (US$190,000)
72	Parthiv Patel	(1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed		2015	Traded player
Bowlers
3	Harbhajan Singh	(1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014	₹95 million (US$1.1 million)
8	Josh Hazlewood^[c]	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014	₹5 million (US$60,000)	Overseas
12	Jasprit Bumrah	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014	₹12 million (US$140,000)
16	Jagadeesha Suchith	(1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
23	Vinay Kumar	(1984-02-12) 12 February 1984 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	Traded player
30	Pragyan Ojha	(1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2015	₹5 million (US$60,000)
33	Pawan Suyal	(1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
81	Mitchell McClenaghan	(1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 (age 38)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2015	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Overseas
90	Marchant de Lange	(1990-10-13) 13 October 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Overseas
99	Lasith Malinga	(1983-08-28) 28 August 1983 (age 40)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014	₹55 million (US$660,000)	Overseas
	Abhimanyu Mithun	(1989-10-25) 25 October 1989 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	₹3 million (US$36,000)
	Akshay Wakhare	(1985-10-03) 3 October 1985 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Ben Hilfenhaus	(1983-03-15) 15 March 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2015	Replacement signing	Overseas

^ ruled out of the season with an injury
^ ruled out of the season with an injury
^ withdrew citing rest before international cricket

IPL

Standings

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

Team^[5]	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
Template:Cr-IPL (R)	14	9	5	0	18	+0.709
Template:Cr-IPL (C)	14	8	6	0	16	−0.043
Template:Cr-IPL (3)	14	7	5	2	16	+1.037
Template:Cr-IPL (4)	14	7	5	2	16	+0.062

Template:Cr-IPL	14	7	6	1	15	+0.253
Template:Cr-IPL	14	7	7	0	14	−0.239
Template:Cr-IPL	14	5	8	1	11	−0.049
Template:Cr-IPL	14	3	11	0	6	−1.436

Results

Playoffs

Template:IPL Playoffs

Qualifier 1

19 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 187/6 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 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

24 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 202/5 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 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

References

^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most catches". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most dismissals". Cricketcountry. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
^ "IPL 2015 Point Table". ESPNCricinfo. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

[5] ruled out of the season with an injury

[6] ruled out of the season with an injury

[7] withdrew citing rest before international cricket

[1] "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

[2] "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 May 2015.

[3] "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most catches". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[4] "Indian Premier League, 2015 / Records / Most dismissals". Cricketcountry. Retrieved 20 June 2015.

[8] "IPL 2015 Point Table". ESPNCricinfo. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.

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