2017 Mumbai Indians season

Mumbai Indians
2017 season
Coach	Mahela Jayawardene
Captain	Rohit Sharma
Ground(s)	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
IPL	Winner
← 2016	2018 →

The Mumbai Indians are a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai that play in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They are one of eight teams that are competing in the 2017 Indian Premier League. Rohit Sharma is captaining the team for the fifth season in succession, while Mahela Jayawardene is in his first season as the team's coach. The Mumbai Indians drew an average home attendance of 26,000 in the 2017 Indian Premier League.

Offseason

In November 2016, Mahela Jayawardene was appointed head coach of the Mumbai Indians, replacing Ricky Ponting.^[1]

Auction

The players auction for the 2017 Indian Premier League was originally scheduled to be held in Bangalore on 4 February 2017,^[2] but was pushed forward by at least two weeks due to the BCCI–Lodha committee stand-off.^[3] On 3 February, the BCCI announced that the auction will be held on 20 February in Bangalore and that a total of 799 players have signed up for it.^[4] On 14 February, the IPL Desk released a list of 351 players.^[5]

The Mumbai Indians bought the following players at the auction:

Player	Team	Base price (in ₹ lakhs)	Winning bid (in ₹ lakhs)
Nicholas Pooran	Mumbai Indians	30	30
Mitchell Johnson	Mumbai Indians	200	200
K Gowtham	Mumbai Indians	10	200
Karn Sharma	Mumbai Indians	30	320
Saurabh Tiwary	Mumbai Indians	30	30
Asela Gunaratne	Mumbai Indians	30	30
Kulwant Khejroliya	Mumbai Indians	10	10

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	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Signed year	Salary^[6]	Notes
Batsmen
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 (since 2010)	₹40 million (US$480,000)	Occasional wicket-keeper
15	Saurabh Tiwary	(1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 34)	Left-handed		2017	₹3 million (US$36,000)
27	Nitish Rana	(1993-12-27) 27 December 1993 (age 30)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
45	Rohit Sharma	(1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2011)	₹115 million (US$1.4 million)	Captain
54	Lendl Simmons	(1985-01-25) 25 January 1985 (age 39)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2014	₹5.5 million (US$66,000)	Overseas
All-rounders
11	Hardik Pandya	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2015	₹1 million (US$12,000)
12	Karn Sharma	(1987-10-23) 23 October 1987 (age 36)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break googly	2017	₹32 million (US$380,000)
19	Shreyas Gopal	(1993-09-04) 4 September 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	2014	₹1 million (US$12,000)
24	Krunal Pandya	(1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 33)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	2016	₹20 million (US$240,000)
55	Kieron Pollard	(1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	2014 (since 2010)	₹97 million (US$1.2 million)	Overseas/Vice-captain
	Deepak Punia	(1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Asela Gunaratne	(1986-01-08) 8 January 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	2017	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Overseas
Wicket-keepers
63	Jos Buttler	(1990-09-08) 8 September 1990 (age 34)	Right-handed		2016	₹38 million (US$460,000)	Overseas
72	Parthiv Patel	(1985-03-09) 9 March 1985 (age 39)	Left-handed		2015	₹14 million (US$170,000)
	Jitesh Sharma	(1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed		2016	₹1 million (US$12,000)
	Nicholas Pooran	(1995-10-02) 2 October 1995 (age 28)	Left-handed		2017	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Overseas
Bowlers
3	Harbhajan Singh	(1980-07-03) 3 July 1980 (age 44)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2014 (since 2008)	₹80 million (US$960,000)
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	₹29.9 million (US$360,000)
25	Mitchell Johnson	(1981-11-02) 2 November 1981 (age 42)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2017	₹20 million (US$240,000)	Overseas
38	Tim Southee	(1988-12-11) 11 December 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2016	₹25 million (US$300,000)	Overseas
81	Mitchell McClenaghan	(1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 (age 38)	Left-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	2015	₹3 million (US$36,000)	Overseas
93	Jasprit Bumrah	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium	2014 (since 2013)	₹12 million (US$140,000)
99	Lasith Malinga	(1983-08-28) 28 August 1983 (age 41)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast	2014 (since 2008)	₹81 million (US$970,000)	Overseas
	Krishnappa Gowtham	(1988-10-20) 20 October 1988 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	2017	₹20 million (US$240,000)
	Kulwant Khejroliya	(1992-03-13) 13 March 1992 (age 32)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium-fast	2017	₹1 million (US$12,000)

Season standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Mumbai Indians (C)	14	10	4	0	20	0.784	Advanced to Qualifier 1
2	Rising Pune Supergiant (R)	14	9	5	0	18	0.176	Advanced to Qualifier 1
3	Sunrisers Hyderabad (4)	14	8	5	1	17	0.599	Advanced to the Eliminator
4	Kolkata Knight Riders (3)	14	8	6	0	16	0.641	Advanced to the Eliminator
5	Kings XI Punjab	14	7	7	0	14	−0.009
6	Delhi Daredevils	14	6	8	0	12	−0.512
7	Gujarat Lions	14	4	10	0	8	−0.412
8	Royal Challengers Bangalore	14	3	10	1	7	−1.299

Source: ESPNcricinfo^[7]

The four top ranked teams qualified for the playoffs

Match summary

Template:2017 Indian Premier League Group stage

Matches

6 April (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 184/8 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 187/3 (19.5 overs)
Jos Buttler 38 (19) Imran Tahir 3/28 (4 overs)		Steve Smith 84* (54) Tim Southee 1/34 (4 overs)

Rising Pune Supergiant won by 7 wickets
Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Steve Smith (Rising Pune Supergiant)

Rising Pune Supergiant won the toss and elected to field.

9 April (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 178/7 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 180/6 (19.5 overs)
Manish Pandey 81* (47) Krunal Pandya 3/24 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 50 (29) Ankit Rajpoot 3/37 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Mumbai Indians)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

12 April (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 158/8 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 159/6 (18.4 overs)
David Warner 49 (34) Jasprit Bumrah 3/24 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 45 (36) Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/21 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nitin Menon (India) and C. K. Nandan (India)
Player of the match: Jasprit Bumrah (Mumbai Indians)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

14 April (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 142/5 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 145/6 (18.5 overs)
Virat Kohli 62 (47) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/20 (4 overs)		Kieron Pollard 70 (47) Samuel Badree 4/9 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (India) and Anil Chaudhary (India)
Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
Samuel Badree (Royal Challengers Bangalore) took a hat-trick.^[8]

16 April
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 176/4 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 177/4 (19.3 overs)
Brendon McCullum 64 (44) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/24 (4 overs)		Nitish Rana 53 (36) Andrew Tye 2/34 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Nitish Rana (Mumbai Indians)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

20 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 198/4 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 199/2 (15.3 overs)
Hashim Amla 104* (60) Mitchell McClenaghan 2/46 (4 overs)		Jos Buttler 77 (37) Marcus Stoinis 1/28 (2 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets
Holkar Stadium, Indore
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (India)
Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Mumbai Indians)

Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.

22 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Template:Cr-IPL 142/8 (20 overs)	v	Template:Cr-IPL 128/7 (20 overs)
Jos Buttler 28 (18) Amit Mishra 2/18 (4 overs)		Chris Morris 52* (41) Mitchell McClenaghan 3/24 (4 overs)

Mumbai Indians won by 14 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Nand Kishore (India) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Player of the match: Mitchell McClenaghan (Mumbai Indians)

Delhi Daredevils won the toss and elected to field.

24 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 28
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

29 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 35
Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot

1 May
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 38
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

6 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 45
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

8 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 48
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad

11 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 51
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

13 May
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

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Match 54
Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Statistics

Name	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	Wkts	BBI	Ave	Eco
Parthiv Patel	10	239	70	23.90	135.80	-	-	-	-
Jos Buttler	10	272	77	27.20	153.67	-	-	-	-
Rohit Sharma	10	173	58	24.71	118.49	-	-	-	-
Nitish Rana	10	312	62*	34.67	129.46	-	-	-	-
Ambati Rayudu	1	10	10	10.00	83.33	-	-	-	-
Krunal Pandya	9	136	37*	27.20	138.78	10	3/14	18.10	6.70
Kieron Pollard	10	231	70	25.67	130.51	0	-	-	16.36
Hardik Pandya	10	151	35*	50.33	171.59	4	1/9	32.00	8.00
Tim Southee	2	7	7	7.00	233.33	1	1/34	57.00	9.50
Mitchell McClenaghan	10	2	1*	1.00	66.67	15	3/24	24.20	9.08
Jasprit Bumrah	10	0	0	0	0	12	3/24	26.75	8.03
Harbhajan Singh	8	13	7*	6.50	144.44	5	2/23	35.20	5.86
Lasith Malinga	6	0	0*	-	0.00	6	2/33	39.83	9.95
Mitchell Johnson	2	7	7*	-	233.33	1	1/34	57.00	7.12
Karn Sharma	2	20	11	11.00	111.11	3	2/39	20.66	8.85

Full Table on Cricinfo

Last updated: 1 May 2017

References

^ "Mumbai Indians replace head coach Ricky Ponting with Mahela Jayawardene for IPL". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "IPL 2017 May Start From April 5, Auctions on February 4: Rajeev Shukla". NDTV. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ "Rahane, Dhawan headline rejigged T20 event". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
^ "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ "VIVO IPL Player Auction 2017". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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^ "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "Pollard fifty overcomes Badree hat-trick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

External links

Official Website

[1] "Mumbai Indians replace head coach Ricky Ponting with Mahela Jayawardene for IPL". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[2] "IPL 2017 May Start From April 5, Auctions on February 4: Rajeev Shukla". NDTV. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[3] "Rahane, Dhawan headline rejigged T20 event". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 January 2017.

[4] "IPL 2017 auction to be held on February 20". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[5] "VIVO IPL Player Auction 2017". 14 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[7] "2017 IPL Points table". ESPN Sports Media. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.

[Badree-8] "Pollard fifty overcomes Badree hat-trick". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 April 2017.

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