# 2021 Mumbai Indians season

The 2021 season was the 14th season for the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. They were one of the eight teams competed in the 2021 Indian Premier League. Mumbai Indians were the defending champions, but cannot defend their title after they finished in the 5th position and edging behind Kolkata Knight Riders net run-rate at the end of the league stage. The team was captained by Rohit Sharma with Mahela Jayawardene as team coach.

## Background
### Player retention and transfers

The Mumbai Indians retained 18 players and released seven players.
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan
Released Players: Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McClenaghan.
Added Players:Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Marco Jansen, Yudhvir Charak, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Adam Milne, Arjun Tendulkar

## Squad

* Players with international caps are listed in bold.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Year signed | Salary | Notes |
| Batsmen |||||||||
| 45 | Rohit Sharma | India | (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2018 | ₹15 crore (US$1.8 million) | Captain |
| 77 | Suryakumar Yadav | India | (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | 2018 | ₹3.2 crore (US$383,000) | |
| 5 | Saurabh Tiwary | India | (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | 2020 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| 50 | Chris Lynn | Australia | (1990-04-10) 10 April 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2020 | ₹2 crore (US$240,000) | Overseas |
| 63 | Anmolpreet Singh | India | (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹80 lakh (US$96,000) | |
| All-rounders |||||||||
| 55 | Kieron Pollard | Trinidad and Tobago | (1987-05-12) 12 May 1987 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹5.4 crore (US$647,000) | Vice-Captain, Overseas |
| 33 | Hardik Pandya | India | (1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 30) | Right-Handed | Right arm medium-fast | 2018 | ₹11 crore (US$1.3 million) | |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||||
| 27 | Aditya Tare | India | (1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | — | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 13 | Quinton de Kock | South Africa | (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox | 2019 | ₹2.8 crore (US$335,000) | Overseas |
| 23 | Ishan Kishan | India | (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | — | 2018 | ₹6.2 crore (US$743,000) | |
| Spin Bowlers |||||||||
| 36 | Krunal Pandya | India | (1991-03-24) 24 March 1991 (age 33) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹8.8 crore (US$1.1 million) | |
| 19 | Jayant Yadav | India | (1990-01-22) 22 January 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | 2019 | ₹50 lakh (US$60,000) | |
| 28 | Rahul Chahar | India | (1999-08-04) 4 August 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2018 | ₹1.9 crore (US$228,000) | |
| 120 | Piyush Chawla | India | (1988-12-24) 24 December 1988 (age 35) | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | 2021 | ₹2.4 crore (US$288,000) | |
| 6 | Anukul Roy | India | (1998-11-30) 30 November 1998 (age 25) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | 2018 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| Pace Bowlers |||||||||
| 7 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Australia | (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | ₹5 crore (equivalent to ₹5.6 crore or US$670,000 in 2023) | Overseas |
| 83 | James Neesham | New Zealand | (1990-09-17) 17 September 1990 (age 34) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | 2021 | ₹50 lakh (equivalent to ₹56 lakh or US$67,000 in 2023) | Overseas |
| 21 | Dhawal Kulkarni | India | (1988-12-10) 10 December 1988 (age 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2020 | ₹75 lakh (US$90,000) | |
| 18 | Trent Boult | New Zealand | (1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2020 | ₹2.2 crore (US$260,000) | Overseas |
| 20 | Adam Milne | New Zealand | (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | 2021 | ₹3.4 crore (equivalent to ₹3.8 crore or US$460,000 in 2023) | Overseas |
| 93 | Jasprit Bumrah | India | (1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | 2018 | ₹7 crore (US$838,732.40) | |
| — | Arjun Tendulkar | India | (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Injured |
| — | Yudhvir Charak | India | (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| 70 | Marco Jansen | South Africa | (2000-05-01) 1 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm fast | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | Overseas |
| — | Mohsin Khan | India | (1998-07-15) 15 July 1998 (age 26) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | 2020 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) | |
| — | Simarjeet Singh | India | (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | 2021 | ₹20 lakh (US$24,000) |
| Source:MI Players |||||||||

## Administration and support staff

| Position | Name |
| Owner | Akash Ambani (Reliance Industries) |
| Team manager | Rahul Sanghvi |
| Director of Cricket Operations | Zaheer Khan |
| Head coach | Mahela Jayawardene |
| Batting coach | Robin Singh |
| Bowling coach | Shane Bond |
| Fielding coach | James Pamment |
| Physiotherapist | Kevin Sims |
| Strength and conditioning coach | Paul Chapman |
| Source:MI Staff ||

## Teams and standings
### Results by match

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Result | L | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W |
| Position | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |
| 1 | Delhi Capitals (3rd) | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0.481 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Chennai Super Kings (C) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 0.455 | Advanced to Qualifier 1 |
| 3 | Royal Challengers Bangalore (4th) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 18 | −0.140 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 4 | Kolkata Knight Riders (R) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.587 | Advanced to the Eliminator |
| 5 | Mumbai Indians | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0.116 | |
| 6 | Punjab Kings | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 12 | −0.001 | |
| 7 | Rajasthan Royals | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 10 | −0.993 | |
| 8 | Sunrisers Hyderabad | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 6 | −0.545 | |

## League stage

The full schedule was published on the IPL website on 7 March 2021.

### Matches

* Match 1 9 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 159/9 (20 overs) | v | Royal Challengers Bangalore 160/8 (20 overs) |
| Chris Lynn 49 (35) Harshal Patel 5/27 (4 overs) | | AB de Villiers 48 (27) Jasprit Bumrah 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 2 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 5 13 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 152 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 142/7 (20 overs) |
| Suryakumar Yadav 56 (36) Andre Russell 5/15 (2 overs) | | Nitish Rana 57 (47) Rahul Chahar 4/27 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 10 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Rahul Chahar (Mumbai Indians)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 9 17 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 150/5 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 137 (19.4 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 40 (39) Vijay Shankar 2/19 (3 overs) | | Jonny Bairstow 43 (22) Rahul Chahar 3/19 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 13 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Krishnamachari Srinivasan (Ind) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 13 20 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 137/9 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 138/4 (19.1 overs) |
| Rohit Sharma 44 (30) Amit Mishra 4/24 (4 overs) | | Shikhar Dhawan 45 (42) Kieron Pollard 1/9 (1.1 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 6 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: Amit Mishra (Delhi Capitals)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 17 23 April 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 131/6 (20 overs) | v | Punjab Kings 132/1 (17.4 overs) |
| Rohit Sharma 63 (52) Ravi Bishnoi 2/21 (4 overs) Mohammed Shami 2/21 (4 overs) | | KL Rahul 60* (52) Rahul Chahar 1/19 (4 overs) |
* Punjab Kings won by 9 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Chettithody Shamshuddin (Ind) Player of the match: KL Rahul (Punjab Kings)
* Punjab Kings won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 24 29 April 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 171/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 172/3 (18.3 overs) |
| Sanju Samson 42 (27) Rahul Chahar 2/33 (4 overs) | | Quinton de Kock 70* (50) Chris Morris 2/33 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 7 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: K. N. Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and Chris Gaffaney (NZ) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 27 1 May 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 218/4 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 219/6 (20 overs) |
| Ambati Rayudu 72* (27) Kieron Pollard 2/12 (2 overs) | | Kieron Pollard 87* (34) Sam Curran 3/34 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 4 wickets Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Umpires: KN Ananthapadmanabhan (Ind) and C. K. Nandan (Ind) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 30 19 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Chennai Super Kings 156/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 136/8 (20 overs) |
| Ruturaj Gaikwad 88* (58) Adam Milne 2/21 (4 overs) | | Saurabh Tiwary 50* (40) Dwayne Bravo 3/25 (4 overs) |
* Chennai Super Kings won by 20 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Chennai Super Kings)
* Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 34 23 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Kolkata Knight Riders 159/3 (15.1 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 55 (42) Lockie Ferguson 2/27 (4 overs) | | Rahul Tripathi 74* (42) Jasprit Bumrah 3/43 (4 overs) |
* Kolkata Knight Riders won by 7 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Kolkata Knight Riders)
* Kolkata Knight Riders won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 39 26 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Royal Challengers Bangalore 165/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 111 (18.1 overs) |
| Glenn Maxwell 56 (37) Jasprit Bumrah 3/36 (4 overs) | | Rohit Sharma 43 (28) Harshal Patel 4/17 (3.1 overs) |
* Royal Challengers Bangalore won by 54 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Glenn Maxwell (Royal Challengers Bangalore)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore) became the first Indian player and fifth overall to score 10,000 runs in T20s.
* Harshal Patel (Royal Challengers Bangalore) took a hat-trick.
* Match 42 28 September 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Punjab Kings 135/6 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 137/4 (19 overs) |
| Aiden Markram 42 (29) Kieron Pollard 2/8 (1 over) | | Saurabh Tiwary 45 (37) Ravi Bishnoi 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 6 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Sundaram Ravi (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 46 2 October 2021 15:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Delhi Capitals 132/6 (19.1 overs) |
| Suryakumar Yadav 33 (26) Avesh Khan 3/15 (4 overs) | | Shreyas Iyer 33* (33) Krunal Pandya 1/18 (2.1 overs) |
* Delhi Capitals won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Axar Patel (Delhi Capitals)
* Delhi Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 51 5 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Rajasthan Royals 90/9 (20 overs) | v | Mumbai Indians 94/2 (8.2 overs) |
| Evin Lewis 24 (19) Nathan Coulter-Nile 4/14 (4 overs) | | Ishan Kishan 50* (25) Mustafizur Rahman 1/32 (2.2 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Anil Chaudhary (Ind) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Nathan Coulter-Nile (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to field.
* Kuldip Yadav (Rajasthan Royals) made his T20 debut.
* Match 55 8 October 2021 19:30 (N) Scorecard
| Mumbai Indians 235/9 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Hyderabad 193/8 (20 overs) |
| Ishan Kishan 84 (32) Jason Holder 4/52 (4 overs) | | Manish Pandey 69* (41) James Neesham 2/28 (3 overs) |
* Mumbai Indians won by 42 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Umpires: Tapan Sharma (Ind) and Virender Sharma (Ind) Player of the match: Ishan Kishan (Mumbai Indians)
* Mumbai Indians won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kolkata Knight Riders qualified for the playoffs and Mumbai Indians were eliminated as a result of this match.

## Statistics
### Most runs

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave. | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 0 | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | Rohit Sharma | 13 | 11 | 0 | 381 | 63 | 31.00 | 273 | 124.90 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 12 |
| 2 | Suryakumar Yadav | 14 | 12 | 0 | 317 | 56 | 18.50 | 173 | 128.32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Quinton de Kock | 11 | 11 | 1 | 297 | 70* | 29.70 | 256 | 116.01 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| 4 | Kieron Pollard | 14 | 12 | 4 | 245 | 87* | 33.14 | 153 | 151.63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 |
| 5 | Ishan Kishan | 10 | 8 | 0 | 241 | 28 | 13.37 | 198 | 86.99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Krunal Pandya | 13 | 12 | 1 | 143 | 39 | 14.88 | 116 | 115.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
| 7 | Hardik Pandya | 12 | 9 | 0 | 127 | 16 | 14.00 | 98 | 114.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 |
| 8 | Saurabh Tiwary | 5 | 4 | 2 | 115 | 50* | 57.50 | 97 | 118.55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| 9 | Chris Lynn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 49.00 | 35 | 140.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
* Last updated: 10 October 2021
* Source:Cricinfo

### Most wickets

| No. | Name | Match | Inns | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Ave. | Econ. | SR | 4W | 5W |
| 1 | Jasprit Bumrah | 14 | 14 | 55.0 | 0 | 410 | 21 | 3/36 | 19.52 | 7.45 | 15.71 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Rahul Chahar | 11 | 11 | 43.0 | 0 | 318 | 13 | 4/27 | 24.46 | 7.39 | 19.84 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Trent Boult | 14 | 14 | 51.2 | 0 | 406 | 13 | 3/28 | 31.23 | 7.90 | 24.69 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | 5 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 127 | 7 | 4/14 | 18.14 | 6.35 | 17.14 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | Kieron Pollard | 14 | 9 | 13.1 | 0 | 95 | 5 | 2/8 | 19.00 | 7.21 | 15.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | James Neesham | 3 | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 66 | 5 | 3/12 | 13.20 | 7.33 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Krunal Pandya | 13 | 12 | 13.1 | 0 | 265 | 5 | 1/13 | 53.00 | 7.98 | 39.80 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Adam Milne | 4 | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 131 | 3 | 2/21 | 43.66 | 9.35 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 |
* Last updated: 10 October 2021
* Source:Cricinfo

## Player of the match awards

| No. | Date | Player | Opponent | Result | Contribution |
| 1 | 13 April 2021 | Rahul Chahar | Kolkata Knight Riders | Won by 10 runs | 4/27 (4 overs) |
| 2 | 17 April 2021 | Kieron Pollard | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 13 runs | 35* (22) |
| 3 | 29 April 2021 | Quinton de Kock | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 7 wickets | 70* (50) |
| 4 | 1 May 2021 | Kieron Pollard | Chennai Super Kings | Won by 4 wickets | 2/12 (2 overs) and 87* (34) |
| 5 | 28 September 2021 | Kieron Pollard | Punjab Kings | Won by 6 wickets | 2/8 (1 over) and 15* (7) |
| 6 | 5 October 2021 | Nathan Coulter-Nile | Rajasthan Royals | Won by 8 wickets | 4/14 (4 overs) |
| 7 | 8 October 2021 | Ishan Kishan | Sunrisers Hyderabad | Won by 42 runs | 84 (32) |