One of the most high-profile teams in the tournament, Mumbai Indians are tied with Chennai Super Kings as the most successful, with five titles. The franchise was purchased by the Reliance conglomerate for about Rs 487 crore (US$112 million) in 2008, making it the most expensive team in the league at the time.

Mumbai Indians history

Mumbai’s star-studded line-up, which has featured the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya, first made a mark in 2010, when they finished runners-up. In the next two years, they strengthened their core by picking Rohit Sharma, Zaheer Khan and Kieron Pollard. Fast bowler Lasith Malinga proved his worth by winning the purple cap in the 2011 tournament and the Player-of-the-Series award in that year’s Champions League T20, which Mumbai won.

In 2013, Rohit became the captain and Jasprit Bumrah debuted. They won all their home games at the Wankhede, tied for points with table-toppers Chennai Super Kings, and beat them to lift their maiden title, giving Tendulkar a fairy-tale end to his IPL career. Pollard retired in 2022 and took up the batting coach’s role thereafter.

Suryakumar Yadav came into his own at the franchise in the late 2010s and has been a force ever since. He, Rohit and Bumrah provide a stable foundation, enabling Mumbai to always start among the favourites.

MI highs

The four seasons from 2017 through 2020 were Mumbai’s best, when Rohit became arguably one of the best Indian T20 captains on the circuit. Once known as a team that left things too late to qualify, MI topped the table and won three times in those four years, to become the most successful IPL team.

MI lows

In 2022 and 2024, Mumbai finished last of ten, and their poor auction strategies were exposed. You’d have to go back to 2009 for anything like a comparably poor finish: they were seventh out of eight teams that year. They finished in fifth place in three seasons, 2018, 2016 and 2008.

Mumbai Indians season by season

2024 – tenth
M14 W4 W% 28.5
Another bottom-place finish. Just before the season, Mumbai replaced Rohit with Hardik Pandya as captain, a move that displeased their fans. It didn’t help that Pandya was not in great personal form throughout. Rohit started off well with the bat, but his runs dried up towards the second half, and other batting mainstays didn’t always fire; nor did MI have a consistent finisher. Jasprit Bumrah was excellent, but didn’t have enough support from the other seamers, while legspinner Piyush Chawla was not utilised enough.

2023 – third
M16 W9 W% 56.25
Mumbai had a rocky start to their season, winning only three of their first seven games. Their first-choice seamers were injured and Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma weren’t firing. However veteran legspinner Piyush Chawla made a memorable comeback, and youngsters like Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera and seamer Akash Madhwal took them to the playoffs. Suryakumar Yadav had another good year, and Cameron Green chipped in with bat and ball.

2022 – tenth
M14 W4 W% 28.5
One of Mumbai’s worst seasons, with just four wins, and the poorest net run rate on the table. They took nine matches for their first win, their big names, Rohit, Pollard and Kishan, didn’t fire, Suryakumar was got injured, and their auction strategy was questioned for not putting together an all-round team.

2021 – fifth
M14 W7 W% 50
The defending champions failed to make the playoffs after they left it to the very last day of the league stage to keep their bleak qualification chances alive. Mumbai’s season had been on track until the league moved from India to the UAE, where their top batters put their hands up too late and Boult couldn’t recreate the same magic as before in the powerplays.

2020 – champions
M16 W11 W% 68.7
Mumbai were by far the most dominant side of the season. Rohit sat out a few games with a hamstring injury, but Mumbai marched to their fifth title nevertheless. They lost only five games, including two ties. Highlights included the performances of uncapped batters Suryakumar and Ishan Kishan, and of Trent Boult with the new ball.

2019 – champions
M16 W11 W% 68.7
Rohit took the opening spot ahead of the 50-over World Cup and made over 400 runs. Quinton de Kock made 529. Alzarri Joseph took 6 for 12 in a game, then the best figures in the IPL. Bumrah and Malinga (who surprisingly returned as a player) took 35 wickets between them. Mumbai beat arch-rivals Super Kings by one run to clinch a record fourth title.

2018 – fifth
M14 W6 W% 42.8
Malinga joined the coaching staff as bowling mentor. Suryakumar Yadav, playing for Mumbai after six seasons, moved up to the opening spot and contributed over 500 runs. Legspinner Mayank Markande made a spectacular debut. But in the end, losing many close matches proved costly for Mumbai.

2017 – champions
M17 W12 W% 70.5
Mahela Jayawardene took over as coach. Hardik Pandya and Bumrah proved their worth with power-hitting and death bowling. Mumbai also registered their highest IPL total (223 vs Kings XI), and after ten wins in the league stage, they pulled off a last-ball win against Rising Pune Supergiant in the final.

2016 – fifth
M14 W7 W% 50
Mumbai bought high-profile players like Tim Southee and Jos Buttler, who didn’t live up to their billing. In an unimpressive season, they missed playoffs qualification for the first time since 2009, losing their last league game.

2015 – champions
M16 W10 W% 62.5
Another poor start – four losses in a row – but this time with a different ending. Malinga, Lendl Simmons and Mitchell McClenaghan led the campaign to give Mumbai nine wins in their last ten matches of the season. A clinical win over Super Kings in the final gave them their second title.

2014 – fourth
M15 W7 W% 46.6
An inconsistent season that started with five straight losses in the first leg in the UAE. Mumbai were fifth on the table before the last league game, in which they chased down 190 in 14.4 overs against Rajasthan Royals with a dramatic six from Aditya Tare. That allowed them to qualify for the playoffs, but they lost by seven wickets to Super Kings in the eliminator.

2013 – champions
M19 W13 68.4W%
Anil Kumble and John Wright took over coaching roles, and Ricky Ponting the captaincy. Bumrah made his debut. Ponting dropped himself mid-season, but under the leadership of Rohit, their top scorer that season, and thanks to Pollard’s blitzkrieg in the final, Mumbai lifted the title. Tendulkar then announced his IPL retirement.

2012 – fourth
M17 W10 W% 58.8
Tendulkar stepped down from the captaincy two days before the season opener, and later suffered an injured finger. Mumbai struggled to get a stable opening pair in his absence, and Mitchell Johnson missing the season compounded their problems. Under Harbhajan, they came undone against CSK in the eliminator, and finished third on the table.

2011 – third
M16 W10 W% 62.5
Mumbai retained Tendulkar, Harbhajan, Pollard and Malinga, and bought Rohit at the auction. Tendulkar scored his only T20 century, and Malinga (the purple cap holder) and Munaf Patel contributed 50 wickets, but they came up short against Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Chris Gayle in the qualifying final.

2010 – runners-up
M16 W11 W% 68.7
The reliance on Tendulkar for runs continued, but their bowlers’ contributions took Mumbai to the top of the points table. Malinga, Harbhajan, Zaheer, and new recruit Pollard, took 62 wickets between them. Still, they couldn’t get past Super Kings in the final.

2009 – seventh
M13 W5 W% 38.4
The tournament moved to South Africa for the season. Shaun Pollock retired as a player and became the franchise’s head coach. Malinga made his IPL debut, but the team relied too much on him and a few other big players, like Tendulkar and JP Duminy, and finished with five wins from 14 games.

2008 – sixth
M14 W7 W% 50
Tendulkar didn’t recover from a groin injury in time for the start of the tournament and was replaced as captain by Harbhajan Singh, who was then banned for slapping Kings XI Punjab’s Sreesanth after a game. Mumbai lost their first four matches, which had an impact on their failure to make the semis.

Mumbai Indians key players

Sachin Tendulkar
The franchise’s first icon player. Tendulkar adapted to the T20 format with his attacking game and was the leading scorer for Mumbai several times, scoring 2334 runs in the tournament in all, at an average of nearly 35.

Lasith Malinga
Mumbai’s most important bowler and their leading wicket-taker, with 170. Apart from being highly economical, especially in the death overs, Malinga handed Mumbai many crucial wickets and turned decisive moments their way in big matches – most famously with a wicket off the last ball in the 2019 final.

Rohit Sharma
Mumbai’s most valuable batter after Tendulkar and inarguably their best captain, with a record five titles. His experience of opening for India 2013 onwards worked well for Mumbai, though he has batted in the middle order too. Their overall top run-getter, his ability to score big helps Mumbai win matches when others anchor around him.

Kieron Pollard
The team’s second-highest run getter and among their top wicket-takers, Pollard was at his best in big games, often winning matches single-handedly. He frequently surprised oppositions with his belligerent batting in the middle order.

Jasprit Bumrah
Bumrah quickly became a crucial bowler for the side with Malinga, his mentor, coaching him in the art of bowling accurate yorkers. Among Mumbai’s top wicket-takers, Bumrah has played a key role in the opening and death overs for the side, particularly when defending modest totals.

Mumbai Indians  2025 IPL Squad

• Hardik Pandya
• Ashwani Kumar
• Raj Bawa
• Corbin Bosch
• Trent Boult
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Deepak Chahar
• AM Ghazanfar
• Will Jacks
• Bevon Jacobs
• Robin Minz
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman
• Naman Dhir
• Vignesh Puthur
• Satyanarayana Raju
• Ryan Rickelton
• Mitchell Santner
• Karn Sharma
• Rohit Sharma
• Krishnan Shrijith
• Arjun Tendulkar
• Tilak Varma
• Reece Topley
• Lizaad Williams
• Suryakumar Yadav

MI  team records

Highest totals For Indian Premier League – MI