IPL Report Card: Mumbai Indians

IPL Report Card: Mumbai Indians

Performance
Mats - 14, Wins - 7, Losses - 7, No Result - 0, Points -14

Position in Points Table
5/8

Results

Versus	Home Match	Away Match
Bangalore Royal Challengers	Lost by 5 wickets	Won by 9 wickets
Chennai Super Kings	Won by 9 wickets	Lost by 6 runs
Kings XI Punjab	Lost by 1 run	Lost by 66 runs
Deccan Chargers	Lost by 10 wickets	Won by 25 runs
Kolkata Knight Riders	Won by 8 wickets	Won by 7 wickets
Delhi Daredevils	Won by 29 wickets	Won by 5 wickets
Rajasthan Royals	Won by 7 wickets	Lost by 5 wickets

Top Performers

Among Batsmen		Among Bowlers
Sanath Jayasuriya	514 runs (14 mats)	Ashish Nehra	12 wickets (14 mats)
Robin Uthappa	320 runs (14 mats)	Dwayne Bravo	11 wickets (9 mats)
Abhishek Nayar	206 runs (14 mats)	Dhawal Kulkarni	11 wickets (10 mats)

Talent hunt
Mumbai Indians failed to book a semi-final ticket, but they had a lot of positives from their 14 matches. The side produced a good fiery all-rounder in the form of Abhishek Nayar. His 206 runs in the DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) came at a healthy strike rate of 149. He took matches close for his team but ran out of luck at crucial times. Dhawal Kulkarni and Rohan Raje were also the finds of the IPL for Mumbai Indians. Kulkarni was the third highest wicket-taker for his franchise with 11 wickets while Raje capitalised on the opportunites he got.

Biggest disappointment
Sachin Tendulkar's return to the side boosted Mumbai's chances to enter the knock-out stage, but his captaincy seemed out of sorts. It was under his mantle Mumbai Indians failed to win three narrow games which went down to the last over. And for the same reason, Mumbai failed to make it into the final four.

Bugbear
The unfortunate spat between Harbhajan Singh and S Sreesanth witnessed the former being banned from the IPL. Mumbai Indians would have needed his services if they wanted to book a semi-final place. In the initial phase of the tournament, the Mumbai franchise failed to get the right combination in the top order. Experiments got big on them and the middle order suffered.

Standout performance
Sri Lankan stalwart Sanath Jayasuriya was one of the top-notch performers for the Mumbai side in the IPL. The 'Matara Mauler' played an outstanding knock against the Chennai Super Kings to score his maiden century in the Twenty20 tournament. The belligerent southpaw battered the Super Kings' bowling for 114 runs off 48 balls, an innings which saw 9 boundaries and 11 massive hits over the ropes.

Trivia
1. Sanath Jayasuriya hit 31 boundaries during the League stage, the highest by any batsman.

2. The Mumbai Indians team was the only side in the IPL to be led by three men. Harbhajan Singh, Shaun Pollock and Sachin Tendulkar are the individuals who did the honours.