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Pune: Mumbai Indians inched closer towards elimination after setting themselves up for their first win, only to slump to their fifth defeat on trot as Punjab Kings won a high-scoring IPL thriller by 12 runs here on Wednesday. A target of 199 looked imminently chaseable when teenagers Dewald Brevis (49 off 25 balls) and NT […]
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Pune: Winless after four games, Mumbai Indians will be desperate to reverse the trend when they face Punjab Kings in the IPL here on Wednesday. It has been a nightmarish beginning for the five-time champions who are known for their slow starts. A formidable all-round side over the years, MI have looked a pale shadow […]
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Pune: After batter Virat Kohli faced a contentious LBW dismissal during the clash against Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore took a dig at the decision. Virat Kohli fumed with anger after being dismissed LBW for 48 against Mumbai Indians on Saturday. He fell to Dewald Brevis on his first ball in the IPL. After being […]
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Pune: Mumbai Indians’ season of woes just got a tad worse after the five-time champions followed another high-profile team Chennai Super Kings to lose their fourth match on the bounce as Royal Challengers Bangalore cantered to an easy seven-wicket win in an IPL match on Saturday. It was Suryakumar Yadav’s unbeaten 68 that gave Mumbai […]
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Mumbai: Former India cricketer and coach Ravi Shastri has termed spinner Yuzvendra Chahal’s revelations that he was hung from the 15th-floor hotel balcony by an inebriated fellow cricketer during the 2013 IPL, as shocking, adding that if such an incident happens now the person should be “given a life ban” and “sent to a rehab […]
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Mumbai: Rajasthan Royals (RR) spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has revealed a terrifying incident during IPL 2013 in Bengaluru when he was hung from the 15th-floor balcony of a hotel by an inebriated bully cricketer, which left him “kind of fainted”. Chahal was then in his last year with IPL franchise Mumbai Indians, before he started a […]
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Pune: Pat Cummins’ superlative knock of 56 runs from 15 balls against Mumbai Indians played here at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday took everyone by surprise and the man who did the unthinkable was also surprised after making the match a one-sided contest in favour of Kolkata Knight Riders. “I am more surprised. […]
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Pune: Kolkata Knight Riders beat Mumbai Indians by five wickets in their IPL match here on Wednesday. Opting to bowl after winning the toss, KKR saw MI recover from 55 for three in the 11th over to post 161 for four. In reply, KKR chased down the target of 162 with 24 balls to spare. […]
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Pune: Mumbai Indians” domestic bowlers will look to step up as they take on a buoyant Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL here on Wednesday, looking to turn things around after back-to-back defeats. MI have so far looked like anything but IPL”s five-time champions, losing both their opening games – first against Delhi Capitals by […]
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Navi Mumbai: Jos Buttler’s manic mayhem was matched in equal measure by spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal as Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai Indians by 23 runs in an IPL match on Saturday. Buttler (100 off 68 balls) scored his second IPL ton off only 66 balls to help the Royals to 193 for […]
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Navi Mumbai: Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians will be seeking better bowling returns when they go up against a confident Rajasthan Royals in their second match of IPL 2022 at the DY Patil Stadium here on Saturday. Both teams head into their second match of the championship with contrasting results in their first match. While Mumbai […]
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Navi Mumbai: Mumbai Indians Director of Cricket Zaheer Khan on Friday admitted that the five-time champions are slow starters but said it is important to keep the mood of the side upbeat in a long tournament like the IPL. As has been the case in the past, MI had a disappointing start to the season, […]
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Mumbai: Having recovered from his finger injury, star India batter Suryakumar Yadav has joined the Mumbai Indians ahead of their second IPL game against Rajasthan Royals, the five-time champions said on Thursday. Surya, who was undergoing rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy after suffering a finger injury during the home series against West Indies last […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad cricketer Thakur Tilak Varma made his debut for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the match against Delhi Capitals on Sunday. Though the five-time champions went down to Rishabh Pant-led Capitals, the youngster did impress in his short stay at the crease. Batting at No.4, the crafty left-hander scored […]
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Mumbai: Lalit Yadav played the innings of his life with an unbeaten 48 while Axar Patel smashed 38 not out off just 17 balls as a depleted Delhi Capitals started their IPL campaign with a stunning four-wicket win over Mumbai Indians here on Sunday. Chasing a challenging 178, Delhi were down 72 for 5 inside […]
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Mumbai: Mumbai Indians” five titles to Delhi Capitals” none will matter little when the heavyweights, equipped with multiple match-winners, lock horns in a clash of titans in a new IPL here on Sunday. Mumbai have retained their core in skipper Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Kieron Pollard and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah, and the role of […]
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New Delhi: The 2022 Indian Premier League will see a tweak in format as 10 teams will be divided into groups of five but the number of matches per side will remain 14. As per groupings released by BCCI on Friday, group A comprises Mumbai Indians, KKR, Rajasthan Royals, Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Supergiants. The […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad cricketer Ambati Rayudu has been a force to reckon with in the Indian Premier League so far. He is one of the few Indian players who has seen constant success. Having played with Mumbai Indians from 2010 to 2018 and with Chennai Super Kings from 2018 to 2021, Rayudu has five IPL and […]
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It was a day for wicketkeepers in the IPL’s last league matches on Friday and two of them stole the show with explosive, sensible and match-winning innings. The diminutive Ishan Kishan did it for Mumbai Indians while Visakhapatnam boy K Srikar Bharat hogged the limelight for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The left-handed Kishan, who returned to […]
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Abu Dhabi: Mumbai Indians needed a lot of things to go their way in their final league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Winning the toss and posting a big total, Mumbai were on track to do the unthinkable. But with Sunrisers Hyderabad making 70/1 in power-play meant that Mumbai missed the bus for the playoffs. But […]