Mumbai Indians (MI) Team Profile IPL 2021: Mumbai Indians Team Squad, Players List, Fixtures & Past Records

The Mumbai Indians will face the Kolkata Knight Riders today in their second IPL match of the 2021 season at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The Defending Champions hope to keep their winning streak over KKR from past seasons and record a resounding win today. KKR has lost last nine out of ten matches against Mumbai Indians. 

Overall, the Mumbai Indians is one of the most successful IPL franchises in the history of the tournament with record five wins. The defending champions had retained their title last year by winning the IPL Final against Delhi Capitals by five wickets.

The Rohit Sharma-led team will now be looking to become the first IPL franchise to seal a hat-trick of IPL titles by lifting the IPL trophy this year. The team has previously won IPL 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020 editions.

Similar to last year, the Mumbai Indians will open the tournament with their league stage match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore at 7.30 pm on April 9, 2021 in Chennai. In the last IPL season, the team had a slow start as they had lost their first match against the Chennai Super Kings. 

Mumbai Indians Fixtures

The Mumbai Indians will play their first five matches in Chennai, followed by four in Delhi, three in Bengaluru and the last two matches in Kolkata.

Mumbai Indians Team Profile - IPL 2021

The Mumbai Indians is owned by IndiaWin Sports, a subsidiary of India's biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries. The captain of the team is Rohit Sharma and  Mahela Jayawardene is the head coach. 

The team has largely retained its entire playing XI from last season leaving out space for just one more player.  They are one of the most formidable sides in the IPL with a strong batting and bowling line-up. 

The latest Mumbai Indians squad includes a total of 25 players, check full list here: 

Mumbai Indians Team 2021

Mumbai Indians Full Squad 2021: Rohit Sharma (C) , Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter Nile, Adam Milne, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar

Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Jasprit Bumrah, Chris Lynn, Trent Boult, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, Rahul Chahar, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Mohsin Khan, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni and Anukul Roy.

Mumbai Indians had become the first IPL team to win their 100th T20 in 2017. It had also become the first one to cross USD 100 million mark in brand value among the IPL franchises in 2017. The team is owned by Nita and Mukesh Ambani and it has legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as its batting mentor.