The best team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has officially been crowned. The Mumbai Indians were created fourteen years ago. They are five times IPL champions in fourteen years. It is the only team in league history to win five times. Mumbai Indians are the winners of IPL 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020.
About Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians is one of those many teams and they have performed with utmost dedication. Their hard work and determination have led them to win the title series. The team that represents the city of Mumbai and the franchise is formed by Reliance Industries Limited which also owns India.
The captaincy has been handled by many good players like Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, Lasith Malinga and others.
Start of new era IPL
The Indian Premier League opened a lot of eyes across the world with its massive success among people. The tournament was held in India which was eye-opening for many people. As expected, many cricket players in different parts of the world have given their best performance in this tournament. They have contributed a lot to the growth of this competition. It has ended up as the most popular cricket tournament in the world.
Owner of Mumbai Indians
When the IPL was started bidding for 8 teams was organized by the BCCI and IPL governing body in 2008 January. These teams were divided by city names like Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) bid for the Mumbai location. Their bidding amount was $111.9 million, Which was the most expensive bid at that time. Then Reliance Industries Limited which was owned by Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani earned the rights of the team for 10 years. Later they named their Mumbai-based team Mumbai Indians.
Performance In IPL
Shaky start of IPL
The year was 2008 and Mumbai Indians were ready for the biggest T20 league in India. But, Mumbai Indians were not this successful from the start. They started off on a slow note and then rose back again with their performance. During those times, the captaincy was handled by Harbhajan Singh and Ricky Ponting who used to guide them through their performances. Sending down deliveries at one end and batting on the other, they achieved a lot of success.
In the first two seasons of IPL 2008 and 2009, they remained at the bottom half of the table. In the third season, they finished runners-up to Chennai Super Kings and in the fourth season, they finished 3rd on the points table. But then again in 2012, they were in fourth place.
The Successful Journey of Mumbai Indians
In the sixth season of IPL, Mumbai Indians were very successful, clashing with Chennai Super Kings in 2013. They won that title and became one of the top teams of IPL once again. They got their name back from many years ago and started winning at a steady pace. Then finally after one year in 2015, they won the tournament for the second time. It was an amazing win for them as well as for all their fans around India itself. On both occasions, they defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final.
After one year in 2017, they again reached the finals. This time they defeated the new team Rising Pune Supergiant by just 1 run. This is the closest encounter in the final IPL history to date.
Again in 2019, Mumbai Indians reach the final. They became fourth-time champions by defeating Chennai Super Kings. This time also they won by just 1 run. This time they defended 149 runs.
In 2020, Mumbai Indians became the second team that won the IPL title back to back. This time they became a fifth-time champion of the IPL. This time they defeated Delhi Capitals in the final by 5 wickets. Mumbai chased down the target of 157 in 18 overs.
Rivalry with Chennai Super Kings
The game between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings has been one of the best matches in IPL as well as the first-ever India T20 League. These two teams have played many times and have had a great rivalry. This rivalry started from the very first season in 2008.
Chennai Super Kings became the champions of IPL 2 times until the start of the 2011 season. Mumbai Indians won their first title in 2013. Then Chennai Super Kings again became champions in 2018 after coming back from suspension.
Both teams have played 32 matches till now against each other. 19 matches were won by MI and 13 were won by CSK. Even MI’s win five titles in which they defeated CSK 3 times.
Successful captain Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma became the captain of Mumbai Indians in 2013. He is one of the most successful captains in IPL history. He led Mumbai Indians to the playoffs and won the title in his debut season. In his captaincy, Mumbai Indians won five titles.
In 2013, Rohit Sharma was appointed as a captain for the first time. Before that, he was played at 5th place because of his inconsistency and that was one major reason MI released him in the 2012 auction but later they bid 8 crore rupees for him and Rohit Sharma with this price comes back to MI.
Rohit Sharma is leading with all intents and purposes under his captaincy. He leads by example when it comes to scoring runs.
Brand Value of MI
The brand valuation of Mumbai Indians is 57.4 million dollars, which is the second-highest after Chennai Super Kings. The brand value of MI in 2017 was 46.8 million dollars with a 37% increase from the previous year.
The owner of MI, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), has invested 23 billion rupees from 2008-to 2012 and they still invest 20-25 million dollars every year on the team’s players and infrastructure in addition to 20%-25% revenue generated by the team’s performance in IPL.
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