All-round Pollard helps Mumbai get off the mark in the UAE

After a hat-trick of defeats, the Mumbai Indians have finally corrected course and registered their first win in the second phase of the competition in the UAE. Although Mumbai were made to sweat in their run-chase of 135, the defending champions finally got over the line thanks to contributions from Hardik Pandya and Saurabh Tiwary, […]

Maxwell, Harshal Patel help RCB down Mumbai

The Royal Challengers Bangalore are finally up and running in the UAE in IPL 2021 with Virat Kohli’s side registering a comfortable 54-run victory over the defending champions Mumbai in Dubai. An outstanding performance from Glenn Maxwell with the bat took RCB to 165 before the Bangalore spinners strangled the Mumbai middle order, and Harshal […]

Kolkata demolish Mumbai Indians to take fourth spot

The Kolkata Knight Riders halted their four-match losing streak against the Mumbai Indians in stunning fashion at Abu Dhabi with a thumping seven-wicket win over the defending champions. Chasing a modest 155, KKR showed great intent right from the start, and majestic half-centuries from Venkatesh Iyer (53 off 30) and Rahul Tripathi (74* off 42) […]

Magnificent Ruturaj gives Chennai Super Kings victory over Mumbai Indians

The second half of the 2021 Indian Premier League resumed in the UAE with the marquee clash between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings, and the fixture once again lived up to the hype as Chennai fought back hard to beat Mumbai by 20 runs. CSK were effectively reduced to 24-5 inside the powerplay, but […]

Mumbai Indians IPL 2021 Part II Preview

After winning the title in 2019 and 2020, the Mumbai Indians will be looking to complete the historic three-peat in IPL 2021, and with a squad that has very few weaknesses, the defending champions are one of the favourites to go all the way in the second half of the competition in the UAE. Season […]

De Kock half-century helps Mumbai get back to winning ways

After two consecutive defeats, the Mumbai Indians are back to winning ways in the Indian Premier League after their comfortable victory over the Rajasthan Royals in Delhi. For the second game in a row in Delhi, the team batting first have misread the pitch and ended up with 10-15 runs short of a par score. […]

Rahul, Gayle guide Punjab to victory against the Mumbai Indians

The Punjab Kings comfortably beat the Mumbai Indians by 9 wickets on another low and slow track in Chennai. After restricting Rohit Sharma’s side to a sup-par total of 134, captain KL Rahul and Chris Gayle timed their chase to perfection on this tricky wicket to take Punjab home and register their second victory of […]

Amit Mishra 4-fer guides Delhi to victory

The curse of the Chennai chase has finally been lifted as the Delhi Capitals beat the Mumbai Indians by 6 wickets and chase down their target of 138 with 5 balls to spare. Despite losing their last 5 meetings against Mumbai – including last season’s final – Delhi were incredibly professional with both bat and […]

Mumbai strangle SRH at the death on sluggish Chennai pitch

The curse of the Chennai chase strikes again and for the second consecutive game, the Sunrisers Hyderabad have failed to chase down a 150 target after getting off to a flying start. Jonny Bairstow returned to the top of the order for SRH and made the most of the field restrictions and the hard new […]

Mumbai Indians IPL 2021 Preview

Mumbai Indians have won the previous two IPL’s and come into IPL 2021 as the frontrunners to lift the crown and complete their three-peat. Mumbai are the most complete side in this competition and arguably the greatest franchise team in the history of the sport. After a successful trip to the UAE, they have strengthened […]