April 30, 08 by CricStars
After four straight loses the Mumbai Indians got a much needed victory. Sanath Jayasuriya’s 3 for 14 in 4 overs and Dwayne Bravo and Robin Uthappa century stand helped Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Raiders
isciplined bowling performance from Mumbai Indians saw Kolkata Knight Riders restricted to a score of 137 runs for the loss of eight wickets. Laxmi Ratan Shukla’s unbeaten 40 off 22 balls and debutant Debabrata Das’ 29 off 20 balls helped KKR to pose a respectable score after loosing Sourav Ganguly and the dangerous Brendon McCullum in the first over
Mumbai had a nervy start and were 25 for 3, bur Bravo and Robin Uthappa did not lose nerves and guided Mumbai to there first victory
Video Highlights of Kolkata Knight Riders
Video Highlights of Mumbai Indians Innings
Scorecard
| Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings |
| Batsmen |
Mumbai Indians (138/3 in 18.4 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Ajinkya Rahane |
c D Hussey b A Agarkar |
4 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
40.00 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
b I Sharma |
18 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
180.00 |
| Manish Pandey |
b A Dinda |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Robin Uthappa |
not out |
37 |
37 |
5 |
0 |
100.00 |
| Dwayne Bravo |
not out |
64 |
53 |
8 |
1 |
120.75 |
| Pinal Shah (wk) |
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| Shaun Pollock (c) |
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| Abhishek Nayar |
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| Dhawal Kulkarni |
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| Dilhara Fernando |
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| Ashish Nehra |
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| Extras: |
b – 0, w – 9, nb – 1, lb – 5 |
15 |
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| Total: (138 for 3 in 18.4 overs) |
138 |
Run Rate: 7.39 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/16 (Ajinkya Rahane, 2.4 ov.), 2/25 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.4 ov.), 3/25 (Manish Pandey, 4.1 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Kolkata Knight Riders |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Ajit Agarkar |
4 |
0 |
23 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5.8 |
| Ishant Sharma |
3.4 |
0 |
33 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9.0 |
| Ashok Dinda |
4 |
0 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3.0 |
| Murali Kartik |
3 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8.0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez |
1 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16.0 |
| Sourav Ganguly |
2 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.0 |
| Laxmi Shukla |
1 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11.0 |
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| Batting: Kolkata Knight Riders Innings |
| Batsmen |
Kolkata Knight Riders (137/8 in 20 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Brendon McCullum (wk) |
lbw b S Pollock |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Sourav Ganguly (c) |
c S Jayasuriya b S Pollock |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
200.00 |
| Ricky Ponting |
run out (A Rahane/S Jayasuriya) |
19 |
31 |
1 |
0 |
61.29 |
| Debabrata Das |
c R Uthappa b D Bravo |
29 |
20 |
5 |
1 |
145.00 |
| David Hussey |
c A Nehra b S Jayasuriya |
17 |
20 |
3 |
0 |
85.00 |
| Mohammad Hafeez |
c P Shah b S Jayasuriya |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
33.33 |
| Laxmi Shukla |
not out |
40 |
22 |
4 |
2 |
181.82 |
| Ajit Agarkar |
c A Nehra b S Jayasuriya |
2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
33.33 |
| Murali Kartik |
c S Jayasuriya b D Fernando |
10 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
90.91 |
| Ishant Sharma |
not out |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Ashok Dinda |
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| Extras: |
b – 1, w – 7, nb – 0, lb – 5 |
13 |
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| Total: (137 for 8 in 20 overs) |
137 |
Run Rate: 6.8 |
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April 28, 08 by CricStars
Adam Gilchrist smashed the fastest century in a Twenty20 game in just 42 balls as Deccan Chargers routed the Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets.
Bravo and Abhishek Nair’s blitz lifted Mumbai Indians to 154 runs, but it was not enough to Gilly who was aggressive right from the word go, his sixes are huge. Gilly swatted an incredible 10 sixes and nine boundaries in his Deccan reached their target with 44 balls to spare, and registered a empathic victory over a demotivated Mumbai Indians side. VVS Laxman contributed an unbeaten 36 and watched a special innings from 22 yards
Video Highlights of Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers
April 27, 08 by CricStars
Harbajan-Sreesanth-Controversy-IPL
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The Harbhajan Singh – Sreesanth fracas took a dramatic turn, as the BCCI suspended Harbhajan Singh from the Indian Premier League (IPL) with immediate effect. Harbhajan will be put under suspension until further hearing. He won’t be playing in today’s match.
The BCCI had condemned Harbhajan’s behaviour and had issued him a notice, asking to explain his conduct by Monday 28th April.. The latest development put Harbhajan in deep trouble and it may well affect his cricket career..
Do watch this space for more updates on Cricket, Indian Premier League and Cricket Stars.. 
April 23, 08 by CricStars
In a nail-biting contest. Chennai super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 6 runs at Chepak Stadium
Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to field. Chennai super kings piled up a challenging total of 208 for 5, thanks to a 104-run stand between Matthew Hayden and Suresh Raina. Hayden, in particular, was merciless and plundered 81 runs in just 46 balls. Suresh Rainaon the other end made a quick fire 53 of 37 balls, whic included 3 sixes and 3 fours.
208 looks like a chasable score on ground full of dew, Chennai bowlers struggled to grip the ball. A late assault from Abhishek Nayar and Harbhajan Singh bought Mumbai Indians close to victory. With 9 required off the last over, abhishek trashed first 2 balls to fours, a single on third ball which was declared a no ball proved costly to Mumbai Indians, that single bought Ashish Nehra on strike. Nehra missed the free hit and could only score a single in next ball. Abhishek Nayar top scored with 45 runs of 20 balls, which included 6 fours and a six..
Video Highlights of Chennai Innings
Video Highlights of Mumbai Innings
Score card
| Batting: Chennai Super Kings Innings |
| Batsmen |
Chennai Super Kings (208/5 in 20 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Parthiv Patel (wk) |
c L Ronchi b A Nehra |
14 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
127.27 |
| Matthew Hayden |
run out (H Singh) |
81 |
46 |
12 |
2 |
176.09 |
| Michael Hussey |
b Dl Kulkarni |
5 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
55.56 |
| Suresh Raina |
c D Bravo b M Khote |
54 |
37 |
3 |
3 |
145.95 |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) |
c D Bravo b M Khote |
30 |
16 |
4 |
1 |
187.50 |
| Jacob Oram |
not out |
5 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
250.00 |
| Subramaniam Badrinath |
not out |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
200.00 |
| Joginder Sharma |
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| Manpreet Gony |
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| Palani Amarnath |
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| Muttiah Muralitharan |
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| Extras: |
b – 4, w – 9, nb – 2, lb – 2 |
17 |
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| Total: (208 for 5 in 20 overs) |
208 |
Run Rate: 10.40 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/34 (Parthiv Patel, 3.1 ov.), 2/39 (Michael Hussey, 4.4 ov.), 3/143 (Suresh Raina, 14.6 ov.), 4/194 (Matthew Hayden, 19 ov.), 5/206 (Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 19.5 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Mumbai Indians |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Shaun Pollock |
3 |
0 |
32 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
10.7 |
| Ashish Nehra |
4 |
0 |
35 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
8.8 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni |
3 |
0 |
25 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
8.3 |
| Harbhajan Singh |
2 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7.0 |
| Dwayne Bravo |
3 |
0 |
37 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
12.3 |
| Vikrant Yeligati |
1 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16.0 |
| Abhishek Nayar |
1 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14.0 |
| Musavir Khote |
3 |
0 |
29 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
9.7 |
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| Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings |
| Batsmen |
Mumbai Indians (202/7 in 20 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Luke Ronchi (wk) |
run out (S Badrinath) |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
66.67 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
c J Sharma b M Gony |
20 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
181.82 |
| Robin Uthappa |
b J Sharma |
43 |
36 |
6 |
1 |
119.44 |
| Shaun Pollock |
b P Amarnath |
17 |
15 |
0 |
1 |
113.33 |
| Dwayne Bravo |
c J Oram b J Sharma |
24 |
16 |
2 |
1 |
150.00 |
| Abhishek Nayar |
not out |
45 |
20 |
6 |
1 |
225.00 |
| Musavir Khote |
c S Raina b M Muralitharan |
9 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
180.00 |
| Harbhajan Singh (c) |
c S Badrinath b M Muralitharan |
28 |
14 |
1 |
3 |
200.00 |
| Ashish Nehra |
not out |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni |
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| Vikrant Yeligati |
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| Extras: |
b – 0, w – 6, nb – 2, lb – 5 |
13 |
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| Total: (202 for 7 in 20 overs) |
202 |
Run Rate: 10.10 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/9 (Luke Ronchi, 1 ov.), 2/30 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 3.4 ov.), 3/81 (Robin Uthappa, 9.4 ov.), 4/97 (Shaun Pollock, 11.4 ov.), 5/130 (Dwayne Bravo, 14.2 ov.), 6/141 (Musavir Khote, 15.3 ov.), 7/189 (Harbhajan Singh, 18.5 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Chennai Super Kings |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Jacob Oram |
4 |
0 |
53 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
13.2 |
| Manpreet Gony |
4 |
1 |
18 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4.5 |
| Joginder Sharma |
4 |
0 |
29 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7.2 |
| Palani Amarnath |
4 |
0 |
57 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
14.2 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan |
4 |
0 |
40 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
10.0 |
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April 20, 08 by CricStars
Bangalore Royal Challengers trashed Mumbai Indians infront of a nosiy Mumbai crowd in there first match. In a match dominated by porteas, Boucher and kallis denied win to Mumbai.
Sachin missed this match and Luke Ronchi, opened the innings with Sanath. Virat Kohli took a awesome catch to dismiss dangerous Ronchi( He had a strike rate of 177 in T20’s). After 17 overs, Mumbai only had 129, but Pollock went on against Bangalore bowlers. Robin Uthappa(48 in 38 ),Sanath Jayasuriya(29), and pollocks 12-ball 28 lifted Mumbai Indians to a challenging 165 for 6 in their first encounter at IPL. Harbhajhan did a fine job as a captain. Zahher Khan looked at his best utilized bounce and controlled the ball very well
Bangalore low of confidence started there reply shakily, while Chandrapual looked confident Dravid was clueless initially but later one displayed some good strokes.
Dravid should come in middle of the innings than open the innings. Virat Kohli Sparked in his short innings, no doubt he will make into India ODI squad very soon. Boucher(39 runs) straight away played beautifully and along with Kallis( 55 run partnership) steered Bangalore Royal Challengers to there first victory
Video Highlights of Mumbai Indians Innings
Video Highlights of Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings
Mumbai vs Bangalore Scorecard
| Batting: Mumbai Indians Innings |
| Batsmen |
Mumbai Indians (165/6 in 20 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Luke Ronchi (wk) |
c V Kohli b Z Khan |
8 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
80.00 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
run out (Z Khan) |
29 |
16 |
5 |
1 |
181.25 |
| Dominic Thornley |
retd hurt |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Robin Uthappa |
st M Boucher b B Akhil |
48 |
38 |
5 |
1 |
126.32 |
| Pinal Shah |
c V Kohli b B Akhil |
19 |
23 |
2 |
0 |
82.61 |
| Abhishek Nayar |
c Z Khan b P Kumar |
20 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
142.86 |
| Shaun Pollock |
b Z Khan |
28 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
233.33 |
| Harbhajan Singh (c) |
not out |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
100.00 |
| Musavir Khote |
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| Ashish Nehra |
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| Dhawal Kulkarni |
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| Extras: |
b – 1, w – 3, nb – 0, lb – 7 |
11 |
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| Total: (165 for 6 in 20 overs) |
165 |
Run Rate: 8.25 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/9 (Luke Ronchi, 1.5 ov.), 2/46 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 5.4 ov.), 3/97 (Pinal Shah, 13.3 ov.), 4/125 (Robin Uthappa, 16.5 ov.), 5/152 (Abhishek Nayar, 18.5 ov.), 6/165 (Shaun Pollock, 19.6 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Bangalore Royal Challengers |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Praveen Kumar |
4 |
0 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
7.2 |
| Zaheer Khan |
4 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
4.2 |
| Jacques Kallis |
3 |
0 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
14.3 |
| Vinay Kumar |
4 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.2 |
| Balachandra Akhil |
3 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5.7 |
| Sunil Joshi |
2 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5.0 |
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| Batting: Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings |
| Batsmen |
Bangalore Royal Challengers (166/5 in 19.4 ovs) |
Runs |
Balls |
4’s |
6’s |
SR |
| Rahul Dravid (c) |
c & b H Singh |
32 |
33 |
4 |
0 |
96.97 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul |
c A Nayar b Dl Kulkarni |
16 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
145.45 |
| Ross Taylor |
c A Nayar b S Jayasuriya |
23 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
191.67 |
| Jacques Kallis |
c A Nayar b H Singh |
25 |
24 |
0 |
1 |
104.17 |
| Virat Kohli |
c L Ronchi b A Nehra |
23 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
164.29 |
| Mark Boucher (wk) |
not out |
39 |
19 |
4 |
2 |
205.26 |
| Balachandra Akhil |
not out |
3 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
60.00 |
| Praveen Kumar |
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| Zaheer Khan |
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| Sunil Joshi |
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| Vinay Kumar |
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| Extras: |
b – 0, w – 5, nb – 0, lb – 0 |
5 |
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| Total: (166 for 5 in 19.4 overs) |
166 |
Run Rate: 8.44 |
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| Fall Of Wickets |
| 1/37 (Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 4.6 ov.), 2/68 (Rahul Dravid, 8.5 ov.), 3/76 (Ross Taylor, 9.6 ov.), 4/106 (Virat Kohli, 13.3 ov.), 5/161 (Jacques Kallis, 18.4 ov.) |
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| Bowling: Mumbai Indians |
| Bowler |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Nb |
Wd |
ER |
| Ashish Nehra |
4 |
0 |
45 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
11.2 |
| Shaun Pollock |
4 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4.2 |
| Dhawal Kulkarni |
2.4 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7.1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya |
4 |
0 |
39 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
9.8 |
| Harbhajan Singh |
4 |
0 |
36 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
9.0 |
| Abhishek Nayar |
1 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10.0 |
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April 16, 08 by CricStars
Promotional Video of Mumbai Indians IPl cricket team featuring bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan.
April 14, 08 by CricStars
Owner: Mukesh Ambani (Reliance Industries Limited)
Official Website: Not been launched yet
Captain: Sachin Tendulkar
Coach: Lalchand Rajput
Batsmen:
Sachin Tendulkar
Sanath Jayasuriya
Robin Uthappa
Loots Bosman
Ashwell Prince
Ajinkya Rahane
Manish Pandey
Saurabh Tiwary
Wicket Keepers / All Rounders:
Luke Ronchi
Yogesh Takawale
Pinal Shah
Shaun Pollock
Abhishek Nayar
Bowlers:
Harbhajan Singh
Lasith Malinga
Dilhara Fernando
Ashish Nehra
Reliance Industries(Mukesh Ambani) bought Mumbai franchise, supposed to be on the most fought franchise for a record $111.9 Million making it the most expensive franchise in IPL.
Sachin Tendulkar will lead the team and start his carrer in new format of the game. India’s team manger during there triumph at ICC t20 world cup, Lalchand Rajput will coach the team. Harsha Bhogle and few other noted crickets will help the team as support staff
They exhausted there resources buying Harbhajhan Singh for a whooping $850,000 and were left with inexperienced wicket keepers .
Strengths – Good bating squad with some quality allrounders like Sanath Jayasurya, Pollock and
Weakness – Wicket keepers, I Don’t think Harbhajan Singh is worth the money they spend, he may have a dull IPL keeping in view of the flat pitches. T20’s need alrounders
Star Players – Wo else than sachin, need to see how master blaster do in T20’s. Sanath Jayasuriya and Robin Uthappa one of the hard hitting cricketers
Prediction – Will be in Top 4
Schedule
| Sun 20 Apr |
5th match |
Mumbai Indians v Bangalore Royal Challengers |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Wed 23 Apr |
8th match |
Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
| Fri 25 Apr |
10th match |
Kings XI Punjab v Mumbai Indians |
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh |
| Sun 27 Apr |
14th match |
Mumbai Indians v Deccan Chargers |
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai |
| Tue 29 Apr |
16th match |
Kolkata Knight Riders v Mumbai Indians |
Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Sun 4 May |
23rd match |
Mumbai Indians v Delhi Daredevils |
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai |
| Wed 7 May |
27th match |
Mumbai Indians v Rajasthan Royals |
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai |
| Wed 14 May |
36th match |
Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings |
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai |
| Fri 16 May |
38th match |
Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders |
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai |
| Sun 18 May |
42nd match |
Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians |
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
| Wed 21 May |
45th match |
Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab |
Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Mumbai |
| Sat 24 May |
50th match |
Delhi Daredevils v Mumbai Indians |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Mon 26 May |
53rd match |
Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Wed 28 May |
55th match |
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
