A thread on memorable victories of best T20 team ever Mumbai Indians.

1) CLT20 2011 final, MI vs RCB:-

1st is always special. While batting 1st MI posted just 139 runs thanks to James Franklin's 41.
RCB were 38 off 4 overs at one stage with Dilshan looking dangerous but Bhajji persisted with Malinga for 3rd straight over & it paid off as .....

Malinga clean bowled Dilshan, captaincy masterclass by Bhajji. After that Yuzi & Bhajji ran through RCB and MI easily won by 31 runs. Bhajji was Man of the Match for captain's spell by picking up 3 crucial wickets.
Both teams played 4 overseas players in that match.

2) MI vs CSK 2012 :-

CSK posted 173 after batting 1st. During chase Sachin had his god mode activated, scored 74(44) & 126 runs partnership with Rohit but suddenly collapse happened & it got worse that it came down to 14 runs in last 3 balls.

Dwayne Smith finished it with 6 4 4

3) MI vs CSK 2013 IPL final :-

Our 1st IPL . MI started their innings in disastrous way with 52/4 in 9.3 overs. But then big man Pollard came to the rescue & scored 60*(32) balls & took us to the respectable total of 148.
While defending Rohit Sharma started with Malinga ....

which was unusual as Johnson used to bowl 1st but it paid off as Malinga got Hussey & Raina 1st over, captaincy masterclass by Rohit Sharma.
Rest was football scorecard & MI easily won the final by 23 runs.
Pollard was Man of the Match for his high quality innings in pressure.

4) MI vs Perth Scorchers 2013 CLT20 :-

Most underrated match in MI history. CLT20 version of MI vs RR chase 2014. Perth Scorchers posted 149 while batting 1st thanks to NCN's spell of 19/3 in 4 overs. But still due to low Net Run Rate MI needed to chase it in 14.2 overs to .....

qualify for semi finals. Dwayne Smith gave a flying start followed by Rohit's captain's knock of 51 runs off just 24 balls & MI chased it in just 13.2 overs & qualified for semi finals.
Rohit was Man of the Match for his captain's knock.

5) MI vs RR CLT20 2013 final :-

MI had slow start to their innings but Rohit's 33(14) & 37(14) took MI to big score of 202.
RR had a great start, they were once 117/1 off 11.4 overs, it seemed like Sachin will not get a winning farewell in his last T20.
But just after that .....

Ojha got dangerous looking Samson & after that it was Bhajji's bowling masterclass, picked up 4 wickets & become only player to win 2 Man of the Match in CLT20 finals.
MI won the match by 33 runs & won their 2nd CLT20 final.

6) MI vs RR IPL 2014 :-

What if I say this match ended with 32 balls remaining but still one of the most thrilling match ever.
RR posted 189 runs in 1st innings but things got worse for MI due to low Net Run Rate, they needed to chase 190 in 14.3 overs to qualify.

All eyes were on Corey Anderson as he was looking rare poor signing by MI but he was saving his best for this big moment. He scored 95*(44) balls & Rayudu played a great cameo of 30(10).
Despite these boundary was needed of last ball & this happened

7) MI vs CSK 2015 league match :-

MI started season with straight 4 losses. This was MI's 11th match of season. Had MI lost that match, they could have been potentially eliminated.
Chasing 159, MI required 30 off last 2 overs on slow Chepauk track. Season was slipping....

but Pandya rose to the occasion & struck 3 sixes in 19th over of Negi & changed match completely.
This match will always be remembered as grand arrival of Kung Fu Pandya in Cricket.

8) MI vs CSK 2015 final :-

Match started with early run out of Parthiv Patel, but MI didn't looked back after that, Rohit scored top knock of 50(26) balls & almost every batsmen contributed & MI posted 202 on board.
MI defended total easily thanks to @Mitch_Savage spell off ....

25/3 in 4 overs. MI won the match easily by 41 runs.
Rohit was adjudged Man of the Match for his captain's knock.
Special thanks to Lendl Simmons & McClenaghan for being the key to our turnaround in season & led us to 2nd IPL

9) MI vs RPS 2017 final :-

If you watched that match then you know what 'Never Say Die' term means.
MI started their innings in worst possible way, 79/7 in 14.1 overs. Krunal's gritty knock of 47 & 50 run partnership with Johnson took MI to face saving total of 129.

RPS dominated the chase till final over where they needed 11 of last over but Johnson's double blow of Manoj Tiwari & Smith in that over led MI to thrilling 1 run win.
Only MI Paltan can perform these stunts
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10) SRH vs MI 2019 :-

Lets know background story first, in 2018 when MI faced SRH at Wankhede on Sachin's birthday SRH defended 118 & made us 87 all out, it was humiliation.
But MI took revenge in best possible way in 2019 in Hyderabad, MI posted just 136 while batting 1st.

After that MI bowled out SRH for just 96 runs & won easily by 40 runs.
Alzarri Joseph's 12/6 & Pollard's 46*(26) were stand out performances in match.
Look at the picture below to get idea of how perfect revenge that was.

11) MI vs CSK 2019 final :-

My personal favourite match of MI. I guess I don't need to elaborate on this match.
Picture below is enough to refresh your memories.
Became the 1st team to 4 IPL trophies

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I hope you all enjoyed it.
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