5 Trophies - 6 Finals - 1 Captain - 1 Franchise

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Year 2013,
When Rohit Sharma captained Mumbai Indians in IPL for the first time. [From 7th match of MI]

Final Played btwn CSK nd MI,
The last time these two teams contested in the final was in 2010 nd CSK won that final.
MI had a great chance to take revenge, nd they did it.

In the Batting first MI scored 148 run by losing 9 wickets. From MI Pollard scored unbeaten 60 run In 32 balls with 7 fours and 3 sixes.

In reply of 149 run target CSK only to manage 125 runs Only Dhoni playing of 63 run inning of 45 balls by hitting 3 fours and 5 sixes.

From MI Malinga, Johnson, Harbhajan took 2 wickets each while Ojha, Dhawan and Pollard takes single wickets.

MI beat CSK by 23 runs and became champions in 6th season of IPL,
Rohit became youngest player to win title as a captain.

Can say "START OF AN ERA" ??!!..

Year 2015,
It was again CSK vs MI in final of IPL.
In d batting first MI scored 202 run by loosing 5 wickets.
After being reduced to 1/1 in 1 over, both Simmons and Rohit Sharma counter attacked
Simmon's 68 came off 45 balls and Rohit made 50 off 26 with (6) 4s and (2) 6s

Pollard smashed 36 off 18 with 2 fours and 3 sixes, Rayudu hit 36* off 24 with 3 sixes,
McCleneghan was the most successful bowler for MI with 3/25 in 4 overs Malinga and Harbhajan took 2 wickets each.

MI clinched their 2nd IPL title following a crushing 41-run win over CSK.

Year 2017,
This time it was MI vs RPS.
Best IPL final played till nw as,
In Batting first Mi registered lowest score of 129 by loosing 8 wickets (Krunal Pandya 47, Rohit Sharma 24).

RPS needed 23 runs from the final two overs of the run-chase, which came down to 7 from 5 balls.

Despite an Underwhelming performance with the bat, and a Best performance in the field, the MI bowlers applied the squeeze on their opponents, eventually leading their team to a 1-run win.

And Think What??!!!
MI became 1st ever team to win 3 titles of IPL under captaincy of Rohit Sharma

Year 2019,
Another MI vs CSK final,
As always while batting first MI scored 149 run by loosing 8 wickets.
Our big man polly scored 41* runs off 25 balls.

In pp MI got d wicket of faf after his small Cameo of 26 off 13.
After this,Guess what? Malinga dropped d catch of Watson.

It was McClenaghan's over nd Watson survived, he was 33 off 27 at this point
MI got 3 back to back wickets of Raina, Raydu nd Dhoni(run-out).
But Watson changed d game,
in 18th over krunal conducted 20 runs.
Equation suddenly changed to 18 runs off 12 balls.

Bumrah got d wicket of bravo in 19th over.
That heart-stopping final over,CSK needed 9 off 6 balls.
1 1 2 W1 2 - five balls of over [Watson was Run-out off d 4th delivery]
The last ball

Mumbai Indians win IPL 2019 by 1 run!
Never Ever Underestimate Captain Rohit Sharma

Year 2020,
Year With COVID Pandemic, Quarantine, Bio-Bubble; Everything was not same as last year.

Rohit Sharma had to miss 4 games in the middle of tournament as a result of a hamstring tear he suffered.

Rohit back after injury in the last match of league stage.

MI have reached IPL final for the 6th time amd the defending champions will look to lift the record- breaking fifth title this year.

This time opponents were DC, who made their maiden entry in IPL final.

MI began the IPL 2020 final with a record-breaking feat as Trent Boult became the first bowler to pick up a wicket off the very first ball in the final.

In Batting 1st, DC scored 156 runs by loosing 7 wickets.

MI was chasing, nd guess what??!!

It was Rohit's show all the way as he took the Delhi Capitals' new ball attack to the cleaners.
Rohit got out after scoring 68 off 51 balls, Ishan stayed unbeaten on 33 off 19 balls.
MI Won By 5 wickets And clinch their 5th title

From not winning even a single match during their trip to the UAE in 2014 to bossing the tournament in 2020,Rohit's men have effortlessly turned their fortunes around

Rohit became only the 2nd captain after MSD to lead a successful title defence as MI broke their even-year jinx.

After this final, Rohit won 5 IPL trophy as a captain and 6 as player; most by any!

Nd became a only captain to never loose in IPL final