IPL Cricket Team representing the city of Mumbai, Maharastra is the Mumbai Indians (MI). The franchise was founded in the year 2008 and it plays its home matches at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
The franchise is owned by Reliance Industries i.e. by Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani through its 100% subsidiary IndiaWin Sports.
Mumbai Indians is one of the most successful and the most popular teams of the IPL. They along with Chennai Super Kings have won the IPL title three times in the year 2017, 2015 and 2013. They also won the Champions League Twenty20 in the year 2011 and 2013.
Mumbai Indians won IPL 2013 and IPL 2015 title by defeating Chennai Super Kings both the times and the third title came in the year 2017 by defeating the Rising Pune Supergiant. However, Chennai Super Kings also won IPL title three times.
The team is captained by Hitman Rohit Sharma and its head coach is Sri Lankan cricketer Mahela Jayawardene. Rohit Sharma is also the leading run scorer of Mumbai Indians while Lasith Malinga is the leading wicket-taker of the team.
Ahead of the forthcoming IPL auction 2019 which is scheduled on December 18 in Jaipur, IPL stats show that the second most popular IPL franchise on social media is Mumbai Indians. It has the highest followers number of followers on Instagram than any other franchise i.e. 2M. It has Facebook followers: 13M and Twitter followers: 4.92M.
Mumbai Indians is the most valuable IPL franchise with its brand value of $106 million. The likes of Windies cricketer Kieron Pollard, Sri Lankan cricketer Lasith Malinga, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya have become people favorites over the years.
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