MI have won the IPL tournament five times, are really good at chasing runs. They have the second-highest run chase in the history of the IPL. Let’s look at the top 5 times when Mumbai Indians chased down a lot of runs from 2008 to 2024.
Mumbai Indians are one of the best teams in the IPL. They’ve won the IPL five times, just like MS Dhoni’s team CSK. They’ve had many great players like Tendulkar, Malinga, Harbhajan, Ambati Rayudu, and Saurabh Tiwary.
Mumbai Indians are known for being really good at batting. This helps them chase down a lot of runs in IPL matches. Their strong batting lineup has led to many big wins, including some where they chased down more than 200 runs, setting records.
Let’s take a look at five of Mumbai Indians best run chases in IPL history:
5. MI vs RCB IPL 2023 – 200
The Mumbai Indians played a big cricket match against the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2023. The Royal Challengers set a high target of over 200 runs for Mumbai to chase. Faf du Plessis and Glenn Maxwell, key players for the Royal Challengers, scored well. But Mumbai’s Suryakumar Yadav played amazingly, scoring 83 runs in just 35 balls, helping Mumbai win the match. Nehal Wadhera and Ishan Kishan also played their part in reaching the target. Mumbai won the match by six wickets at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
4. MI vs SRH IPL 2023 – 201
The Mumbai Indians had a big win against the Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2023. The Sunrisers made a high score thanks to their top players, Mayank Agarwal and Vivrant Sharma. But Camron Green from Mumbai played amazingly and scored 100 runs in just 47 balls. Rohit Sharma also played well and scored 56 runs. Mumbai Indians won the game easily, beating Sunrisers by 8 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
3. MI vs RR IPL 2023 – 214
The Mumbai Indians scored the third-highest number of runs ever to beat the Rajasthan Royals in the 2023 IPL season. The youngest player on the Rajasthan Royals team, Yashasvi Jaiswal, scored 124 runs, including 8 sixes and 16 fours, in just 62 balls. This helped his team reach a total of 212 runs for the Mumbai Indians to chase.
Jaiswal’s performance was outstanding, and it was the best century ever scored by a young player in the IPL. Despite his efforts, the Rajasthan Royals couldn’t stop the Mumbai Indians’ batters. Players like Suryakumar Yadav, Cameron Green, Tim David, and Tilak Varma contributed to the Mumbai Indians’ score of 214/4.
Mumbai Indians won the match by 6 wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
2. MI vs PBKS IPL 2023 – 216
Mumbai Indians second-highest score chase in the IPL happened in the 2023 season against Punjab Kings. They chased down 215 runs successfully at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali. This chase also ranks as the fourth-highest in IPL history.
During the first part of the match between Mumbai Indians and Punjab Kings, Punjab’s batsmen Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, and captain Shikhar Dhawan scored well, setting a target of over 200 runs.
But Mumbai Indians easily reached the target with Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Verma playing crucial roles. They scored a total of 217 runs in 19 overs. Mumbai Indians won the match by 6 wickets, beating Punjab Kings in just 18.5 overs.
1. MI vs CSK IPL 2021 Match – 219
The Mumbai Indians once had to chase a really high score in a cricket match against the Chennai Super Kings in 2021. The Chennai Super Kings scored 219 runs, and Mumbai Indians needed to beat that. They played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium during the 2021 IPL season. Mumbai Indians managed to chase this big score successfully, making it the second-highest run chase in IPL history.
In that match, some players from Chennai Super Kings, like Ambati Raidu, Moheen Ali, and Faf du Plessis, scored a lot of runs, totaling 217. But Mumbai Indians’ players did even better. Kieron Pollard scored 87 runs without getting out, Quinton de Kock made 38 runs, and Rohit Sharma scored 35 runs. With their amazing batting, Mumbai Indians won the match by 4 wickets, beating Chennai Super Kings.
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