This Day in 2019: Mumbai Indians won their fourth IPL title

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Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings in  the finals played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad played on 12th May to win their fourth IPL title.

After being invited into bat by CSK captain MS Dhoni, Mumbai Indians openers Rohit Sharma and Quinton de Kock got the team off to a flying start putting 45 runs in just 4.5 overs. De Kock looked in fine touch scoring 29 off 17 balls with 4 sixes. Both openers fell at the score of 45.
Surya Kumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya could not contribute much as Chennai Super Kings bowlers kept picking wickets at regular intervals. Thanks to lusty blows by Kieron Pollard, Mumbai Indians posted 149 for 7.

 Krunal Pandya got the breakthrough dismissing du Plessis after a flying start by CSK openers. Mumbai Indian bowlers kept a tight lid as they took wickets of Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, and MS Dhoni. Watson made the look easy with great hitting. 

Jasprit Bumrah bowled a sensational 19th over giving away 9 runs and took the wicket of Dwayne Bravo.  After being smashed for 43 runs in the first 3 overs, Rohit Sharma gave the over to Malinga. Krunal Pandya's brilliant throw from the boundary ended Watson's innings. With 2 runs needed, Lasith Malinga bowled a great slower ball to dismiss Shardul Thakur. Mumbai Indians won the match by 1 run to win the fourth title which is the most by any team in IPL history. 

It was a team performance by Mumbai Indians finishing top of the points table with 18 points which includes 9 wins and 5 losses in the league stage.


Quinton de Kock was the leading runs scorer for Mumbai Indians in 2019 edition. He made 529 runs from 16 matches ( 16 innings) with 4 half-centuries. His best score was 81. The South African wicketkeeper finished as the 3rd leading run-getter in the tournament.

Among the leading wicket-takers for Mumbai Indians, Jasprit Bumrah took 19 wickets from 16 matches ( 16 innings) with an economy of 6.63 runs per over. He finished as the 5th leading wicket-taker in the tournament.

Previous IPL titles 
 Mumbai Indians won their maiden IPL title in 2013 defeating Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 26th May 2013. In this edition, Mumbai Indians finished 2nd in the points table.

After losing the first 4 matches in the 2015 edition, Mumbai Indians finished 2nd in the points table and eventually won the title defeating Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 24th May.
Mumbai Indians won their third IPL title defeating Rising Pune Supergiant by just 1 run played at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on 21st May 2017.

IPL 2019 Final: Mumbai Indians celebrate record fourth IPL title
Mumbai Indians defeat CSK in the finals of 2019 edition 


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