In the IPL, there is a restriction on the number of overseas players who can play in a match as teams can only play a maximum of 4 foreigners. However, they were allowed to play 5 overseas players in a game during the now-defunct Champions League T20 match against CSK. Because of several injuries to their Indian players, they were allowed to field 5 overseas players given that was an exceptional circumstance. The five who took the field were Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Andrew Symonds, Davey Jacobs, and Aiden Blizzard.

The Rohit Sharma-led franchise could have had a completely different name if not for Sachin Tendulkar. The logo of the team is the famous Sudarshan Chakra or the Razor and thus, the potential team name made sense.However, Sachin Tendulkar had something different in his mind and suggested the name, Mumbai Indians which was eventually accepted and made the team name.

Mumbai Indians are owned by the richest man in India and hence, this shouldn’t be as much of a surprise. In addition to this, Mumbai is also a very good market commercially with a lot of cricket crazy fans and a high population.They were sold for over $112 million to Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, making them the most expensive IPL team of all time. Their owner has been very dedicated to making them a successful team and has invested a lot apart from the auctions in terms of scouting and player’s comfort.

Manish Pandey was a part of the Mumbai Indians’ squad in the inaugural year of the league, but played just three games and scored only three runs. It was only after he moved away from MI did he become a popular name and this happened in 2009 when he played for RCB and became the first Indian to score a century in IPL.

When the team needed a replacement for Dwayne Bravo, who played for them during the initial years, he recommended Kieron Pollard to them. However, he was playing for a club at the time and they signed Dwayne Smith instead of him.The following year, he again recommended Pollard’s name to them and this time around they were able to sign him successfully. His suggestion turned out to be a huge one for the franchise as he has gone on to lift the trophy five times with them. Thus, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Dwayne Bravo has had a huge impact on MI’s fortunes.