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Mumbai Indians — IPL 2027 season

What this countdown tracks

This page tracks Mumbai Indians' IPL 2027 campaign from the opening night at Chepauk through the home schedule at Wankhede Stadium. It covers the franchise's run through the 20th edition of the league, spanning league fixtures from 14 March to the playoff cutoff in late May.

Franchise overview

Mumbai Indians are the most successful franchise in IPL history with five titles, won in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Owned by Indiawin Sports — a subsidiary of Reliance Industries — Mumbai Indians have built their reputation on identifying and developing Indian talent, alongside long-standing overseas partnerships. The franchise's home is the Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai, a venue with short straight boundaries, sea-breeze conditions and a reputation for high totals during the second innings.

The franchise's roster construction has long emphasised batting depth, multi-skill bowlers and a strong domestic core. Mumbai Indians have run an extensive scouting and development pipeline, including the MI Emerging program, that has fed players directly into the senior side. Captaincy has rotated through several phases, with Rohit Sharma's long tenure followed by a transition that has continued to evolve into the 2027 cycle.

Mumbai Indians sit at the centre of the IPL's broader media ecosystem given the Reliance group's ownership of the digital broadcasters JioCinema and Viacom18. The franchise is also the flagship of a multi-team operation that includes MI Cape Town, MI New York, MI Emirates and other brand extensions across leagues, giving the management group access to a large pool of cross-league data on player workloads and form.

The Mumbai fan base — popularly the Paltan — fills Wankhede across the league window, and the rivalry with Chennai Super Kings is the highest-rated regular fixture in Indian T20 cricket. Mumbai's away support also features prominently in cities with large diaspora populations.

Why this season matters

IPL 2027 caps the current media-rights cycle and lands in the run-up to the ICC Men's World Cup later in 2027. Mumbai Indians' Indian core is expected to feature heavily in national selectors' planning for the 50-over event, which raises the stakes on form lines through April and May. The franchise also enters the season on the back of squad refinement during the most recent auction window.