IPL history: 3 lowest totals by Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians squad has looked one of the most solid teams in the history of the tournament. The Mumbai based franchise has won three titles (2013, 2015, 2017), the only team apart from CSK to register three titles.

Right from the times of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar leading the side to boasting of greats such as Shaun Pollock, Lasith Malinga, and Sanath Jayasuriya, the Mumbai Indians have managed to constantly grow their fan base as well.

Since Rohit Sharma's ascendance to the captaincy in 2013, the Mumbai Indians have clinched three titles and currently, host a galaxy of superstars such as India internationals Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Krunal Pandya.

Yet, even for a team basking in title glory, the Mumbai Indians have had their fair share of downfalls, times when the batting has crumbled against the opposition bowling resulting in massive losses.

Here, we look at three of MI's lowest totals in the history of the Indian Premier League.

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#3 92 v Delhi Daredevils, IPL 2012

Nadeem has been a consistent performer in the IPL

Playing their fourth match of the season, the Mumbai Indians came into the game with confidence, having won two of their three games but were yet to win their first home game of the season.

Delhi skipper Virender Sehwag won the toss and put MI into bat first, a move that paid rich dividends. MI opened with the South African duo of Richard Levi and Davy Jacobs, both of whom failed to score freely.

Jacobs was the first to go, castled by Nadeem for a 10-ball duck after which his opening partner followed for a 4-ball 1. Such was the shoddy display by the MI batsmen that the highest scorer was skipper Harbhajan Singh, who top-scored with 33 from 22 balls, while Rohit Sharma chipped in with a 27-ball 29.

With none of the other batters crossing the double digits, MI folded for 92 from 19.2 overs with Shahbaz Nadeem, Morne Morkel, Ajit Agarkar and Umesh Yadav picking two wickets apiece.

The Delhi openers started briskly and put up a 34-run stand before RP Singh struck with two wickets. However, it was all too late as Jayawardene and Ross Taylor combined to chase down the target with 5.5 overs to spare.

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#2 87 v Kings XI Punjab (IPL 2011)

KXIP's bowlers had a field day

One of Mumbai Indians' biggest collapse was against the Kings XI Punjab during IPL 2011, when the Sachin Tendulkar-led side failed to chase down a 164-run target at Mohali.

Coming into the game as table-toppers, MI won the toss and opted to field first. The Punjab batters started well with the Australian duo of Shaun Marsh (43) and skipper Adam Gilchrist (28) combining well for 70 runs partntership. Dinesh Karthik applied the finishing touches with a 24-ball 34 to take Punjab to 163/8 from 20 overs.

Munaf Patel was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 5/21 from four overs but that was just the beginning as MI now needed to hold the fort and chase the target down.

Aiden Blizzard started off well while Tendulkar was happy to farm the strike. However, by the fifth over, the openers were followed by Rohit Sharma were back in the dugout as MI found themselves in danger at 27-3.

Andrew Symonds and Ambati Rayudu managed to stay at the crease for a bit before both fell in the space of two overs while Tirumalasetti Suman lost his wicket to Ryan Harris as MI were now staring down the barrel at 55-6.

A touch of resistance from West Indian Kieron Pollard in the company of Harbhajan Singh got the score moving until left-arm orthodox spinner Bhargav Bhatt weaved a web around the batsmen.

Bhatt first castled Harbhajan and then returned in the next over to remove Pollard, Dhawal Kulkarni and Munaf Patel in just four balls as KXIP celebrated a massive 76-run win.

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#1 87 v Sunrisers Hyderabad (IPL 2018)

Rashid Khan's four overs turned the tide for Hyderabad

MI's worst batting show came during IPL 2018 when the batsmen failed to pick the guile of young Afghan spinner Rashid Khan and folded for just 87 while chasing a below-par total of 118

Perennially slow starters in the league, Mumbai Indians came into the game with four losses in five games and were faced with a tough prospect of winning their second game at home.

Rohit Sharma won the toss and put SRH into bat as the MI bowlers made the most of the movement off the surface that forced the Sunrisers into a shell at 63-5 with Williamson (29) and Manish Pandey (16) back in the hut.

Yusuf Pathan and Mohammad Nabi combined for 22 crucial runs but in the end, Mayank Markande castled Nabi to break the partnership as the tail failed to put up a fight to end at a sub-par 118 from 18.4 overs.

Chasing 119 and up against a team bereft of lead pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Billy Stanlake, MI failed to start strong as Evin Lewis, Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma combined to score just seven runs as MI found themselves in quicksand at 21-3.

Krunal Pandya's promotion up the order worked, as he and Suryakumar Yadav stitched a 40-run partnership that was put to an end by a straighter one from Rashid Khan that trapped Pandya in front.

Pollard and Hardik Pandya, arguably two of the best finishers found the going tough against Rashid, re-iterated by Pandya's laborious 19-ball 3 as the Afghani tweaker finished with figures of 2/11 from four overs, including a maiden as the Mumbai Indians succumbed to the guile of the young prodigy from Afghanistan.

With the required run rate creeping up, Siddharth Kaul made the most of the pressure on Mumbai as he wiped out the tail to finish with 3/23 off his full quota as well. In the end, the 31-run loss brought about MI's fifth loss in six games.