Interesting Trivia about Mumbai Indians Team

March 22 (CRICKETNMORE) - One of the most successful teams in IPL, Mumbai Indians (MI) represents the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra in the popular League. Check out some interesting trivia about the team:

Mumbai Indians Trivia

# The franchise is owned by IndiaWin Sports, a subsidiary of India’s biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries.

# Initially the name of the team was supposed to be "Mumbai Razors" before Sachin Tendulkar suggested to keep it Mumbai Indians.

# Mumbai Indians have supported the social cause of education to the underprivileged. The franchise has raised funds for the cause via selling merchandise like wristbands signed by their Players. The NGOs supported are Pratham, Ummeed, Akanksha, Teach For India and Nanhi Kali.

# Rohit Sharma, Current captain of Mumbai Indians is the leading scorer for the team.

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# Lasith Malinga is the leading wicket taker for the team.

# Mumbai Indian won 56.73% of their matches in the 9 editions played so far.

# The team has won IPL twice - 2013 & 2015. In both editions, they beat Chennai Super Kings in the final.

# The current theme song of the Mumbai Indians is the famous Ala Re. However, after every boundary or a wicket by the team, a fan-made music titled "Akkha Mumbai Khelega" is always played by the stadium disc jockey.

# Mumbai Indians often invites children of the NGOs to watch their matches for free.

# The Indian Premier League named four players as icon players for their respective city franchises which made the players unavailable to play for any team other than their city team. Sachin Tendulkar was named Mumbai's icon player.

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