IPL: 4 most successful foreign players for Mumbai Indians in IPL history
The Mumbai Indians is arguably the most successful franchises in IPL history. They have won the IPL title thrice and qualified for the playoffs seven times. They have also won two Champions League T20 trophies.
Some of the greatest players in world cricket like Sanath Jayasuriya, Sachin Tendulkar, Shaun Pollock, Dwayne Bravo, Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, and Ricky Ponting have played for Mumbai Indians.
Also, some of the overseas T20 sensations like Corey Anderson, Aaron Finch, Richard Levi, Glenn Maxwell, and Dwayne Smith have represented Mumbai.
On that note, let’s take a look at the 4 most successful foreign players who have played for the Mumbai Indians.
#4 Lendl Simmons
Lendl Simmons is perhaps one of the most destructive opening batsmen in limited-overs cricket. The 33-year-old has played 29 games in IPL and all of them came for the Mumbai Indians. He is the fifth highest run-getter for Mumbai Indians (IPL and CLT20 combined).
Simmons has played a key role for Mumbai in their title-winning 2015 campaign. He has scored 540 runs in 13 games during the 2015 season. In total, Simmons has scored 1079 runs for Mumbai Indians in IPL at an average of 40 and a strike rate of 127.
With one hundred and 11 fifties in 29 games, he was consistent at the top for Mumbai Indians and got them off to great starts more often than not.