The Indian Premier League has always been a place of talent meeting opportunity. The League has also made a statement that you cannot get such an opportunity anywhere else. IPL has been around since 2008 and has altered the cricketing ecosystem of India in many ways. The League has finished 15 editions and still continues to surprise the Indian cricket fans every year. This is the beauty of the tournament.
The Mumbai Indians have been one of the most successful franchises in the tournament. They have won five titles under the leadership of Rohit Sharma.When they won the title in 2020, their bowling attack was very deadly. But over the years many batters have managed to come up strong against them and score the big runs. Let us take a look at three batters who have scored most runs against MI.
In seven innings against the five time champions, Kevin Pietersen scored 190 runs at an average of 47.50 and a strike rate of 149.60. The Englishmen made one fifty against them. The right hander represented two franchises in the IPL. One being the Delhi Capitals and one being the now defunct Rising Pune Super Giant. He has scored a hundred in the IPL for DC against Deccan Chargers.
Sehwag amassed 431 runs against MI in the 14 matches that he played against them. He has the highest score of 95 against the Paltan.The Delhi batter has an average of 33.15 and a strike rate of 156.15. He has scored three fifties against the Paltan. In his IPL career, Sehwag made 2728 runs with two hundreds and 16 fifties. He has an overall IPL strike rate of 155.44 and his highest score in the tournament is 122 coming against Chennai Super Kings.
1. Jos Buttler
Jos Buttler has been an absolute run machine when it comes to scoring against MI. The England batter has racked up 485 runs against them. He has scored four fifties and one hundred against MI. Buttler has an average of 69.28 and a superb strike rate of 152.03. In fact he started his IPL career with them.