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    The IPL Countdown: 4 days to go – 4 MI IPL Centurions

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    The time is nigh. Two months of high-octane cricket await us. Mumbai Indians and the IPL are returning to the iconic Wankhede Stadium with a million voices singing #MumbaiMeriJaan. FOUR. Right then, four days remain, much like our four IPL centurions over these years. Each one of them iconic and memorable. Also, each one of those four batters left a long, indelible stamp on the history of Mumbai Indians. So here we go then, looking back as we build up to our first game.

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    1. Sanath Jayasuriya (2008)

    • It was a proper assault! The classy left-hander averaged 19.7 runs in his first seven games of the 2008 season, but a quickfire unbeaten 114 off 48 balls against CSK would show just why he was the legend.
    • Jayasuriya single-handedly pivoted the 157-run chase, scoring 102 off his 114 runs in boundaries: with 11 sixes into the stadium stands and nine fours.
    • He toyed around with Chennai’s Lakshipathy Balaji, Albie Morkel, Manpreet Gony and Muttiah Muralitharan to help us have the last laugh in the contest, a nine-wicket triumph in 13.5 overs.

    2. Sachin Tendulkar (2011)

    • 1066 days after making his IPL debut, Mumbai’s greatest cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar did it at last. An IPL hundred at our fortress, the Wankhede.
    • It was meant to be, despite the defeat to Kochi Tuskers Kerala.
    • The ‘Little Master’ smacked 12 fours and three sixes as he powered MI to a first-innings total of 182/2 against Kochi.
    • He confidently fended off the onslaughts of Vinay Kumar, Thisara Perera and Ravindra Jadeja to notch his first and only triple-figure score in the IPL.

    3. Rohit Sharma (2012)

    • The ‘I’ in Rohit Sharma stands for impact man. And we can say that confidently in the true Aamchi Mumbai way.
    • After Sachin Tendulkar’s early dismissal, Ro-hit stepped onto the lush greens of the Eden Gardens and stamped his authority with 12 fours and five sixes.
    • Brett Lee, Rajat Bhatia and Jacques Kallis had no answer to the Hitman’s masterclass with the bat, as he anchored MI to 182/1 in the first innings against KKR.
    • It began his love affair with the Eden Gardens, culminating in a historic ODI knock of 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014.

    4. Lendl Simmons (2014)

    • Another true blue Mumbai Indians player, and on his day, when he went berserk, he was unstoppable. He had one such day against Kings XI Punjab.
    • With a unbeaten 100 off 61 balls, the West Indian decided to knock out the target almost single-handedly.
    • 14 boundaries, two sixes and Sandeep Sharma on the receiving end of his serving, Lendl Simmons proved his match-winner credentials with his first IPL hundred.
    • Powering MI to chase the target of 157 with one over to spare.

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