In Defiance of All Odds: The Mumbai Indians Story
Despite being the most decorated T20 franchise of all time, they were devoid of a successful title defense. Never had they successfully chased a target in a final. Never had a team chased down a sub-160 target in an IPL final. Never did an IPL team have 2 uncapped Indian batsmen scoring almost 1000 runs in a season between them. Mumbai Indians, in defiance of all odds, in a quest to an unprecedented 5th IPL crown, have drafted a blueprint of T20 success. Jerry Krause infamously once said, “ Players and coaches don't win championships ; organizations win championships ”. This came from a manager of arguably one of the most dominant dynasties in NBA history, Chicago bulls, who completed a double three-peat between 1990 and 1998 under Krause. Although this didn’t particularly go well with the centerpiece of their success-Michael Jordan, Mumbai Indians certainly have taken a feather out of Krause’s book of management. IPL arrived in 2008. India was still fi...