The 2015 season of the Indian Premier League, abbreviated as IPL 8 or Pepsi IPL 2015, was the eighth season of the IPL, a Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2008. The tournament featured eight teams and was held from 8 April 2015 to 24 May 2015. The tournament’s opening ceremony was held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata on 8 April 2015. Mumbai Indians were the defending champions having won the title in the 2015 season.
On 24 May 2015 in the Final at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Mumbai Indians won the tournament by defeating Chennai Super Kings by 41 runs to win the IPL title for the second time. Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma was awarded player of the match in the final for his knock of 50 from 26 balls. Andre Russell of the Knight Riders was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the season.
IPL 2015 Season 8 Teams Name
- Delhi Daredevils
- Mumbai Indians
- Mumbai Indians
- Chennai Super Kings
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Kings XI Punjab
- Rajasthan Royals
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
IPL 2015 Season 8 Mumbai Indian Winning Moment Picture / Image / Photo
IPL 2015 Season 8 Final Match ScoreBoard
| Mumbai Indians innings (20 overs maximum) | |||||||
| Player | Out | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| LMP Simmons | b Smith | 68 | 59 | 45 | 8 | 3 | 151.11 |
| PA Patel† | run out (du Plessis) | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RG Sharma* | c Jadeja b Bravo | 50 | 50 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 192.3 |
| KA Pollard | c Raina b Sharma | 36 | 39 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 200 |
| AT Rayudu | not out | 36 | 44 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 150 |
| HH Pandya | c Raina b Bravo | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | not out | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 200 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, nb 1) | 6 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 20 overs) | 202 | (10.10 runs per over) | ||||
Did not bat: J Suchith, MJ McClenaghan, R Vinay Kumar, SL Malinga
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Patel, 0.5 ov), 2-120 (Sharma, 11.6 ov), 3-120 (Simmons, 12.1 ov), 4-191 (Pollard, 18.5 ov), 5-191 (Pandya, 19.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s |
| A Nehra | 4 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| MM Sharma | 4 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| R Ashwin | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| RA Jadeja | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| P Negi | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| DJ Bravo | 4 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| DR Smith | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Chennai Super Kings innings (target: 203 runs from 20 overs) | |||||||
| Player | Out | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| DR Smith | lbw b Harbhajan Singh | 57 | 59 | 48 | 9 | 1 | 118.75 |
| MEK Hussey | c Suchith b McClenaghan | 4 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| SK Raina | st †Patel b Harbhajan Singh | 28 | 44 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 147.36 |
| MS Dhoni*† | b Malinga | 18 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 138.46 |
| DJ Bravo | c Simmons b McClenaghan | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 150 |
| P Negi | c Pandya b Malinga | 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| F du Plessis | c Sharma b Vinay Kumar | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| RA Jadeja | not out | 11 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.5 |
| R Ashwin | c Suchith b McClenaghan | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| MM Sharma | not out | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 300 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3, nb 2) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 20 overs) | 161 | (8.05 runs per over) | ||||
Did not bat: A Nehra
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Hussey, 4.4 ov), 2-88 (Smith, 11.5 ov), 3-99 (Raina, 13.3 ov), 4-108 (Bravo, 14.3 ov), 5-124 (Dhoni, 15.5 ov), 6-125 (du Plessis, 16.2 ov), 7-134 (Negi, 17.3 ov), 8-137 (Ashwin, 18.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s |
| SL Malinga | 4 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ McClenaghan | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 2 |
| R Vinay Kumar | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| HH Pandya | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
IPL 2015 Season 8 Important & Unknow Facts of Match
Toss – Chennai Super Kings, who chose to field
Series – Mumbai Indians won the 2015 Pepsi Indian Premier League
Player of the match – RG Sharma (Mumbai Indians)
Player of the series – AD Russell
Umpires – HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and RK Illingworth (England)
TV umpire – VA Kulkarni
Match referee – RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire – CK Nandan
If you want to see the IPL winner list of all seasons can read my recently publish artilce “IPL Winners List of All Seasons” or see IPL Winner Year or sesaon wise by clicking on below mentioned links:
IPL 2008 Season 1 Winner
IPL 2009 Season 2 Winner
IPL 2010 Season 3 Winner
IPL 2011 Season 4 Winner
IPL 2012 Season 5 Winner
IPL 2013 Season 6 Winner
IPL 2014 Season 7 Winner
IPL 2015 Season 8 Winner
IPL 2016 Season 9 Winner
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