Mumbai Indians' Road to play-offs

By Ivy Sarkar | May 24, 2023

Mumbai Indians reached the IPL play-offs for the first time since their title win in 2020

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Mumbai Indians qualified for the play-offs spot in their final group-stage game vs SRH

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points table

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Mumbai Indians qualified in the final spot of the play-offs after a slow start to the season

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poor start

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Rohit Sharma's team took cognizance and hit back with 3 wins in a row - courtesy of Cam Green, Tim David and Tilak Verma

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Inconsitent middle phase

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They did enough to remain in the contention and owning to some brilliance from SKY and Piyush Chawla

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Mumbai Indians needed a win in their final league-stage game and ended up defeating SRH through Cam Green century

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