With the ICC World Cup league stage nearing its business end, mumbaiindians.com takes a look at how the Mumbai Indians have fared over the last week at the gala event

Corey Anderson

After playing a crucial role in New Zealand’s four victories in the first fortnight of the tournament, the allrounder got the much-needed weeklong break all through the last week. The recovery would do him a world of good as New Zealand hope to break the World Cup jinx, that too as co-hosts.

Rohit Sharma

With the specialist bowlers having done the job in winding up the West Indies batting line-up in less than 45 overs, Rohit’s useful offspinners were not required in the first essay. With India requiring to chase down a target of 183 runs on a typical WACA wicket, Rohit could afford to be cautious up front. Just when it looked like he was getting eye in, Rohit got a peach of a delivery from Jerome Taylor. The ball pitched just short of a good length, rose and swung late to take the edge off Rohit’s bat. With India having qualified for the quarterfinals with the victory against the Caribbeans, Rohit would be hoping to get a big knock under his belt in New Zealand, ahead of the knockout stage.

Aaron Finch

The first centurion of the 2015 World Cup was hoping to give Australia a good start against Afghanistan, the associate member that has made its World Cup debut. Finch would have hoped to repeat his heroics against England but early on in his innings, his attempted drive off Dawlat Zadran took an edge and rested in Nawrong Mangal’s palms at first slip.

Josh Hazlewood

After being unable to make the cut for the last two Australia matches, Hazlewood made a strong statement upon his return to the field. He bowled an inspiring spell against Afghanistan that read 8-1-25-2. The young paceman first got rid of opener Javed Ahmadi in his opening spell and then came back to dismiss wicketkeeper Afsar Zazai at the back end. The fact that he was bowling so well reflected in the mode of both the dismissals, edges behind the batsman.

Lasith Malinga

The slinger had a rare off day with the ball, as Joe Root went after Malinga to help England propel past 300 in the first innings. Malinga conceded 63 runs off his 10 overs on one of the flattest decks, but he did make his presence felt by dismissing James Taylor in the death overs.

Lendl Simmons

The West Indies’ most consistent batsman of the tournament was required to showcase all his grit against an on-song bowling unit to bail West Indies out of trouble against India. He took guard after the West Indies top order had surrendered to India’s pace unit, with the scoreboard reading 35 for 4. He did try and rebuild the innings along with Jonathan Carter but proved Mohit Sharma tough to handle when he was still in single digits.

Ambati Rayudu

India’s top six may not have fired as well as they would have liked. Still, all six batsmen have at least one impressive knock under their belt. As a result, Rayudu, the reserve batsman, has to wait in the wings, hoping for a chance to make his World Cup debut.

Mitchell McClenaghan

With the New Zealand bowling unit being at its peak, McClenaghan spent the week trying to finetune his skills and keeping himself match-ready if he was required.