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Mumbai Indians
Personnel
CaptainSachin Tendulkar
CoachLalchand Rajput
OwnerReliance Industries Limited
Team information
Founded2008
Home groundUndecided.

Mumbai Indians will be representative of the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League.

Franchise History

Reliance Industries Limited through its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of $111.9 million during the auction on January 24, 2008. The RIL bid has made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in IPL.

Etymology

The team logo has the Sudarshan Chakra with the team's name engraved in it. The team's colour will be blue. The choice of the name "Indians" is widely regarded as a blunder.

The mascot is still unknown.

Players

Sachin Tendulkar is the designated icon player and also captain for Mumbai Indians. During the player auction Mumbai Indians successfully bid for a 7 players, including two of the heroes of Indian twenty-20 world cup side in Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa. Sanath Jayasuriya was also another prized catch, along with South African legend Shaun Pollock. The team also added the Sri Lankan speedster Lasith "Slinga" Malinga.[1]

Outside of the player auction, the franchise has also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (from Baroda).[2]

Current Squad

No Name Age Nationality Playing role Batting Style Bowling/Fielding Bidding Price
1 Sachin Tendulkarc 34 India Batsman RHB ROB Icon Player
2 Harbhajan Singh 27 India Bowler RHB ROB US$ 850,000
3 Sanath Jayasuriya 37 Sri Lanka All Rounder LHB LAO US$ 975,000
4 Shaun Pollock 35 South Africa All Rounder RHB RMF US$ 550,000
5 Robin Uthappa 22 India Batsman RHB ROB US$ 800,000
6 Lasith Malinga 24 Sri Lanka Bowler RHB RF US$ 350,000
7 Dilhara Fernando 29 Sri Lanka Bowler RHB RFM US$ 150,000
8 Loots Bosman 30 South Africa Batsman RHB RM US$ 175,000
9 Ajinkya Rahanec,u 19 India All Rounder RHB RM Unknown
10 Abhishek Nayarc 24 India Bowler LHB RMF Unknown
11 Yogesh Takawalec 23 India Batsman/WK RHB WK Unknown
12 Pinal Shahc,u 20 India Batsman/WK RHB WK Unknown
13 Ashwell Prince 30 South Africa Batsman LHB LAO US$ 175,000
14 Manish Pandeyu 18 India Batsman RHB RAO Unknown
15 Saurabh Tiwaryu 18 India Batsman LHB Unknown Unknown
16 Ashish Nehra 28 India Bowler RHB LFM Unknown

c: Player from catchment area u: Under-22 player

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

Coaches:

  • Head Coach - TBA
  • Assistant Head Coach - TBA
  • Physiotherapist - TBA

Fixtures and Results

IPL Mumbai 2008 Season

No Date Opponent Venue Result
1 20 April Bangalore Royal Challengers Mumbai
2 23 April Chennai Super Kings Chennai
3 25 April Mohali Mohali
4 27 April Hyderabad Mumbai
5 29 April Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata
6 4 May Delhi DareDevils Mumbai
7 7 May Rajasthan Royals Mumbai
8 10 May Bangalore Royal Challengers Bangalore
9 14 May Chennai Super Kings Mumbai
10 16 May Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai
11 18 May Hyderabad Hyderabad
12 21 May Mohali Mumbai
13 24 May Delhi DareDevils Delhi
14 26 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur

References

  1. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/20/sports/cricket20.php
  2. ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=259212b7-e88b-43e4-838a-663d10441e15IPL_Special&&IsCricket=true&Headline=IPL%3a+Rahane+joins+Mumbai
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