Mumbai Indians
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| Personnel | |
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| Captain |  Sachin Tendulkar |
| Coach | Robin Singh |
| Owner | Reliance Industries Limited |
| Adviser | Shaun Pollock |
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| Colors |  |
| Founded | 2008 |
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| History | |
| Champions League T20 wins | 1 (2011) |
| Official website | Mumbai Indians |
Mumbai Indians (Marathi: मुंबई इंडियन्स), is a franchise cricket team representing Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team is one of the eight founding members of the IPL in 2008. Mumbai Indians are currently led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is the Icon Player for the team and is coached by Robin Singh. They are one of the main teams in the city, together with clubs like the Mumbai cricket team and football club Mumbai FC. The team is owned by India's biggest conglomerate, Reliance Industries, through its 100% subsidiary IndiaWin Sports.Mumbai Indians is ranked no.2 in IPL with a brand value of $57.13 million in season four of IPL after Chennai Super Kings(who are the no.1 with brand value of $70 million).[1]
History
Reliance Industries Limited purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of ₹496 Cr ($ 124 m) during the auction on 24 January 2008. The franchise was eventually named the Mumbai Indians. While this is arguably a "tour de force" in ineptitude, the name does acknowledge that people from Mumbai are largely Indian, which in the club's defence, is somewhat true. The RIL bid made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in the 2007 IPL auction till 2010 edition.In 2011 team auction saw the Sahara Pune Warriors bought by Subroto Roy taking that title worth 1726 Cr ($ 375.2 m). The Mumbai Indians' first team was unveiled on the 17th of April, 2008 in Mumbai.
2008 IPL season
The season got off to a bad start for the Indians, having lost their captain Sachin Tendulkar to a hamstring injury. With Harbhajan Singh taking over as captain, the team proceeded to lose their first 4 matches of the tournament. After Singh's suspension for hitting Sreesanth, Shaun Pollock assumed the leadership duties until Tendulkar's return on 14 May. His return wasn't a big boost as he kept struggling with the bat and was poor in the field. He found it difficult to maintain strike rates of above 100. I They were unable to take advantage of this opportunity as they lost 3 of their next 4 games. All these three games were lost in the last ball of the match.The match between MI and Kings XI Punjab played on 21 May was considered to be the best of the season with Yuvraj Singh diving full length to run out the MI batsman in the last delivery of the match.The Indians finished with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses. Sanath Jayasuriya played a vital role in securing two important wins for the team.
Mumbai Indians were the most watched team on television in the first edition of the IPL tournament, totaling to 239 million viewers.[2] After posting a revenue of ₹69 crore and expenditure of ₹85 crore, the first season left the owners with net loss of INR 16 crore and were expected to break even in the 2009 season.[3]
2010 IPL season
During the IPL's first auction for the year 2010, Mumbai Indians bought Westindian All rounder Kieron Pollard for $ 750,000, after a silent tie-breaker with Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore and the Kolkata Knight Riders.The team had a strong start after defending a total of 212 against the Rajasthan Royals in their first match and went on to beat Delhi Daredevils defending another 218.The team was supported by match-winning knocks from Tiwary,Rayudu and Tendulkar.However the Mumbai Indians crumbled to the Royal Challengers Bangalore for their first loss in 3 games.In their next game, Mumbai Indians restricted the Kolkata Knight Riders to 155.The Mumbai Indians chased this total with ease, as Sachin Tendulkar scored a blazing knock of 71 from 48 balls. It also won in the same fashion against Chennai Super Kings by Sachin Tendulkar, again playing a match-winning knock of 72 from 52 balls.They continued their winning streak by winning against the previous year's champions, Deccan Chargers, due to an amazing knock of 49 from just 18 balls and a spell of 3-31, by Harbhajan Singh. They also beat Kings XI Punjab by 4 wickets, courtesy of Shikhar Dhawan, Saurabh Tiwary & Rajagopal Sathish. They also defeated the Deccan Chargers by 63 runs and won their 7th game out of the 9 games played . On 11 April 2010, Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals to become the first team in IPL 2010 to qualify for semi-finals. In their 12th game they defeated Delhi Daredevils and remained the table toppers with 18 points and a run rate of +1.12. In the 13th game Mumbai Indians Defeated Royal Challengers in their Home Ground in a match that was delayed due to a small intensity blast in the stadium premises. In the final league game Mumbai Indians rested their key players. Dwayne Bravo led the game in absence of Sachin Tendulkar and they lost the game to Kolkata Knight riders by nine wickets. With 20 points they were at the top of the points table and played their first IPL semi-final with Royal Challengers Bangalore. They crushed their opponents in the semi finals despite losing Sachin Tendulkar for a single digit score, which happened to be his first single digit score that year in all forms of the game. They lost their first IPL final to Chennai Super Kings. They also qualified for Champions League Twenty20 2010 along with Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Sachin Tendulkar amassed 618 runs with a strike rate of 132.61.[4] He won the orange cap for the tournament, which is awarded to the highest run scorer. He played an important role in bringing out young talent to the forefront in players like Saurabh Tiwary, Ambati Rayudu and Aditya Tare. Sachin Tendulkar also won the best batsman and the best captain awards in the IPL Awards 2010.[5]
2011 Season
IPL 2011 Group Fixtures
Each team in the IPL 2011 will play 14 games in total, which adds up to 70 group games for the entire league. The ten teams have been divided up into two groups of five teams each. Each team would thus be playing 1) home and away matches with the remaining four teams in its group, 2) a home and away match with one randomly chosen team from the other group and 3) one match each with the remaining four teams of the other group (two of these four matches at home and two away). However, this division into groups will not have any relationship to the points table, which would be compiled together for all ten teams, and from which the top four teams will qualify for the next round of matches.[6] The Mumbai Indians got off to a flying start by defeating Delhi Daredevils and restricting them to a meagre total of 95,courtesy of Malinga's 5 wicket haul. They then won their next game against Royal Challengers Bangalore with considerable ease. In their 3rd game they lost to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala despite scoring 185 odd runs. They got back to winning ways with wins over Pune Warriors India and the Chennai Super Kings, during which Harbhajan Singh took a 5 wicket haul and Rohit Sharma scoring a stunning 87 of 48 balls. Next they defeated Deccan Chargers with a fantastic stand of 102 from Rohit Sharma and Andrew Symonds after going from 70-1 to 70-4.
IPL Season 2011 had given the privilege for all team to restructure their contracts with respect to their squad change after completing a three year phase. Mumbai Indians introduces Aiden Blizzard an Australian aggressive batsman and James Franklin an all rounder of New Zealand. The team lead by Sachin Tendulkar had a good start, by winning the first two matches against Delhi Daredeveils by 8 wickets and Royal Challengers Bangalore by 9 wickets.Sachin Tendulkar once again shown its impressive performance this IPL season scoring 513 runs from 10 matches played and Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians has been the best baller this season by taking 28 wickets from 15 matches played so far. Mumbai Indians has been the most balanced team of this IPL season winning 10 matches out of 15 played and has been at no.1 position in points tally for long. Introducing James Franklin an all rounder of New Zealand this season in the squad has given the edge for Mumbai Indians in beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 7 wickets on 22 May with a vital contribution of 45 runs off 23 balls, helped Mumbai Indians qualify for quarter final at 3rd spot ahead of Kolkata Knight Riders .On 25 May in the eliminator round, Kolkata Knight Riders put a modest total of 147 in 20 overs and with the Sachin Tendulkar - Aiden Blizzard opening duo gave a blazing start to the Mumbai Indians innings, putting on 81 runs in 7.5 overs to set the platform and James Franklin unbeaten at 29 runs led Mumbai Indians for the victory against Kolkata Knight Riders by 4 wickets fixing the semi final spot against Royal Challenge Banglore.Its been second consecutive time Mumbai Indians has reached the semi finals. Mumbai Indians lost to Royal Challengers Bangalore by 43 runs in the playoffs for the final.[7] Chennai Super Kings eventually won the IPL season four by defeating RCB.
Mumbai Indians were the winners of the 2011 edition of the Champion League Twenty20 which was held in the Indian Sub-Continent this season. They defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the final match held at Chennai by 31 runs. Harbhajan Singh was named the Man-of-the-Match and Lasith Malinga was awarded the Man-of-the-Series.They were led by Harbhajan Singh for the whole series due to absence of Sachin Tendulkar and other important players ue to injuries such as Rohit Sharma, Munaf Patel, etc.[8]
IPL 2012 Pre-Season Transfers
During the transfer window, Mumbai Indians was the first team to induct a new player in their squad. Tamilnadu wicket keeper Dinesh Karthik transferred to Mumbai Indians for $2.35 million (Rs 12.4 crores approximately).[9] Also making a switch was R Sathish, who moved to Kings XI Punjab for an undisclosed amount. In their latest trade, Indian left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has transferred to Mumbai Indians from Deccan Chargers for an undisclosed amount.[10]
At the 2012 IPL Auction , MI bought the Austalian all-rounder , Mitchell Johnson for $ 300,000 , South Africans batsman Herschelle Gibbs for $ 50,000, left-arm spinning all-rounder Robin Peterson for $ 100,000, Indian fast bowler,RP Singh for $ 600,000, and Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera for $ 650,000.
Club Logo & Colours
The team logo has the Sudarshana Chakra with the team's name engraved in it.
The team colours was almost the same in 2008 and 2009, except for the colour shade and additional sponsors. In 2010 a new kit with golden stripes was unveiled.And in 2011 kit used in 2010 is being used with a change in the main sponsor name. The 2011 jersey also has three gold stripes going towards the back on the side of the jersey for the new players in the team.
Players
During the player auction in 2008, the Mumbai Indians successfully bid for 7 players, including two members of the Indian Twenty-20 World cup winning side in Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga, Luke Ronchi, Dilhara Fernando and Shaun Pollock were other cricketers who were successfully bid for by the franchise.[11]
Outside of the player auction, the franchise also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (WK-Batsman from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (WK-Batsman from Baroda).[12] Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Pandey, the members of the U-19 world-cup winning team were the random picks drafted in during the BCCI held second auction. Dominic Thornely was also signed by the Mumbai Indians for a sum of $2905000. André Nel the South African fast bowler was signed on in the place of Dwayne Bravo who left the tournament early.[13]
In the 2009 player auction,the Mumbai Indians signed up South African player, JP Duminy for $950,000. He was the third most expensive pick after Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff (both signed up for $1.55m by Bangalore Royal Challengers and Chennai Super Kings respectively). In addition they also bought New Zealander, Kyle Mills.
In the IPL 2010 Mumbai Indians bought West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard for $750,000 as he impressed everyone with his performances at Big Bash and Champions League.
Transfers
In the 2008–2009 transfer window, Mumbai Indians conducted two straight swap deals, with no money exchanged. Ashish Nehra was swapped with Shikhar Dhawan of Delhi Daredevils[14] and on the last day of the transfer window, Robin Uthappa was swapped with Zaheer Khan of Royal Challengers Bangalore,[15] who plays for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy. In a three-way trade, Jaydev Shah of the Rajasthan Royals - captain of the Saurashtra Ranji squad that made it to the semi-finals and son of former cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah - will move to the Mumbai Indians.
Current squad
Template:Mumbai Indians Roster
Stadiums
The Mumbai Indians play their home games at the Wankhede Stadium.[16] Previously they had also played some home games at the DY Patil Stadium. For the IPL's 2009 season, the Mumbai Indians had agreed to use the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium while the Wankhede Stadium underwent renovation for hosting a few group stage as well as the Final match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Brabourne Stadium would have hosted 5 of the 7 home matches,[17] if not for the IPL being moved to South Africa.
Administration
- Owner - Reliance Industries limited
- Coach - Robin Singh
- Assistant Coach - Paras Mhambrey
- Physio - Nitin Patel
- Fitness Trainer - Ramji Srinivasan
- Video Analyst - Dhananjai CKM
- Masseur - Donald Shugg
Sponsors and Partners
American multinational corporation - Mastercard is the official founding sponsor of the Mumbai Indians,[18] while Adidas is their official apparel sponsor.[19] Associate sponsors and official partners include Bridgestone, Dheeraj and East Coast LLC, Kingfisher, Wrigley's Orbit, Wrigley's Boomer, Royal Stag, Air India, Msn and Red FM 93.5.[20] Now Hero Moto Corp is also one of the main sponsors of Mumbai Indians from 2011 season onwards.
Fixtures and results
Overall results in the IPL
| Year | Wins | Losses | No Result | % Win | Position |
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| 2008 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 50.00% | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 35.71% | 7 |
| 2010 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 68.57% | 2 |
| 2011* | 10 | 6 | 0 | 62.50% | 3 |
| Total | 33 | 26 | 1 | 55.00% |
2008 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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| 1 | 20 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Lost by 5 wickets |
| 2 | 23 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Lost by 6 runs |
| 3 | 25 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mohali | Lost by 66 runs |
| 4 | 27 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Lost by 10 wickets |
| 5 | 29 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Kolkata | Won by 7 wickets, MoM –-  Sanath Jayasuriya – 3/14 (4 overs) and 18 (10)
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| 6 | 4 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Won by 29 runs, MoM –-  Shaun Pollock – 33 (15) and 2/16 (4 overs)
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| 7 | 7 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Won by 7 wickets, MoM –- Ashish Nehra – 3/13 (3 Overs)
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| 8 | 14 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 9 wickets, MoM –- Sanath Jayasuriya – 114* (48)
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| 9 | 16 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 8 wickets, MoM –- Shaun Pollock – 3/12 (4 overs)
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| 10 | 18 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Hyderabad | Won by 25 runs, MoM –-  Dwayne Bravo – 30 (17) and 3/24 (4 overs)
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| 11 | 21 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Lost by 1 run, |
| 12 | 24 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Delhi | Lost by 5 wickets |
| 13 | 26 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Jaipur | Lost by 5 wickets |
| 14 | 28 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 9 wickets, MoM –- Dilhara Fernando – 4/18 (4 overs)
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| Total | Overall Record of 7-7, failed to make playoffs |
2009 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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| 1 | 18 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Cape Town | Won by 19 runs, MoM –- Sachin Tendulkar – 59* (49)
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| 2 | 21 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Match did not start after intermittent rain |
| 3 | 25 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Lost by 19 runs |
| 4 | 27 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Port Elizabeth | Won by 92 runs; MoM –- Sachin Tendulkar – 68 (45)
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| 5 | 29 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Lost by 3 runs |
| 6 | 1 May | Template:Cr-IPL | East London | Won by 9 runs; MoM –- JP Duminy – 52 (37)
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| 7 | 3 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Johannesburg | Lost by 9 wickets |
| 8 | 6 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Pretoria | Lost by 19 Runs |
| 9 | 8 May | Template:Cr-IPL | East London | Lost by 7 wickets |
| 10 | 10 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Port Elizabeth | Won by 16 Runs; MoM –- JP Duminy – 59* (41)
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| 11 | 12 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Pretoria | Won by 8 wickets; MoM –- Harbhajan Singh – 1/9 (4 overs)
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| 12 | 14 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Durban | Lost by 2 Runs |
| 13 | 16 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Port Elizabeth | Lost by 7 Wickets |
| 14 | 21 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Pretoria | Lost by 4 Wickets |
| Total | Overall Record of 5-8-1, failed to make playoffs |
2010 season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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| 1 | 13 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 4 runs |
| 2 | 17 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Delhi | Won by 98 runs, MoM - Sachin Tendulkar - 63(32)
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| 3 | 20 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Lost by 4 wickets |
| 4 | 22 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 7 wickets - MoM - Sachin Tendulkar - 71*(48)
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| 5 | 25 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 5 wickets - MoM - Sachin Tendulkar - 72(52)
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| 6 | 28 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Won by 41 Runs -MoM - Harbhajan Singh - 49*(18)and 3/31
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| 7 | 30 March | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 4 wickets - MoM - Lasith Malinga - 4/22
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| 8 | 3 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 63 runs- MoM - AT Rayadu 55(29)
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| 9 | 6 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Lost by 24 runs |
| 10 | 9 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mohali | Lost by 6 wickets |
| 11 | 11 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Jaipur | Won by 37 runs - MoM - Sachin Tendulkar - 89*(59)
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| 12 | 13 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 39 runs - MoM - Kieron Pollard -45*(13) and 2 runouts
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| 13 | 17 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 57 runs - MoM - Ryan McLaren - 40(42) and 1/21
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| 14 | 19 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Kolkata | Lost by 9 Wickets |
| 15 | 21 April- Semi Final | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Won by 35 runs - MoM - Kieron Pollard -33*(13) and 3/17
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| 16 | 25 April- Final | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Lost by 22 runs |
| Total | Overall Record of 11-5, they were the Runners-up of IPL 2010 |
2011 Season
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result |
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| 1 | 10 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Delhi | Won by 8 wickets, MoM - Lasith Malinga 5/13 (3.4 overs)
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| 2 | 12 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Bangalore | Won by 9 wickets, MoM - Sachin Tendulkar 55*(46)
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| 3 | 15 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Lost by 8 wickets |
| 4 | 20 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 7 wickets, MoM - Munaf Patel 3/8 (2.2 overs)
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| 5 | 22 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 8 runs, MoM - Harbhajan Singh 5/18 (4 overs)
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| 6 | 24 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Hyderabad | Won by 37 runs, MoM - Lasith Malinga 3/9 (4 overs)
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| 7 | 29 April | Template:Cr-IPL | Jaipur | Lost by 7 wickets |
| 8 | 2 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 23 runs, MoM - Kieron Pollard 20(11), 1/18 (3 overs)& 2 catches
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| 9 | 4 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Navi Mumbai | Won by 21 runs |
| 10 | 7 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 32 runs, MoM - Ambati Rayudu 59(39), 1 catch & 1 runout
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| 11 | 10 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mohali | Lost by 76 runs |
| 12 | 14 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Lost by 10 runs |
| 13 | 20 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Lost by 10 wickets |
| 14 | 22 May | Template:Cr-IPL | Kolkata | Won by 7 wickets, MoM -  James Franklin 45(23), 2/35 (4 overs)
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| 15 | 25 May- Eliminator | Template:Cr-IPL | Mumbai | Won by 4 wickets, MoM - Munaf Musa Patel 3/27(4 overs)
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| 16 | 27 May- Qualifier 2 | Template:Cr-IPL | Chennai | Lost by 43 runs |
| Total | Overall Record of 10-6, Mumbai Indians finished in third place. |
References
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- ^ "Will cricket's new czars make money?". Business Today. 14 May 2008.
- ^ Cricket Records | Indian Premier League, 2009/10 | Records | Most runs | ESPN Cricinfo
- ^ Indian Premier League | IPL Awards
- ^ Cricinfo - Next three IPL seasons to comprise 74 matches each
- ^ http://expressbuzz.com/cricket/rcb-beat-mumbai-indians-reach-ipl-final/278494.html
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-2047177/Mumbai-indians-win-Twenty20-Champions-League.html
- ^ Dinesh Karthik transfer to Mumbai Indians
- ^ Pragyan Ojha transfers to Mumbai Indians from Deccan Chargers At the 2012 IPL player Auction , MI bought South Africans batting stalwart , Herschelle Gibbs for $ 50,000and left-arm spinning allrounder , Robin Peterson for $ 100,000 and the amazing Australian all-rounder ,Mitchell Johnson for $ 300,000.They also bought the Indian fast bowler RP Singh for $ 600,000.
- ^ Sp choudary, Symonds fetch highest prices in the lucrative new Indian Premier League bidding - International Herald Tribune
- ^ "IPL: Rahane joins Mumbai". 26 February 2008.
- ^ Cricinfo - Nel leaves Essex early for IPL
- ^ Daredevils swap Shikhar Dhawan for Nehra - News - Cricket Next
- ^ The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Sports | Zaheer swapped for Uthappa
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- ^ "Brabourne prepares for MI frenzy". themumbaiindians.com. 10.03.2010. Retrieved 18.04.11.
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- ^ Indiatimes - The Economic Times, March 2nd 2011
- ^ Mumbai Indians website - Sponsors
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