Sunday, April 13, 2008

Mumbai Indians

MUMBAI INDIANS is the team that will represent of the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sachin Tendulkar, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former Manager of the Indian Cricket Team.

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 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 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 Malinga.[1]

Outside of the player auction, the franchise has also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (WK-Batsman from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (WK-Batsman from Baroda).[2] Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Pandey, the stars of the U-19 world-cup winning team were the random picks drafted in during the BCCI held second auction.

Current Squad

Batsmen

No. ↓ Name ↓ Age ↓ Nationality ↓ Batting Style ↓ Bowling/Fielding ↓ Bidding/Sign-in Price ↓
1 Sachin Tendulkar (Captain) 34 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm Off-break/Leg break/Medium US$ 1,121,250 (Icon Player)
2 Sanath Jayasuriya 37 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin US$ 975,000
3 Robin Uthappa 22 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm medium US$ 800,000
4 Loots Bosman 30 Flag of South Africa South Africa Right-handed Right-arm medium US$ 175,000
5 Ashwell Prince 30 Flag of South Africa South Africa Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin US$ 175,000
6 Ajinkya Rahane 19 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm medium Catchment Area Player
7 Manish Pandey 18 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break India Under-19 Team
8 Saurabh Tiwary 18 Flag of India India Left-handed
India Under-19 Team

Wicket Keepers

No. ↓ Name ↓ Age ↓ Nationality ↓ Batting Style ↓ Bowling/Fielding ↓ Bidding/Sign-in Price|- ↓
1 Luke Ronchi 26 Flag of Australia Australia Right-handed Wicket keeper Unknown[3]
2 Yogesh Takawale 23 Flag of India India Right-handed Wicket keeper Catchment Area Player
3 Pinal Shah 20 Flag of India India Right-handed Wicket keeper Under 22 Player

All Rounders

No. ↓ Name ↓ Age ↓ Nationality ↓ Batting Style ↓ Bowling/Fielding ↓ Bidding/Sign-in Price|- ↓
1 Shaun Pollock 35 Flag of South Africa South Africa Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast US$ 550,000
2 Abhishek Nayar 24 Flag of India India Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Catchment Area Player

Bowlers

No. ↓ Name ↓ Age ↓ Nationality ↓ Batting Style ↓ Bowling/Fielding ↓ Bidding/Sign-in Price ↓
1 Harbhajan Singh 27 Flag of India India Right-handed Right-arm off-break US$ 850,000
2 Lasith Malinga 24 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Right-handed Right-arm fast US$ 350,000
3 Dilhara Fernando 29 Flag of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium US$ 150,000
4 Ashish Nehra 28 Flag of India India Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium Delhi - Ranji Trophy Player

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

Coaches:

  • Head Coach - Lalchand Rajput
  • 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 Kings XI Punjab Mohali
4 27 April Deccan Chargers 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 Deccan Chargers Hyderabad
12 21 May Kings XI Punjab Mumbai
13 24 May Delhi DareDevils Delhi
14 26 May Rajasthan Royals Jaipur

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