Mumbai Indians

 

Mumbai IPL T20 squad is one of the strongest teams in IPL along with Chennai Super Kings. Arrival of Richard Levi will further strengthen the Mumbai Indians.

 

IPL Mumbai Franchisee Profile:

 

Team Name: Mumbai Indians (MI)

 

IPL entry: 2008

 

Franchisee owner: Reliance Industries bought Mumbai IPL franchisee for 441 crore ($111.9 million).

 

Official website: http://www.mumbaiindians.com/

 

Stadium: Wankhede & DY Patil Stadium.

 

Logo: Sudarshana Chakra with the team’s name engraved in it. The team’s colour is blue. The team’s jersey is a two-tone blue with three stripes in orange.

 

Theme song: “Mumbai Meri Jaan.”

 

Official mobile network: Loop Mobile

 

Mumbai IPL T20 Cricket team profile:

 

 

 

Team Manager: Rahul Sanghvi

 

Head Coach: Robin Singh & Bowling coach: Shaun Pollock & Fielding coach: Johnty Rhodes.

 

Captain: Sachin Tendulkar

 

IPL history: MI reached finals in IPL 3 and finished third in IPL4.

 

 

Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2011:

 

 

S.No	Cricketer Name	Country	Price
	Batsmen:
1.	Sachin Tendulkar	India (Mumbai)	Retained
2.	T. Suman	Hyderabad	20 Lakhs
3.	Rohit Sharma	India (Mumbai)	9.2 crore
4.	Aiden Blizzard	Australia	9 Lakh
5.	Surya Kumar Yadav	Mumbai	10 Lakh
6.	Sarul Kanwar	Chandigarh	10 Lakh
7.	Rajagopal Sathish	Trichy (TN)	30 Lakh
8.	Richard Levi	South Africa
9.	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa
10.	Sushant Marathe
	All-Rounders:
1.	Clint McKay	Australia	50.6 lakh
2.	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	Retained
3.	Robin Peterson
4.	Aiden Blizzard	Australia	9.2 Lakh
5.	James Franklin	New Zealand	46 Lakh
6.	Thisara Perera	Sri Lanka
7.	David Jacobs
8.	Ali Murtaza	Allahabad (UP)
9.	Rahul Shukla
	Wicket-Keepers:
1.	Ambati Rayudu	Guntur (AP)	20 Lakh
2.	Aditya Tare	Mumbai
3.	Dinesh Karthik	Tamil Nadu
	Bowlers:
1.	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	Retained
2.	Harbhajan Singh	India (Punjab)	Retained
3.	Munaf Patel	India (Gujarat)	3.2 crore
4.	Yuzvendra Chahal	Haryana	10 Lakh
5.	Dhawal Kulkarni	Mumbai
6.	Pawan Suyal	Delhi	10 Lakh
7.	Abu Nechim	Assam	10 Lakh
8.	R.P. Singh	Uttar Pradesh
9.	Mitchell Johnson	Australia
10.	Pragyan Ojha	Hyderabad

 

Strengths:

 

1. Sachin Tendulkar, Lasith Malinga, Kieron Pollard, Richard Levi & Harbhajan Singh……Do you want more?

 

2. Young Indian talented players – T.Suman, Ambati Rayudu & Rohit Sharma.

 

3. Kieron Pollard & Richard Levi are in sensational form.

 

Weaknesses:

 

1. Can Mumbai able to find a suitable partner for Lasith Malinga?

 

2. Unexpected batting collapses after Sachin (sometimes)

 

3. Quaity batsmen may expose Mumbai’s bowling all-rounders.

 

 

Mumbai IPL team rating: 9/10

 

IPL 5 Prediction: Mumabi is strong favourite along with Chennai Super Kings to win IPL 5 T20 cricket tournament.

 

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