Mumbai Indians

 

 

Mumbai IPL T20 squad is one of the strongest along with Chennai in IPL 2011. Mumbai is a strong favourite to win in IPL 4. Mumbai suffered more than 40 crore losses in IPL 1 & 2 but it is expected to post 20-30 crore profit in IPL 4 – Good bounce back.

 

 

 

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

 

 

Captain: Sachin Tendulkar

 

 

Highlight: Lost to Chennai Superkings in the finals in IPL 2010.

 

 

 

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
	All-Rounders:
1.	Andrew Symonds	Australia	3.9 crore
2.	Kieron Pollard	West Indies	Retained
3.	David Jacobs	South Africa	87.4 Lakh
4.	Clint McKay	Australia	50.6 Lakh
5.	James Franklin	New Zealand	46 Lakh
6.	Moises Henriques	Australia	22.5 Lakh
7.	Aiden Blizzard	Australia	9.2 Lakh
8.	Ali Murtaza	Allahabad (UP)
	Wicket-Keepers:
1.	Ambati Rayudu	Guntur (AP)	20 Lakh
2.	Aditya Tare	Mumbai
	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

 

 

Strengths:

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Weaknesses:

 

 

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

 

 

 

Mumbai IPL team rating: 9/10

 

 

IPL 2011 Prediction: Mumabi is strong favourite along with Chennai to win in 2011 IPL T20 tournament.

 

 

 

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