Sachin Tendulkar to captain Mumbai IPL, team named Mumbai Indians, logo unveiled
Reliance-owned Mumbai IPL team has been named Mumbai Indians and icon player Sachin Tendulkar will be the captain of the team.
Sudarshana Chakra with Mumbai Indians engraved on it will be the team logo and the jersey colour will be the Indian team’s colour- Blue.
Mumbai IPL captain Sachin Tendulkar himself unveiled the logo. Sachin Tendulkar, who is also the team’s icon player, said Mumbai Indians had a combination of youth and experience.
Hard-hitting Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya will most certainly open with Sachin Tendulkar for Mumbai Indians, the first time after they opened for the Rest of the World against MCC in a charity match in 1998. The charity match was in memory of late Princess Diana.
Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries shelled out $111.9 milion for the team ownership, the highest for any team in IPL.
Sachin Tendulkar also defended the huge sums showered on young players saying the young cricketers deserved it.
The following players were won over by the Mumbai Indians in the first IPL auction.
The second IPL auction will be held this week.
Mumbai Indians: Players, country and bids.
Sachin Tendulkar -India, Icon player
Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka, 975,000
Harbhajan Singh -India, 850,000
Robin Uthappa - India, 800,000
Shaun Pollock - South Africa, 550,000
Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka, 350,000
Dilhara Fernando - Sri Lanka, 150,000
Loots Bosman - South Africa, 150,000
(figures in dollars)
Following are the young players in the side:
Ajinkya Rahane
Abhishek Nayar
Yogesh Takawale
Pinal Shah
sanath jayasurya should not open the innings because if he goes as an opener he will cheaply fall his wicket.so he should come in the middle order(around 10th over) as he is a hard hitter he can easily make use of weak bowling(4th and 5th bowler of the opposite team) in the middle overs.i think tendulkar and uthappa/rahane/pollock should open the innings.pollock also should be considered as the opener because he can play fast bowling very well because one time SA needed 36 in 1 over against NZ.At that time he had hitted 5 consecutive sixes but last ball he missed and SA loss by 6 runs.so he also should be cosidered as opener(as SA’s r weak in Spin).my 11 are
1.sachin 2.pollock 3.rahane 4.jayasurya 5.uthappa 6.tiwary(u-19)
7.pinal/yogesh 8.fast/spin bowler9.Harbhajan 10.Malinga 11.Fernando
they have to go for another fast/spin bowler bcz if any bowler fails then mumbai can fell in danger.As this is a 20-20 7 batsmen is enough and bhaji can bat too. so they have to go for another fast bowler.I think mumbai should bring shaun tait as back up and another fast bowler from india.This is my opinion about mumbai indians as i was a great fan of tendulkar
proud of indan team
need mumbai indians official logo