IPL Mumbai

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Adding Indians to ‘Mumbai Indians’

By admin ⋅ March 17, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Express India reports on franchise teams are now giving finishing touches to their squads by drafting in the domestic players.  They have come up with a list of those expected to sign the dotted line and those who might just miss out.
Choosen ones:
Musaveer Khote: Khote is ideal for the Twenty20 format, according to Mumbai coach [...]

‘IPL vibes with our outlook’

By admin ⋅ March 13, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Group and batting ace Sachin Tendulkar have come together for the DLF Indian Premier League’s inaugural T20competition. R. Balachandran, President & Chief Marketing Officer, Reliance Retail, has added one more brand to this combination _, ‘Mumbai.’
“There’s this uniqueness between Sachin and Mumbai. There are a number of cricketers who are admired and [...]

IPL will be a ’super hit’ tournament

By admin ⋅ March 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sachin Tendulkar was on Saturday named captain of the city franchise team christened ‘Mumbai Indians’ to take part in the Indian Premier League and proclaimed that the Cricket Board-promoted event will be a “super hit” tournament.The Twenty20 IPL is be held from April 18 to June 1.
“Twenty20 cricket is hugely popular everywhere and I have [...]

IPL Mumbai christened as “Mumbai Indians”

By admin ⋅ March 9, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

The Indian Premier League’s Mumbai-based franchise has been named their team ‘Mumbai Indians’. Sachin Tendulkar, the team’s icon player, will captain the side, which also includes Sanath Jayasuriya and Shaun Pollock.
“Mumbai Indians is a nice combination of senior players and youngsters, so I think we all will be looking forward to go [...]

Alistair Brown turns down IPL

By admin ⋅ March 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Alistair Brown, the Surrey and former England batsman, has rejected an offer to join the Mumbai IPL franchise.
Brown was contacted by Harbhajan Singh, who has spent time as Surrey’s overseas player, and asked whether he would be interested in signing up but declined after decided to keep to his new one-year county [...]

IPL Mumbai - Mumbai Indians

By admin ⋅ February 21, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

IPL Mumbai - Mumbai Indians

Tendulkar to be non-playing captain of IPL Mumbai team

By admin ⋅ February 8, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Sachin Tendulkar, who’s part of Mukesh Ambani’s Mumbai team for IPL, will be active off the field, playing a strategic role for the $111.9-million Mumbai team.  Sachin will be the consultant and the key thinker on team strategies and the operational functioning of the Mumbai team. It’s still unclear whether Sachin will take the field. [...]

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