2010 Mumbai Indians season explained

Club:Mumbai Indians
Season:2010
Coach:Robin Singh
Captain:Sachin Tendulkar
Dwayne Bravo (1 match)
Comp1:IPL
Comp1 Result:Runners-up
Comp2:CLT20
Comp2 Result:Group stage
Most Runs:Sachin Tendulkar (618)
Most Wickets:Harbhajan Singh (17)
Most Catches:Kieron Pollard (6)
Prevseason:2009
Nextseason:2011

Mumbai Indians were one of the eight teams that took part in the 2010 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Sachin Tendulkar. They finished as runners-up of the tournament after losing to Chennai Super Kings by 22 runs in the finals. With this, they qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, where they could not progress past the group stages.

Background

Mumbai Indians had a dismal run in the 2009 edition of the IPL held in South Africa. They were placed at seven in the eight-team points table with just five wins from 14 matches. After the 2009 season, they trimmed their squad by releasing three overseas players in Luke Ronchi, Kyle Mills and Mohammad Ashraful along with several domestic players with an aim of building a new-look team for the 2010 season.

Pre-season player signings

At the players auction on 19 January 2010, Mumbai Indians bought just one player - hard-hitting Trinidadian all-rounder Kieron Pollard - for a sum of $750,000. Pollard, who had a base price of $200,000, had to go into a secret tie-breaker as four franchises bid the maximum amount of $750,000 for him. Although the actual amount of the bid by the Mumbai Indians was undisclosed, reports claim that the franchise bid as much as $2.75 million in the tie-breaker. However, according to IPL regulations, Pollard would be paid only the actual bidding amount with the rest of the money going into the IPL kitty.

Apart from Pollard, the Mumbai franchise bought a number of Indian domestic players including former ICL players who were made eligible to take part in the tournament. Former ICL players signed up by the franchise were Ambati Rayudu, Ali Murtaza, Abu Nechim, Stuart Binny, Rajagopal Sathish, Ishan Malhotra and Syed Sahabuddin. Other domestic signings include Aditya Tare, Rahul Shukla and Chandan Madan.[1]

Squad

Players with international caps before the start of the 2010 IPL season are listed in bold.

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batsmen
10Sachin Tendulkar April 15, 2010 Right-handed Captain
15April 15, 2010 Left-handed
16April 15, 2010 Left-handed
21Jean-Paul Duminy April 15, 2010 Left-handed Overseas
27April 15, 2010 Right-handed
90April 15, 2010 Right-handed
All-rounders
01Sanath Jayasuriya April 15, 2010 Left-handed Overseas
08Ryan McLaren April 15, 2010 Left-handed Overseas
17April 15, 2010 Right-handed Overseas
23April 15, 2010 Right-handed
25Abhishek Nayar April 15, 2010 Left-handed
47Dwayne Bravo April 15, 2010 Right-handed Overseas
55Kieron Pollard April 15, 2010 Right-handed Overseas
84April 15, 2010 Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
07April 15, 2010 Right-handed
12Chandan Madan April 15, 2010 Right-handed
Bowlers
03Harbhajan Singh April 15, 2010 Right-handed Vice Captain
14April 15, 2010 Right-handed
26Dilhara Fernando April 15, 2010 Right-handed Overseas
30April 15, 2010 Right-handed
34Zaheer Khan April 15, 2010 Right-handed
39April 15, 2010 Left-handed
99Lasith Malinga April 15, 2010 Right-handed Overseas
April 15, 2010 Right-handed
April 15, 2010 Right-handed
April 15, 2010 Right-handed

Indian Premier League

Match log

No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard
1 Won by 4 runs http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419107.html
2 Won by 98 runs; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 63 (32) http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419114.html
3 Lost by 4 wickets http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419119.html
4 Won by 7 wickets; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 71* (48) http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419122.html
5 Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 72 (52) http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419125.html
6 Won by 41 runs; MoM – Harbhajan Singh 49* (18) and 3/31 http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419130.html
7 Won by 4 wickets; MoM – Lasith Malinga 4/22 http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419132.html
8 Won by 63 runs; MoM – Ambati Rayudu 55 (29) http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419138.html
9 Lost by 24 runs http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419142.html
10 Lost by 6 wickets http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419146.html
11 Won by 37 runs; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 89* (59) http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419150.html
12 Won by 39 runs; MoM – Kieron Pollard 45* (13) and 2 runouts http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419152.html
13 Won by 57 runs; MoM – Ryan McLaren 40 (42) and 1/21 http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419158.html
14 Lost by 9 wickets http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419161.html
15 Won by 35 runs; MoM – Kieron Pollard 33* (13) and 3/17 http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419162.html
16 Lost by 22 runs http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/engine/match/419165.html
Overall record: 11–5. Runners-up

Most runs

Player Highest Score 50s
15 618 47.53 132.61 89* 0 5
15 419 29.92 135.59 61 0 3
14 356 27.38 144.71 55* 0 2
14 273 22.75 185.71 45* 0 0
10 191 19.10 112.35 56 0 2

Most wickets

Player Best Bowling 4w
14 17 22.17 7.04 3/31 0
12 15 18.26 7.40 3/17 0
13 15 22.93 7.02 4/22 1
14 15 25.06 7.77 3/21 0
5 7 19.71 7.26 2/23 0

Champions League Twenty20

Group standings

Team
Southern Redbacks44008+0.590
Royal Challengers Bangalore42204+0.759
Lions42204+0.401
Mumbai Indians42204+0.221
Guyana40400−2.083

Most runs

Player Highest Score 50s
4 148 37.00 139.62 69 0 1
4 127 42.33 201.58 72* 0 1
4 114 28.50 102.70 41 0 0

Most wickets

Player Best Bowling 4w
4 6 19.66 7.37 3/33 0
3 4 21.75 7.90 2/18 0
3 3 26.66 8.00 2/29 0

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IPL: Mumbai Indians Team Players List – MI Squad. www.Zerocric.com. 1 February 2010.