Mumbai Indians is a team in the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is also the Icon Player for the team. The team is coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former manager of the Indian Cricket Team. The team is owned by Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries.
{Owner of Mumbai Indians - Mukesh Ambani}
History
Reliance Industries Limited through its subsidiary Reliance Retail Ltd purchased the rights for the Mumbai franchise of Indian Premier league for a total of $111.9 million during the auction on January 24, 2008. The RIL bid has made the Mumbai Indians the most expensive franchise in IPL. The team was unveiled on the 17th of April,2008 in Mumbai.
Logo and Brand Ambassador
The team logo has the 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.
Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan is the brand ambassador of the team.
Players
During the player auction, the Mumbai Indians successfully bid for 7 players, including two members of the Indian Twenty-20 World cup winning side in Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa. Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga and Shaun Pollock were other cricketers who were successfully bid for by the franchise.
{Team of Tashan Anil Kapoor & Kareena Kapoor, Supporting Mumbai Indians}
Outside of the player auction, the franchise has also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (WK-Batsman from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (WK-Batsman from Baroda). Saurabh Tiwary and Manish Pandey, the members of the U-19 world-cup winning team were the random picks drafted in during the BCCI held second auction. Dominic Thornely was also signed by the Mumbai Indians for a sum of 25000 USD.
Administration and Coaching staff
Front Office:
- Owner - Mukesh Ambani
- Director- R Balachandran
- Media Adviser - Harsha Bhogle
- Brand ambassador - Hrithik Roshan
Support Staff:
- Coach - Lalchand Rajput
- Fielding Coach - Sameer Dighe
- Bowling Coach - Subroto Banerjee
- Physiotherapist - Dr. Nitin Patel
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