Mumbai Indians will be representative of the city of Mumbai in the Indian Premier League. The team will be led by Sachin Tendulkar, also the Icon Player for the team and coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former Manager of the Indian Cricket Team.

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 logo has the Sudarshan Chakra with the team’s name engraved in it. The team’s colour will be blue. The choice of the name “Indians” for a regional competition is widely regarded as a blunder.

The mascot is still unknown.

Players

Sachin Tendulkar is the designated icon player and also captain for Mumbai Indians. During the player auction Mumbai Indians successfully bid for 7 players, including two of the heroes of Indian Twenty-20 world cup side in Harbhajan Singh and Robin Uthappa. Sanath Jayasuriya was also another prized catch, along with South African legend Shaun Pollock. The team also added the Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga.

Outside of the player auction, the franchise has also signed up Ajinkya Rahane and Abhishek Nayar (from Mumbai), Yogesh Takawale (from Maharashtra) and Pinal Shah (from Baroda)

Batsmen

• Sachin Tendulkar (Captain) - India - Right-handed Batsman

• Robin Uthappa - India - Right-handed Batsman

• Loots Botsman - South Africa - Right-handed Batsman

• Ashley Prince - South Africa - Left-handed Batsman

• Manish Pandey - India - Right-handed Batsman

• Saurabh Tiwari - India - Left-handed Batsman

Wicket Keepers

• Yogesh Takawale - India - Right-handed Batsman - Wicket keeper

• Pinal Shah - India - Right-handed Batsman - Wicket keeper

All Rounders

• Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka - Slow left-arm orthodox spin

• Shaun Pollock - South Africa -Right-arm medium-fast

• Ajinkya Rahane - India - Right-arm medium

Bowlers

• Harbhajan Singh - India - Right-arm off-break

• Lasith Malinga - Sri Lanka - Right-arm fast

• Dilhara Fernando - Sri Lanka - Right-arm fast-medium

• Abhishek Nayar - India - Right-arm medium-fast

• Ashish Nehra - India - Left-arm fast-medium

Administration and Coaching staff

Front Office:

• Owner - Reliance Industries Limited

• CEO - R Balachandran

• President - Mukesh Ambani

Coaches:

• Head Coach - Lalchand Rajput

• Assistant Head Coach - TBA

• Physiotherapist - TBA