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.

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

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batsmen10Sachin Tendulkar Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain15 Saurabh Tiwary Left-handed Right-arm off break 16 Shikhar Dhawan Left-handed Right-arm off break 21 Jean-Paul Duminy Left-handed Right arm off break Overseas27 Ajinkya Rahane Right-handed Right-arm medium 90 Ambati Rayudu Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders01 Sanath Jayasuriya Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox Overseas08 Ryan McLaren Left-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas17 Graham Napier Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas23 Rajagopal Sathish Right-handed Right-arm medium 25 Abhishek Nayar Left-handed Right-arm medium 47 Dwayne Bravo Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Overseas55 Kieron Pollard Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas84 Stuart Binny Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers07 Aditya Tare Right-handed – 12 Chandan Madan Right-handed – Bowlers03 Harbhajan Singh Right-handed Right-arm off break Vice Captain14 Abu Nechim Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 26 Dilhara Fernando Right-handed Right arm medium-fast Overseas30 Dhawal Kulkarni Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 34 Zaheer Khan Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium 39 Ali Murtaza Left-handed Slow left arm orthodox 99 Lasith Malinga Right-handed Right-arm fast Overseas Ishan Malhotra Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Syed Shahabuddin Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Rahul Shukla Right-handed Right-arm medium

Indian Premier League Season standings

Match log No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard 1 Rajasthan Royals Mumbai Won by 4 runs 2 Delhi Daredevils Delhi Won by 98 runs; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 63 (32) 3 Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Lost by 4 wickets 4 Kolkata Knight Riders Mumbai Won by 7 wickets; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 71* (48) 5 Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 72 (52) 6 Deccan Chargers Mumbai Won by 41 runs; MoM – Harbhajan Singh 49* (18) and 3/31 7 Kings XI Punjab Mumbai Won by 4 wickets; MoM – Lasith Malinga 4/22 8 Deccan Chargers Mumbai Won by 63 runs; MoM – Ambati Rayudu 55 (29) 9 Chennai Super Kings Chennai Lost by 24 runs 10 Kings XI Punjab Mohali Lost by 6 wickets 11 Rajasthan Royals Jaipur Won by 37 runs; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 89* (59) 12 Delhi Daredevils Mumbai Won by 39 runs; MoM – Kieron Pollard 45* (13) and 2 runouts 13 Royal Challengers Bangalore Bangalore Won by 57 runs; MoM – Ryan McLaren 40 (42) and 1/21 14 Kolkata Knight Riders Kolkata Lost by 9 wickets 15 Royal Challengers Bangalore Mumbai Won by 35 runs; MoM – Kieron Pollard 33* (13) and 3/17 16 Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Lost by 22 runs Overall record: 11–5. Runners-up

Most runs Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 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 Innings Wickets Average Economy rate 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 Redbacks 4 4 0 0 8 +0.590 Royal Challengers Bangalore 4 2 2 0 4 +0.759Lions 4 2 2 0 4 +0.401Mumbai Indians 4 2 2 0 4 +0.221 Guyana 4 0 4 0 0 −2.083

Match log No.DateOpponentVenueResultScorecard 1 Lions Johannesburg Lost by 9 runs 2 Southern Redbacks Durban Lost by 5 wickets 3 Guyana Durban Won by 31 runs; MoM - Kieron Pollard 72* (30) 4 Royal Challengers Bangalore Durban Won by 2 runs; MoM - Dwayne Bravo 29 (17) and 2/23 Overall record: 2–2. Failed to qualify for the semifinals.

Most runs Player Innings Runs Average Strike rate Highest Score 100s 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 Innings Wickets Average Economy rate 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 Chennai Super Kings in 2010

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