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. 

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) 
Name – Age – Country – Position 

Batsmen 
Sachin Tendulkar (Captain) – 35 – India – Right-handed Batsman 
Robin Uthappa – 22 – India – Right-handed Batsman 
Loots Botsman – 30 – South Africa – Right-handed Batsman 
Ashley Prince – 30 – South Africa – Left-handed Batsman 
Manish Pandey – 18 – India – Right-handed Batsman 
Saurabh Tiwari – 18 – India – Left-handed Batsman 

Wicket Keepers 
Yogesh Takawale – 23 - India – Right-handed Batsman – Wicket keeper 
Pinal Shah – 20 - India – Right-handed Batsman – Wicket keeper 

All Rounders 
Sanath Jayasuriya – 37 – Sri Lanka – Slow left-arm orthodox spin 
Shaun Pollock – 35 - South Africa - Right-arm medium-fast 
Ajinkya Rahane – 19 - India – Right-arm medium