Mumbai Indians in 2010
Mumbai Indians were one of the eight teams that took part in the 2010 Indian Premier League. They were captained by star batsman 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.
Indian Premier League
Season standings
(C) = Eventual Champion; (R) = Runner-up; (3rd) = Winner of third place playoff.
Note: Top four teams qualified for the Playoffs.
Note: The winner, runner-up and winner of the third place playoff qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20.
Match log
| No. |
Date |
Opponent |
Venue |
Result |
Scorecard |
| 1 | 000000002010-03-13-0000March 13, 2010 | Rajasthan Royals | Mumbai | 7000400000000000000♠4Won by 4 runs | |
| 2 | 000000002010-03-17-0000March 17, 2010 | Delhi Daredevils | Delhi | 7001980000000000000♠98Won by 98 runs; MoM –  Sachin Tendulkar 63 (32) | |
| 3 | 000000002010-03-20-0000March 20, 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai | 2998892608695652170♠−10.739130434783Lost by 4 wickets | |
| 4 | 000000002010-03-22-0000March 22, 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Mumbai | 7001136486486486490♠13.648648648649Won by 7 wickets; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 71* (48) | |
| 5 | 000000002010-03-25-0000March 25, 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai | 7001136842105263160♠13.684210526316Won by 5 wickets; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 72 (52) | |
| 6 | 000000002010-03-28-0000March 28, 2010 | Deccan Chargers | Mumbai | 7001410000000000000♠41Won by 41 runs; MoM – Harbhajan Singh 49* (18) and 3/31 | |
| 7 | 000000002010-03-30-0000March 30, 2010 | Kings XI Punjab | Mumbai | 7000520512820512820♠5.2051282051282Won by 4 wickets; MoM –  Lasith Malinga 4/22 | |
| 8 | 000000002010-04-03-0000April 3, 2010 | Deccan Chargers | Mumbai | 7001630000000000000♠63Won by 63 runs; MoM – Ambati Rayudu 55 (29) | |
| 9 | 000000002010-04-06-0000April 6, 2010 | Chennai Super Kings | Chennai | 2998760000000000000♠−24Lost by 24 runs | |
| 10 | 000000002010-04-09-0000April 9, 2010 | Kings XI Punjab | Mohali | 2999055172413793100♠−9.448275862069Lost by 6 wickets | |
| 11 | 000000002010-04-11-0000April 11, 2010 | Rajasthan Royals | Jaipur | 7001370000000000000♠37Won by 37 runs; MoM – Sachin Tendulkar 89* (59) | |
| 12 | 000000002010-04-13-0000April 13, 2010 | Delhi Daredevils | Mumbai | 7001390000000000000♠39Won by 39 runs; MoM –  Kieron Pollard 45* (13) and 2 runouts | |
| 13 | 000000002010-04-17-0000April 17, 2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Bangalore | 7001570000000000000♠57Won by 57 runs; MoM –  Ryan McLaren 40 (42) and 1/21 | |
| 14 | 000000002010-04-19-0000April 19, 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | Kolkata | 2999055172413793100♠−9.448275862069Lost by 9 wickets | |
| 15 | 02010-04-21 !21 April 2010 — Semifinal | Royal Challengers Bangalore | Mumbai | 7001350000000000000♠35Won by 35 runs; MoM – Kieron Pollard 33* (13) and 3/17 | |
| 16 | 02010-04-25 !25 April 2010 — Final | Chennai Super Kings | Mumbai | 2998780000000000000♠−22Lost by 22 runs | |
| Overall record of 11 – 5
Runners-up of IPL 2010 |
Most runs
Most wickets
Champions League Twenty20
Group standings
Most runs
Most wickets
See also
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