Even the homely Mumbai Indian pigeon is hoping for a win by the Mumbai Indians in the Champions Trophy 2010 Twenty20 cricket series in South Africa

Sachin Tendulkar’s Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team have a great team and Sachin’s adopted Mumbaikars can hopefully win the Champions League Trophy 2010

With Sachin, Pollock, Zaheer and Malinga in the Mumbai Indians cricket team in South Africa, can the Mumbai Indians cricket team lose? Well, the Mumbai Indians did lose the IPL cricket finals due to well, bad luck and attempted strategies going wrong in the finals. But hey, Twenty20 is really all about luck and Dhoni’s Chennai Superkings did a great job of pulling off a surprise win against the Mumbai Indians

Talented Indian cricketers in the Mumbai Indians cricket team have a good chance of proving their worth in South Africa in the Champions League 2010

Ambati Rayudu, Shikhar Dhiwan and Tiwari, all classy Mumbai Indians batsmen for the 2010 Champions Trophy, have a great chance of staking their claim for a position in the Indian cricket team. A good performance by Ambati Rayudu for instance could see Rayudu being at least considered for the Indian national team in the future

Playing in South African conditions will definitely not be easy, but the young Mumbai Indians batsmen such as Rayudu could really surprise the Indian cricket selectors by putting up a stellar show in the seaming South African cricket pitches

The Champions Trophy Twenty20 2010 promises to be great fun and the Mumbai Indians have a good chance of doing well

Any cricket team with Sachin Tendulkar always has a good chance of winning and the Mumbai Indians are lucky to have the little master in such fantastic form for the Champions League Trophy 2010 matches. A Sachin Tendulkar Twenty20 hundred is a distinct possibility in South Africa

The MI vs CSK IPL T20 finals was nothing short of a disaster for the Mumbai Indians. CSK (168/5 off 20 overs (Raina 57*(35)) vs MI 146/9 (Sachin 48(45))

The MI vs CSK IPL finals started off well for the Mumbai Indians

In the MI vs CSK IPL T20 cricket finals, the Chennai Superkings IPL cricket team started off slowly against the Mumbai Indians bowling with Hayden struggling for form and preferring to defend against Harbhajan rather than seeing his jeering celebration. Vijay provided some fireworks for CSK, but the Mumbai Indians had effectively pegged the Chennai Superkings cricket team with some consistent bowling

With the MI vs CSK cricket finals score showing CSK at 67/3 off 11 overs, the Mumbai Indians were well on their way to winning their maiden IPL cricket trophy

In the MI vs CSK cricket finals, dropped catches changed the course of the match

The Mumbai Indians just refused to catch the fielding drills conducted by Suresh Raina. Raina offered not one but two dollies to Fernando and Zaheer and an absence of calling ensured that both catches were not taken

The MI vs CSK IPL cricket finals match saw such ridiculous fielding by the Mumbai Indians that must have had Jonty Rhodes squirming in his seat

Raina slammed 57 runs for the Chennai Superkings and the Mumbai Indians were left to chase 168 runs off 20 overs

Needing to score 168 runs off 20 overs, the MI vs CSK cricket match seemed to be heading for an exciting finish, but unfortunately, Shikhar Dhawan, the Mumbai Indians opener froze in his first IPL finals

By conceding a maiden to Ashwin in the first over of the Mumbai Indians innings, the Mumbai Indians lost their momentum significantly and then struggled henceforth against some accurate Chennai bowling in the MI vs CSK IPL cricket finals

Two Mumbai Indians strategies failed miserably as the MI vs CSK IPL finals petered to an easy victory for the Chennai Superkings

Sending Abhishek Nayar one down and Harbhajan Singh two down in the MI vs CSK IPL finals were strategies that could have worked on a different day, but failed badly.

Nayar struggled to find his bearings and slowed down the run rate against the Chennai Superkings and Harbhajan had no answers to some good spin bowling by Chennai

Pollard provided some fireworks at the end of the MI vs CSK IPL cricket finals, but it was already too late for the Mumbai Indians

Kieron Pollard slammed some huge hits for the Mumbai Indians in the last few overs against Bollinger, the key Chennai Superkings bowler, but it was too little and too late for the Mumbai Indians as the Chennai Superkings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni soon lifted the IPL trophy

Mumbai Indians 103/3 off 13.3 overs

Anil Kumble seems to be a roll and it will require a special effort from someone like Rayudu to get the Mumbai Indians to a win over the Bangalore Royal Challengers (RCB) in the IPL-3 cricket semifinals. Rayudu seems to be in ominous form and being a good player of spin, Rayudu can counter Kumble ’s brilliance for the RCB in the IPL-3 semifinals

Ambati Rayudu, the erstwhile champ of the ICL could help the Mumbai Indians get to the IPL cricket finals as well

Rayudu, the Mumbai Indians star came in to bat after RCB pace bowler Steyn took the wicket of the greatest batsman in the world, Sachin Tendulkar. So far, Ambati Rayudu has played well to take the Mumbai Indians to a score of 81/4 off 10 overs

If Ambati Rayudu plays for another five overs, the Mumbai Indians could be set for a score of at least 180 runs in the MI vs RCB IPL-3 cricket semifinals

Mumbai Indians (MI) 174/5 (Rayudu 46, Mclaren(40)) beat RCB (134/9).Ambati Rayudu should have been the man of the match in this MI vs RCB IPL cricket match, but in all their wisdom, McLaren was chosen as the MOM for the Mumbai Indians

Before Rayudu came to bat,MI (Mumbai Indians) started slowly with McLaren struggling against the RCB IPL team ’s bowlers such as Stein and Vinay Kumar

Why didnt Rayudu or Tiwari open the batting for the Mumbai Indians (MI) vs RCB in the IPL League cricket match? One clear complaint about the Mumbai Indians (MI) IPL cricket team is the frequent tampering with the opening partner for Sachin Tendulkar. Surely,Rayudu or Tiwari could have opened for MI (Mumbai Indians) vs RCB, but the Mumbai Indians chose to bring in McLaren

Before Ambati Rayudu cam to the crease,McLaren really struggled against all the RCB bowlers -Stein and Vinay Kumar in particular had some fun bowling to McLaren as McLaren struggled. Sachin Tendulkar was forced to try and force the pace for the Mumbai Indians but he perished to a good catch by Taylor

Rayudu came to the crease and soon the MI (Mumbai Indians) IPL cricket team was on its way

Ambati Rayudu proved his class as he launched an attack firstly on Kallis and then on Kumble, India’s greatest bowler ever, and totally hit four sixes to bring the Mumbai Indians run rate to a reasonable level against the steady RCB bowling attack after McLaren’s slow start

After Rayudu was out, Duminy and Pollard struck some huge blows to take the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team to a score of 174 against RCB in the inconsequential IPL cricket league match

After Rayudu holed out, Keiron Pollard came in and struck three amazing sixes to let the run rate skyrocket against the RCB IPL bowlers. Pollard had no answers to a Anil Kumble googly, but Duminy arrived to take charge for the MI IPL cricket team

Duminy has often been criticized for his slow run rate in the IPL, but in the MI vs RCB T20 encounter, Duminy launched a blistering attack on the RCB bowlers hitting 42 off just 19 balls with 3 huge sixes

RCB seemed demoralized by the late charge by the MI (Mumbai Indians) batsmen and were soon on the ropes

The RCB openers Kallis and Manish Pandey started in his customary slow manner against the MI bowlers who were missing Malinga, but still had Zaheer Khan and Fernando to choke the boundaries. As the RCB batsmen tried to force the pace against MI, it was soon 5/74 and the rest of the MI vs RCB IPL cricket match was of academic interest only

A great knock by Rayudu, an immensely talented cricketer, carried the Mumbai Indians (MI) to yet another easy win over RCB in MI ’s penultimate IPL cricket league match

Kieron Pollard proved that the Mumbai Indians had made the right decision by hiring him in the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team-amazing hitting in MI vs DD T20 match

Pollard ’s pyrotechnics land win for Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils (Mumbai Indians 183/4 (Sachin 30, Pollard 45*(13)) beat Delhi Daredevils 144/7

Pollard proved that you can win a man of the match award off just 13 balls in Mumbai Indians win over Delhi Daredevils(MI vs DD T20)

Pollard came in to bat with the Mumbai Indians score around 130 and just about 3 overs to go vs the rampaging Delhi Daredevils bowlers.What followed was a brutal demonstration of power hitting by Kieron Pollard, who thrashed the Delhi Daredevils cricket bowlers all around the park-Pollard proved his importance to the Mumbai Indians IPL team franchise

Pollard hit five sixes off just 13 balls for the Mumbai Indians as the Mumbai Indians notched up a score of 183 runs against a good Delhi Daredevils bowling attack in the MI vs DD T20 cricket league match. Pollard not only hit 45 runs off 13 balls, but he also picked up the crucial wicket of Delhi Daredevils superstar Virendra Sehwag.

After the wicket of Sehwag, the Delhi Daredevils had no hope against the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team and Pollard rightfully got his deserved man of the match award

Sachin, the Mumbai Indians captain picked up the Orange Cap again as the Mumbai Indians triumphed over the Delhi Daredevils in the MI vs DD IPL T20 cricket match

Another wonderful match for the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team- Sachin Tendulkar picked up the Orange Cap again after making a steady 30, and Kieron Pollard demonstrated his best in front of an appreciative Mumbai crowd

After this Kieron Pollard batting display against the Delhi Daredevils, hope no one ever questions Pollard ’s selection for the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team again

Sachin Tendulkar plays a captain’s knock as MI (Mumbai Indians) thrash RR (Rajasthan Royals) in IPL T20 cricket league

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain is now also the Orange cap holder in IPL T20 as MI beat RR by 37 runs(Mumbai Indians 174/6 (Sachin Tendulkar 89*) vs Rajasthan Royals (RR) – 138/8 (Zaheer Khan 2/21)

Sachin Tendulkar got the Orange Cap for most runs in the IPL and once again proved he is the best while helping MI demolish RR in the IPL T20 league cricket match

Sachin Tendulkar proved his importance for the Mumbai Indians IPL team by methodically (royally) destructing the RR bowling attack. Sachin Tendulkar, the captain of the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team, once again showed how an innings can be built methodically, even in T20 cricket

In the Indian Premier League,Sachin Tendulkar ’s knocks for the Mumbai Indians, keeps demonstrating how T20 cricket is not just slam bang cricket and there is a place in T20 cricket for a technically classic thinking batsman, who analyzes the cricket match and takes the right decisions based on the team situation

The Mumbai Indians were tottering against RR (Rajasthan Royals) having lost three wickets for almost nothing, but Sachin Tendulkar and Duminy steadied the batting

The Mumbai Indians batsmen seemed to forget that Sachin Tendulkar was in their midst, and actually allowed themselves to be intimidated by Shane Watson, the opening bowler for the Rajasthan Royals (RR). In a clear Shane Warne strategy masterclass, Shane Watson repeatedly bowled bouncers to the Mumbai Indians batsmen on a slow drying wicket. At the same time, Shane Watson continued to abuse the batsmen (its an Australian doing it, so the ICC will no issue about it ) and dared them to go for the hook

Unfortunately, barring Sachin Tendulkar, the rest of the early Mumbai Indians batsmen perished trying to hit back at Shane Watson and handed the Rajasthan Royals (RR) some easy wickets. Both Rayadu and Tiwari were extremely disappointing for the Mumbai Indians as they allowed Shane Watson to intimidate and fell to some poor hook shots

The Mumbai Indians were staring down a barrel but Sachin Tendulkar and J.P. Duminy steadied the batting against the slow Rajasthan Royals (RR) bowling with some singles and twos and not taking any risks

Sachin Tendulkar showed his entire range of shots for the Mumbai Indians vs RR in last five overs including tennis overhead shots and tips above the wicketkeeper

Watson returned for his second spell and Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain, was ready to show Shane Watson how to bat to a slow bouncer and avenge the earlier intimidation. What followed was a ruthless display of batting- Shane Watson tried to continue with the RR (Rajasthan Royals) strategy of bouncing the batsmen and Sachin Tendulkar responded with some tennis shots hit over the bowlers head.

Shane Watson of the Rajasthan Royals tried bowling a slow bouncer outside the off stump but the Sachin, the Mumbai Indians captain, weaved like a classic dancer out of the way and tipped the ball over the RR wicketkeeper. Incredible.

Dole dropped Sachin, the Mumbai Indians superstar, and he virtually dropped the IPL T20 match for RR (Rajasthan Royals)

Dole, the Rajasthan Royals fast bowler, will regret this dropped catch of Sachin Tendulkar for a really long time, as Sachin powered the Mumbai Indians to a score of 174 including 68 runs off the last five overs

Trivedi, another Rajasthan Royals find, came in for special treatment by Sachin Tendulkar, as the Mumbai Indians superstar plundered Trivedi in the company of Kieron Pollard

Rajasthan Royals (RR) were rocked by some awesome bowling by the Mumbai Indians- Sachin’s captaincy was amazing and Zaheer was incredible

Zaheer Khan, the Mumbai Indians and India swing bowler, was at his best and he rocked the RR (Rajasthan Royals) IPL cricket team by swinging the ball both ways. Soon, Ojha and Lumb, the RR (Rajasthan Royals) openers were on their way to the pavilion and RR IPL team was a spent force

Panic set in for the Rajasthan Royals (RR) cricket team and the MI cricket team (Mumbai Indians) were able to affect three runouts. It was soon all over for the Rajasthan Royals against some disciplined MI bowling and fielding and the rest of the IPL cricket league match was only of academic interest

Sachin Tendulkar, the Mumbai Indians captain did a great job of not only leading from the front and scoring those 89 runs, but he also rallied his bowlers and fielders to give a ruthless display against the Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL cricket team

Mumbai Indians 154/9 off 20 overs (Sachin 29, Duminy 35) lost to Kings X1 Punjab (KXIP)-Duminy at fault?

One cant help but blame Duminy for the Mumbai Indians defeat vs Kings X1 Punjab IPL-3 T20 cricket match. No personal fault of Duminy, but Duminy’s presence seems to spark a collapse in the Mumbai Indians batting team in the IPL

Mumbai Indians batting collapses vs Kings X1 Punjab – the only reason for the Mumbai Indians batting failure could be Duminy’s presence

In a humourous vein, it can be argued statistically that every time Duminy plays for the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team, the Mumbai Indians has collapsed spectacularly and left Duminy to attempt to do the rescue act

It was no different in the Mumbai Indians match vs the Kings X1 Punjab IPL-3 cricket team. Duminy was drafted in to replace an injured Dwayne Bravo, but Duminy had to don the “rescue hat” again as the Mumbai Indians tottered precariously at 95/5. Jean Paul Duminy has never been spectacular for the Mumbai Indians but his dogged approach even in a T20 cricket match got the Mumbai Indians IPL-3 cricket team to a score of 154/8 off 20 overs

Mumbai Indians realized that a score of 154 is not defendable even against the Kings X1 Punjab IPL-3 cricket team

The Kings X1 Punjab IPL-3 cricket team is definitely not one of the best cricket teams in the IPL, but a target score of 155 runs is gettable even by KXIP. Led by Barath and Jayawardene’s aggressive batting display, the KXIP IPL-3 cricket team coasted to an easy win against the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket teamSangakarra and Yuvraj later joined the fun as the Mumbai Indians lost to KXIP easily

The lesson for the Mumbai Indians IPL cricket team from this defeat vs KXIP- dont select Duminy:-)

Mumbai Indians 141/9(Sachin Tendulkar 45) lost to Chennai Superkings 165/3 off 20 overs

The Mumbai Indians bowlers did a good job of keeping the Chennai Superkings down to just 165 runs in the IPL-3 T20 league cricket match

Harbhajan Singh and Pollard of the Mumbai Indians bowled an impeccable line to keep the Chennai Superkings down to just 165 runs off 20 overs

Opening for the Chennai Superkings vs the Mumbai Indians IPL-3 cricket team, Mathew Hayden plays Harbhajan Singh gingerly almost with kid gloves as if Harbhajan is tossing dynamites at him rather than innocuous off spinners. Obviously, Hayden,the Chennai Superkings opener, seems to fear ace Mumbai Indians spinner Harbhajan Singh’s victory run so much that he would rather pat Harbhajan’s balls back to him or tap them to cover, rather than see Harbhajan running around in celebration

The Chennai Superkings managed to notch up a score of 165 runs against the Mumbai Indians after some mild hitting by Dhoni and Badrinath. It did seem at the half way stage that the Mumbai Indians would notch up an easy win against the Chennai Superkings

Sachin Tendulkar and Shikhar Dhawan of the Mumbai Indians provided their customary good start against the Chennai Superkings in the IPL-3 T20 cricket match

Shikhar Dhawan has been an able opening partner for Sachin Tendulkar and soon the Mumbai Indians were off to their customary good start against the Chennai Superkings. The Mumbai Indians were 46/0 after just 6 overs against the Chennai Superkings as the Chennai bowlers were awed by Sachin Tendulkar ’s batting as usual

After Shikhar Dhawan ’s wicket, the Mumbai Indians slowed down a bit, but it was really the Chennai heat and not the Chennai Superkings that had the final say

The Chennai heat sapped the Mumbai Indians’ captain Sachin Tendulkar ’s energy and Sachin had to leave the field at a crucial period against the Chennai Superkings IPL-3 cricket team

Sachin Tendulkar did fail the Chennai heat or the “Dean Jones” test, albeit at the age of 37, as the hot and humid weather in Chennai meant that Sachin was dehydrated and couldnt continue. This was a crucial period of play, as the Mumbai Indians were just starting to accelerate, chasing a smallish Chennai Superkings score

The Mumbai Indians have been pampered by a dominant Sachin Tendulkar in earlier IPL-3 cricket matches and the Chennai Superkings took advantage of that

The Mumbai Indians are so used to a splendid start and finish by Sachin that they appeared shocked by Sachin Tendulkar ’s exit from the crease. Soon enough, the Mumbai Indians had lost seven wickets against the Chennai Superkings bowlers and Sachin Tendulkar had to limp back to the crease despite suffering from dehydration

Sachin Tendulkar was too tired to have an impact on the Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Superkings game any longer and the Mumbai Indians folded up meekly despite Harbhajan Singh ’s late surge

And the winner of the Mumbai Indians vs the Chennai Superkings cricket match is .. the Chennai weather!

Ambati Rayudi is a class act for the Mumbai Indians. Mumbai Indians(178/5.Rayudu (55* off 29 balls,SS Tiwari 45) beat Deccan Chargers(111 all out) by 67 runs

Rayudu has been a star for the Mumbai Indians IPL team this season and he once again demonstrated his talent by slamming an unbeaten 55 runs off 45 balls in a IPL T20 cricket match for the Mumbai Indians vs the Deccan Chargers

Ambati Rayudu stole the limelight after a good start by Sachin Tendulkar and Shikhar Dhawan in the Mumbai Indians vs the Deccan Chargers IPL3 T20 cricket match

Ambati Rayudu came to the crease after the Mumbai Indians were in a spot of bother against the Deccan Chargers with the Mumbai Indians score reading 62/3. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar and Shikhar Dhawan had given the Mumbai Indians their customary good start and the Mumbai Indians were seemingly well placed. But the loss of three quick wickets meant that there was additional pressure on Rayudu and Tiwari to perform

Rayudu and Tiwari once again came to the party for the Mumbai Indians as they demolished the Deccan Chargers bowling attack

Rayudu and Tiwari proved that they are amazingly talented batsmen and can demonstrate their class once again in a Mumbai Indians team full of international cricket stars. After Tiwari left, having hit three huge sixes, Ambati Rayudu carried on and ended up with a classy half century

Playing with a runner in the latter part of the innings, Rayudu played proper cricketing shots and like Sachin Tendulkar seemed to know exactly where the fielders were placed as he repeatedly hit the ball in the gaps. The Deccan Chargers bowlers had absolutely no clue where to pitch the ball as Rayudu toyed with the bowling in the company of Pollard, who also struck some huge blows for the Mumbai Indians cricket team

After Ambati Rayudu ’s scintillating innings for the Mumbai Indians, the Deccan Chargers folded up quite meekly to give the Mumbai Indians cricket team an easy victory

After Rayudu ’s assault for the Mumbai Indians, the Deccan Chargers cricket team seemed to give up without a fight as they struggled to negotiate the yorkers of Malinga, the swing of Zaheer Khan and the looping off spin of Harbhajan Singh

A great performance by Rayudu and the Mumbai Indians against the hapless Deccan Chargers cricket team in the IPL3 T20 league cricket match