With one the most experienced opening pair in the lineup starring Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasurya and led by the champion batsmen Sachin Tendulkar himself Mumbai Indians are definitely the top favorites to win the IPL Twenty20 season 2 to be held in South Africa this April.
Mumbai Indian team comprise of International players like Shaun Pollock, Lasith Malinga, Jean Paul Duminy, Graham Napier, Ryan McLaren, Dilhara Fernando, Sanath Jayasuriya, Dwayne Bravo, Mohammad Ashraful, Kyle Mills and Luke Ronchi which will proved to be quite handy in South African conditions and experience of local players like Shaun Pollock, Ryan McLaren will be a added advantage. Indian players with the like of Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, Abhishek Nayar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jude Singh, Jaydev Shah, Rahil Shaikh, Yogesh Takawale, Pinal Shah, Ajinkya Rahane, Chetnya Nanda, Rohan Raje and Saurabh Tiwary will be a force to reckon with in the coming season.
With the kind of form Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh showed with the ball in Newzealand they look one of strongest balling unit in the tournament with the like Shaun Pollock, Dilhara Fernando, Kyle Mills, Lasith Malinga and Sanath Jayasuriya to follow. They have a very good combination of quick and slow bowler that makes it a very balanced attack for the T20 competition.
Batting of Mumbai Indians is lead by the master Sachin Tendulkar and the most experienced Sanath Jayasurya right up front followed by players like Shikar Dhawan and Abhishek Nayar which have proved their metal in the last edition of IPL. Along with international players like Luke Ronchi, Mohammed Ashraful, Graham Napier, Ryan Mclaren and others to follow.
All an all Mumbai Indian will be a force to reckon with in coming season IPL T20 second edition to be held in South Africa starting 18 April.
