Duminy worth the money spent on him

Footballers are accustomed to being traded for millions of dollars from one club to another. It’s routine. Cricket, however, was not too accustomed to this before the DLF IPL. So when players like English duo Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff were sold for $1.55 million, the highest fee of the second auction, management and fans of the respective Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings wanted a major return on the investment.

Now that both have returned home, KP for national duty and Freddie through injury, and especially in the case of Flinftoff, it has been proven that the most expensive players don’t guarantee success.

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But like Chelsea have shown in football, money does have it benefits, and at the moment JP Duminy is demonstrating it for the Mumbai Indians. When the richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, splashed $950 000 on the young South African, many were bemused. Who was the little left-hander from Cape Town? Yes, he’s just come off from a spectacular debut series in Australia for the Proteas, but surely that’s too much for a player so inexperienced? It was just one series after all.

Fortunately for the Mumbai Indians, South African legends Shaun Pollock and Jonty Rhodes knew the capabilities of Duminy, with Pollock having played with the 25-year-old during the latter stages of his stellar international career. He knew Duminy had for years dominated the South African domestic scene since making his debut for Western Province whilst still at school.

“It’s great having Polly around, as I do lean on him sometimes. I have spoken to him about the pressure of the big price tag, but he always says that I must just relax and go out there and play my natural game,” says Duminy.

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Mumbai Indians Updates - MI XI IPL 2009 Updates

Mumbai Indians is captained by cricketing legend Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar and in IPL 2009 it is one of the serious contendors for the title since the team is performing well in second season of the indian Premier League at South Africa.

Here are the results of matches played by mumbai indians till date in chronological order. Matches lost by Mumbai Indians are shown in red color and matches with no result is in yellow color, Green color shows matches won

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29-Apr-09
Durban

Mumbai indians vs. Kings XI Punjab

Kings XI Punjab: 119/8
Mumbai Indians: 116/7

RESULT - KXIP won by 3 runs
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27-Apr-09
Port Elizabeth

Mumbai Indians vs. Kolkata knight Riders

Mumbai Indians: 187/6
Kolkata Knight Riders: 95/9

RESULT - Mumbai Indians won by 92 runs
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25-Apr-09
Durban

MUMBAI INDIANs vs. Deccan Chargers

Mumbai Indians: 156/7
Deccan Chargers: 168/9

RESULT - Deccan chargers won by 12 runs
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21-Apr-09
Durban

Mumbai Indians vs. Rajasthan Royals

Match abandoned due to rain.
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18-Apr-09
Cape Town

Mumbai Indians: 165/7
CSK: 146/7

Mumbai Indians won by 19 runs.
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Mumbai Indians Team Profile - IPL 2009

Owner: Reliance Industries Ltd
Franchise fee: $111.9 million
Most expensive player: Sachin Tendulkar - $1,121,250

Team Mumbai exemplifies the essence of its home city. The land of a myriad dreams is a melting pot and Mumbai Indians does its best to showcase the same. This franchise is the most expensive in the league and has a fantastic side headed by none other than the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar who is also its Icon Player.

Harbhajan Singh, Sanath Jayasuriya, Lasith Malinga, Dilhara Fernando alongside young talent from Mumbai Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Pinal Shah and Yogesh Takawale make up the Mumbai squad balancing youth and experience. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited owns the team and one can surely look forward to some scintillating performances from the Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians Team/Squad :

Sachin Tendulkar (C)
Abhishek Nayar
Ajinkya Rahane
Chetnya Nanda
Dhawal Kulkarni
Dilhara Fernando
Dwayne Bravo
Graham Napier
Harbhajan Singh
Jaydev Shah
Jean-Paul Duminy
Jude Singh
Kyle Mills
Lasith Malinga
Luke Ronchi
Mohammad Ashraful
Pinal Shah
Raheel Shaikh
Rohan Raje
Ryan McLaren
Sanath Jayasuriya
Saurabh Tiwary
Shikhar Dhawan
Yogesh Takawale
Zaheer Khan
Shaun Pollock(Mentor) (Coach)

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