Mumbai Champs

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Mumbai Champs
Personnel
Captain Flag of New Zealand.svg Nathan Astle
Coach Flag of India.svg Sandeep Patil
Team information
Founded2007

Mumbai Champs was one of the nine teams that played in the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL). The team was based in Mumbai, India and its captain was New Zealand batsman Nathan Astle. [1] [2]

Previous performance

TournamentPlacement
ICL 20-20 Indian Championship 2007–08 6th place
2008 Indian Cricket League 50s5th place
ICL 20s Grand Championship 2007–08 6th place
2008 ICL 20-20 Domestic Tournament5th place
2008 ICL 20-20 Indian Championship, 2008/099th place

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References

  1. Rediff staff (14 November 2007). "ICL announces team lists". Rediff. Retrieved 14 November 2007.
  2. ESPNcricinfo staff (14 November 2007). "IPlayer roster for six teams finalised". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 November 2007.