Mumbai indians similar to indian team in late 90s,dependable on Sachin.

I think that is the bane of any team that has an iconic player like Sachin. The reason is that when the opponents take his wicket they are really boosted a level up and they tend to attack that much more. In the same manner his own team gets a bit deflated and that is why you need a bit of strong characters in such a team. Cheers! Ram

It is certain that Mumbai Indians depend a lot on Sachin Tendulkar. My personal opinion is that when Sachin is batting most of the players in the Mumbai Indians watch batting of Sachin like audiences and forget their own strategies when Sachin gets out and these players chance to contribute comes. It use to happen in India team as well in 90's and till now. It is just my feeling and it may be wrong. I feel the team selection for the first match was wrong, where is Saurav Tiwary??? and Why Mc Laren the strike bowler for MI bowled only 1 over by giving only 4 runs. I did not get the point why a spinner Murtaz Ali was bowling after 15 overs. Why was Satish selected when he is only selected for batting, Tiwary is better batsman if MI want only batsman. Zaheer Khan and Milinga could not able to control Mc Kenieze in the 19th and 20th overs respectively. The last over was very expensive for bowled by Zaheer Khan whereas when MI was batting the last two overs changed the complexion of the match. The match would have been won if Harbhajan would have hit the ball bowled in the last over instead a 1 run and came and then run out and then bhajji again missed a full toss. All the cause was lost in the last 2 overs of the match. MI did lose the match which they could have won if Pollard stayed for another over but got out for good yorker over all in the tournament this was the best and thrilling match till now.. All the other matches were turned out to be one sided affair.. All the best for MI in the remaining matches..

Ya,Mumbai indians totally dependent on sachin. Once sachin got out they lost the match with ease.Looks like other not giving his best to perform...

first the team composition in the last match.to be honest,in IPL 3,mumbai indians did win matches even when tendulkar got out early or during crucial times like 11th or 13th over. because players like rayudu,tiwary,pollard stood up to the challenge. unfortunately no tiwary in the last match.rayudu got run out quickly and pollard did his part. the only reason mumbai lost the match is because they were one batsmen short.actually 2 batsmen. bravo and tiwary. mumbai used 8 bowlers.why use mortaza when duminy can do the spin while you have bhajji as the main spinner? why no bravo? even if no bravo why no tiwary? they are the big hitters and 30 runs of 3 overs with them in the team would have been too easy. ofcourse the lions did bowl well in the end. on the other hand,almost every indian player grew up watching sachin play and would have suffered the same emotion an average public would feel when sachin got out,like the match is over. seems sometimes our youngsters are having a bit trouble with that. if thats the problem,get in pollard or duminy or any other foreign guy when sachin gets out.may be an over or 2 will be needed for them to transform into players from public

ya sachin is the back bone of indian team and in the same way he is the back bone of mumbai indians also. but there are some good players with plenty of talent, the foreign player and the indian players. but they are not able to take up the responsibility, pressure is always leading their talent. Sachin also loss the wicket in critical situation and the team will be totally colapsed

Yes MI have a striking similarity to Indians of the past...and thats because of one person Tendulkar, they are dependent on him...when he plays the team wins but if he does not then the team struggles even when he gets out the team members become panicky and the pressure mounts on them...the same thing was with the Indian team...a dejavu..