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Mumbai Champs

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Posted on Nov 28, 2007 at 16:04 | Updated Oct 10, 2008 at 16:40

The home of Indian cricket is represented by the Mumbai Champs in the Indian Cricket League.

Led by Nathan Astle, the Champs would look at improving their performance in comparison to their previous outings at the league.

The batting department for the Champs has clicked so far with some high scores in both the inaugural ICL 20s championship and the ICL 50s but it's their bowling which has led them down.

With the likes of fiery West Indian pacer Tino Best and the accurate Micheal Kasprowicz, the bowling looks beefed up to take on the competition.

Also the transfer of two Lahore Badshah players -- Hasan Raza & Tofeeq Umer to Mumbai Champs are expected to boost the team.

With promising all-rounders Robin Morris and Kiran Powar and the inform batsman Dheeraj Jadhav in their line up, the Champs look all set to restore their supremacy in the Indian Cricket League.

Squad: Nathan Astle (capt), Hasan Raza, Johan Van der Wath, Tofeeq Umer, Michael Kasprowicz, Anupam Sanklecha, Avinash Yadav, Dheeraj Jadhav, Kiran Powar, Nikhil Mandale, Pushkaraj Joshi, Ranjeet Khirid, Robbin Morris, Shreyas Khanolkar, Shridhar Iyer, Subhojit Paul, Suyash Burkul, Raviraj Patil.

Coach: Sandeep Patil

Strength & Conditioning Manager: Paul Watson

Physio: Danny Redrup

Masseur: Charlie Price

Cricket Manager: Rajesh Chauhan

Team Manager: Milind Bowlekar