Title: Mumbai Indians' team director T A Sekar is confident of Mumbai Indians' good display

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Mumbai Indians' team director T A Sekar is confident that the franchise, which did not do too well in the last two editions of the Indian Premier League, would turn in an impressive display this season riding on skipper Sachin Tendulkar's good form.

"This year we have a very good side and have worked hard in the run-up to the tournament. We have had two camps in Jamnagar and Baroda prior to our current one here," he told PTI.

Skipper Sachin Tendulkar's superb form with the bat in the lead-up to the Tewnty20 League, starting March 12, boded well for the team's fortunes, according to Sekar.

"Sachin is in tremendous form and is in great touch which is a very good sign for us. It's a lesson to be learned by the youngsters in the team how he manages himself. They will be better cricketers if they can imbibe even one per cent of what he does. He's a rare breed. Such cricketers come only once in a century," he said.

Sekar felt the key to any IPL team's success is how the seven Indians in the playing eleven do and in this he has a lot of players to choose from, including ICL returnees like R Satish and Abu Nacheem.

"The 7-8 Indians will play a big role in the success of a team in IPL," he said.

MI start their campaign with a home match against 2008 champions Rajasthan Royals at the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium on March 13.
Bopara was bought by Kings XI Punjab for IPL-II. He has represented the country in 10 Test matches and has scored 502 runs at an average of average of 33.46, including three hundreds. Bopara also has 50 ODIs against his name.

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