Mumbai Indians [ Images ] players on Friday underwent a training session ahead of the IPL season beginning next week with captain Ricky Ponting [ Images ] having a feel of the team environment though he did not take part in the practice.
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Ponting joined the team after arriving on Thursday night and was present at the training session at the Wankhede Stadium.
The 38-year-old, who retired from international cricket in December last, was seen chatting with team mentor Anil Kumble [ Images ], chief coach John Wright [ Images ] and fielding coach Jonty Rhodes [ Images ].
Ponting was bought by Mumbai Indians at a base price of $ 400,000 during the IPL players' auction held in Chennai in February.
Twelve players including -- Aiden Blizzard, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Dinesh Karthik [ Images ], Pragyan Ojha [ Images ], Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Sushant Marathe, Suryakumar Yadav -- attended the day's session.
"The players are coming in batches. Dwayne Smith [ Images ] will arrive tonight. Most of them would be here by Sunday and a few players are expected to join the team at Bangalore before the first match," a team spokesperson said.
Mumbai Indians begin their campaign against Royal Challengers [ Images ] in
Bangalore on April 4. Mumbai Indians's first home game is scheduled for April 9 against Delhi Daredevils [ Images ] after their second away game against former champions Chennai Super Kings [ Images ] on April 6.
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