Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Ricky Ponting, Glenn Maxwell, Dwayne Smith, Kieron Pollard, Pragyan Ojha, Munaf Patel, Jacob Oram, Dhawal Kulkarni and James Franklin were among the players who were present for the optional training session.
The MI players had a two-and-half hour training session overseen by chief coach John Wright, mentor Anil Kumble, assistant coach Robin Singh and fielding coach Jonty Rhodes.
The team celebrated West Indian Pollard's birthday by cutting a cake before the start of the session.
MI has an impeccable home record this year with six wins at the Wankhede Stadium from as many matches and a win against Hyderabad would seal their place in the knock-out stage of the competition.
The Rohit-Sharma led side is placed second on the league table, having won nine games from 13 matches with 18 points, while the Hyderabad franchise has 16 points from 13 games with eight wins.
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