The Indian Premier League (IPL) is gearing up for the upcoming mega auction on Tuesday, December 16, and the Mumbai Indians (MI) team is going about it in their classic calm and thoughtful way. MI’s management will implement a meticulous scheme aimed at selecting new players that would not just be good for the team but also good for the already existing core of the team.
The team has kept the majority of it’s most valuable players who have been the main contributors to its success in the past few seasons. MI is now determined to secure some intelligent second-string players and to solve some minor problems without changing their already good team balance, as the auction is getting closer.
Who Mumbai Indians has retained?
The 2025 champions, MI’s retention list comprised high-profile names like of team’s skipper Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, and Ryan Rickleton
Retained Players: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Raj Bawa, Raghu Sharma, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks, Sherfane Rutherford, Mayank Markande, Shardul Thakur
Purse remaining: Rs 2.75 crore
Slots remaining: 5 (1 overseas)
Mumbai Indians purchased players in IPL Mini Auction 2026
TBD
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