Mumbai Indians have included Shardul Thakur in their team for IPL 2026 through trade. The franchise has made this deal with Lucknow Super Giants in exchange for Arjun Tendulkar. Many more big changes are possible in this team captained by Hardik Pandya, because the performance of the 5-time champion in the last edition was not very good. Let us know which players can be released and which can be retained from this team adorned with stars like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav.
Let us tell you that the auction for IPL 2026 is to be held in mid-December, it is likely to be held on 15th December. Before this, November 15 is the deadline for all the franchises to submit the list of their retained players. The retention list of all 10 teams will be broadcast live, fans will be able to watch it from 5 pm on Saturday.
How many players will Mumbai Indians retain?
Mumbai Indians can retain a total of 15 players including captain Hardik Pandya, former captain Rohit Sharma, national T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav. There could be 5 foreign and 10 Indian players. Mumbai will not want to change its main players, the team can release 7 players including Reece Topley, Satyanarayan Rau, Bevon Jacobs.
Mumbai Indians Retention List (Expected)
- Hardik Pandya (16.35 crores)
- Jasprit Bumrah (18 crores)
- Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 crores)
- Rohit Sharma (16.30 crores)
- Tilak Verma (8 crores)
- Trent Boult (12.50 crores)
- Vignesh Puthur (30 lakhs)
- Karan Sharma (50 lakhs)
- Mitchell Santner (2 crores)
- Will Jacques (5.25 crores)
- Robin Minz (65 lakhs)
- Naman Dheer (5.25 crores)
- Allah Ghazanfar (4.80 crores)
- Ashwini Kumar (30 lakh)
- Ryan Rickleton (1 crore)
List of released players of Mumbai Indians (probable)
- Bevon Jacobs(30 lakhs)
- Srijit Krishnan (30 lakhs)
- Raj Angad Bawa (30 lakhs)
- Deepak Chahar (9.25 crores)
- Reece Topley (75 lakhs)
- Satyanarayana Raju (30 lakhs)
- Lizaad Williams(75 lakhs)
How much purse will MI have in the auction?
The total price of the above mentioned 7 players is Rs 11 crore 95 lakh, upon their release the team’s purse will increase by this much amount. Currently there are Rs 10 lakh in Mumbai’s purse.
