Defending champion Mumbai Indians have almost retained their most players ahead of IPL 2021 as Rohit Sharma led side has been phenomenal in all departments in last season as in the mid of tournament last year it was evident that boys in blue will lift the trophy that happens exactly.
As anticipated Mumbai have retained their core team and have released seven players, the biggest names of all being Lasith Malinga. The defending champions would love to accumulate backups in the upcoming auction and defend the title once again.
Players retained –
Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare (WK), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan
Released players:
Lasith Malinga, Mitch McClenaghan, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Prince Balwant Rai, Digivijay Deshmukh
Purse remaining: Rs 15.35 crores
With the players that they have retained they might be looking for an spinner as well as one fast bowler so they might go for Harbhajan Singh or Jhye Richardson
Players purchased from the auction: Nathan Coulter Nile, Adam Milne, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham and Yudhvir Charak.
Overall analysis of the squad: They needed an overseas fast bowler which they have purchased in form of Nathan Coulter Nile and Adam Milne and someone who can compliment Bumrah and Boult really well. Overall the squad looks balanced and even more strong as compare to last season and looking favorites to win the title for sixth time in IPL history.