Will Rohit Sharma Be Retained By Mumbai Indians? Here's What Reports Suggest About Retentions of Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah and Other MI Cricketers Ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction

Mumbai Indians are among the most successful franchises in the Indian Premier League along with the Chennai Super Kings. The franchise has won five titles and the major reason behind their success has been Rohit Sharma. The latter has helped MI to win five titles and also made them among the most dominant sides in the history of the tournament. However, the past few editions of the Indian Premier League haven't been as they would liked. MI last won an IPL title in 2020 and since then has found itself at the bottom of the table except in 2023. The team was also under the headlines due to the rumoured rift between Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya after Rohit was suddenly removed from captaincy ahead of IPL 2023. KL Rahul To Be Released by Lucknow Super Giants Ahead of IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Report.

However, the fans would like to know which players the Mumbai Indians would retain ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. As per a report by Sportstar, MI have agreed terms and are likely to retain Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah. Although there has been talks about unrest within the MI camp last season and multiple players wanting to leave MI, reports indicate that all have now agreed to stay. But all of them will take a significant salary and and it might be higher than the primarily assigned salary cap. So retaining all the four stars might hurt the auction purse of MI but they are content with it. A decision on the retention of Ishan Kishan and Tilak Varma is yet to be taken . MI Retentions For IPL 2025: List of Players Mumbai Indians Can Likely Retain Ahead of Indian Premier League Mega Auction.

The former practice of lowering the "lesser amount" if a player's retention price is above the slot's allotted price has been abandoned by the IPL officials. This time, the "higher of the two" sums will be taken out of the player's purse if the amount is equal to or higher than the specified price. The new rule is the reason of why MI have to a bigger price to retain all their stars. The Mumbai Indians consists of the likes of experienced players such as Mahela Jayawardene, Lasith Malinga and others in their team management who can prove to be very essential in helping the team win the tournament next year. The Mumbai Indians management is yet to make a decision on the team's captain and the fans would definitely like Rohit Sharma to return as captain this year.

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