Mumbai Indians: Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians will look to enter the next IPL with better preparation. The performance of this team during IPL 2024 was quite shameful. The MI team, which was at the bottom of the points table, was in a lot of turmoil before the start of the last edition. Rohit Sharma was removed from the captaincy and this responsibility was handed over to Hardik Pandya.

However, this decision of the team management proved to be suicidal. At first it got divided into two groups in the camp. One group was in support of Rohit, while the players of the other group were supporting Hardik. This factionalism also affected the team's performance. Mumbai will look to leave these challenges behind and perform well in IPL 2025. Who will this team retain before the next edition, today in this article we are going to discuss it in detail.

These players including Hardik Pandya will be retained

The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League is going to be very special. Actually a mega auction is to be organized this year. Before that, all the teams will have the freedom to retain only 5 players as per BCCI rules. At the same time, every franchise can add at least one player to its team through Right to Match. As far as Mumbai Indians are concerned, they can retain their captain Hardik Pandya from last season.

Apart from this, the team owned by Nita Ambani will keep fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah and explosive batsman Suryakumar Yadav with them. There may have been rift with Rohit Sharma during the last season, but this team will not make the mistake of releasing the Hitman. Tilak Verma could be the fifth player in the retention list. Also, Mumbai Indians can include Tim David in their team under the Right to Match rule.

Mumbai Indians will release these scoundrels

Some great players who played last season for Mumbai Indians can be seen playing for the new team in IPL 2025. The names of players like wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan, leg spinner Piyush Chawla, Gerald Coetzee, Romario Shepherd, Akash Madhwal, Naman Dheer, Nihal Wadhera, Dewald Brevis, Arjun Tendulkar, Shreyas Gopal are at the forefront of the list.