3 Players MI failed to Buy at Last Moment: Five-time champions Mumbai Indians retained five players ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. These include the names of Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Verma. MI has included some of the best players like Trent Boult, Will Jacques, Allah Ghazanfar, Mitchell Santner, Naman Dheer and Deepak Chahar in their squad for the IPL 2025 season.

The squad of Mumbai Indians looks quite strong to win the title of IPL 2025. At the same time, during the mega auction, there were many players whom Mumbai Indians wanted to include in their squad and despite making big bids, they missed it at the last moment. In this article we will tell you about 3 such major players.

3. Anshul Kamboj

Right-handed all-rounder Anshul Kamboj was a part of Mumbai Indians in the last season of IPL. But the franchise did not retain him before the mega auction. Anshul recently came into limelight in this season of Ranji Trophy by taking 10 wickets in an innings against Kerala. In the auction, Mumbai also made a bid to buy back this former player, but at the last moment Chennai Super Kings won. Mumbai had made the last bid of Rs 3.20 crore for Anshul, but Chennai included the right-handed all-rounder in their squad by making a bid of Rs 3.40 crore.

2. Vanindu Hasaranga

Wanindu Hasaranga was second in terms of taking most wickets in T20 in 2024 and he also showed strength with the bat. Both Rajasthan Royals and Mumbai Indians wanted to include this powerful all-rounder in their squad. The bidding started from Rajasthan Royals. Mumbai Indians had made the last bid of Rs 5 crore for Hasaranga, after which Rajasthan made the Sri Lankan cricketer a part of their team by making a bid of Rs 5.25 crore.

1. Quinton de Kock

South African wicketkeeper batsman Quinton D will be seen representing Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025. Mumbai bid Rs 3.40 crore to buy their former player in the mega auction. But KKR won the race by making the last bid of Rs 3.60 crore.