IPL 2025 Mega Auction: The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2025) will bring the mega auction, which will reshuffle all the teams. Only a limited set of players can be retained, while others will be going under the hammer. The last date to submit the sheets for retention and released players is October 31. The five-time champion Mumbai Indians are in for big news for the fans.
Some reports confirm that the franchise might surprise everyone with their retention list. Notably, there was some speculation over Rohit Sharma, whether the franchise might retain him or not. MI traded in Hardik Pandya in 2024 and gave him the captaincy. That raised the rumours that MI might release Rohit, who led them to five IPL titles.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Rohit Sharma to be retained by MI along with Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah
Mumbai Indians (MI) have a number of big names, and it will be interesting to know whom they retain ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Some media reports confirm that the five-time champions are set to retain their core group of players. It includes Rohit Sharma, captain Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, and Jasprit Bumrah. Hardik might be captaining the side in the IPL 2025 as well.
Though his leadership in 2024 was questioned as the team finished at the bottom of the table. That had mixed reactions from fans and former cricketers. The report confirms that these four players are likely to be the first-choice retention for the five-time champions ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction, and no uncapped player is in plans right now.
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: MI set to burn a big part of purse value in retention
Retaining big names will also impact the purse value of the franchise as well. A franchise will get an increase in purse value of INR 120 crore. A team can retain a maximum of six players (four through direct retention and two through Right To Match cards). The IPL 2025 mega auction is likely to be held in November in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A franchise must retain one uncapped player, and MI has yet to clear which will be the uncapped player for them. Meanwhile, if MI retain their Hardik, Rohit, Suryakumar, and Bumrah, they might have to burn INR 61 crore from their purse, which will leave them with INR 59 crore to build their teams for the upcoming season in 2025/
IPL 2025 Mega Auction: Big names set to be released by MI
Retaining four Indian-capped stars mean that some big names might have to face the axe. Ishan Kishan, in whom MI invested INR 15.25 crore, is likely to be released. Tilak Varma, Tim David, and Gerald Coetzee are some other big names. However, the franchise might use the RTM card to acquire a couple of them.
