The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for the upcoming edition of 2019 has started at Jaipur and it will be engrossing to see how each of the teams finally shape up. Here is what Mumbai Indians (MI) are up to in the auctions.
Mumbai Indians
Before the auction:
Total Players in the squad: 18; Indian 11, Overseas 7
Available Slots: 7; Indian 6, Overseas 1
Purse Remaining: ₹11.15 Crores
Here are the players they bought in the auction:
Anmolpreet Singh
Anmolpreet Singh has been bought by MI for ₹80 lakh from his base price of ₹80 lakh, but KXIP also showed a keen interest in him.
Lasith Malinga
Lasith Malinga will once again be playing for Mumbai as he has been bought by the franchise for his base price of ₹2 crore.
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Barinder Sran was bought for ₹3.40 crore, while he had the base price of ₹50 lakh. MI will be pleased to have another left-arm pacer in their squad.
Pankaj Jaswal
Pankaj Jaswal was sold to MI for Rasik Salam Dar ₹20 lakh which was his base price.
Rasik Salam Dar
Rasikh Dar was bought for the lowest base price ₹20 lakh. He became the third player from Jammu and Kashmir to get an IPL contract.
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh was on the verge of going unsold at the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions. He wasn’t sold in the first round and when the second round came, there was an air of doubt that he might not get a buyer for the first time in IPL history. None of the franchises seemed interested in his services. But then Mumbai Indians rescued the day for him and came in with a late bid to snapped the southpaw for his base price of ₹1 crore.
After the auction:
Mumbai Indians must be very pleased after the auction as they have got back Malinga with the Yuvraj which will make their middle-order even stronger.
Total Players in the squad: 24; Indian 16, Overseas 8
Available Slots: 1; Indian 1, Overseas 0
Purse Remaining: ₹11.15 Crores
