The Indian Premier League (IPL) auction for the upcoming edition of 2020 has started at Kolkata and it will be engrossing to see how each of the teams finally shapes up. Here is what the defending champions Mumbai Indians (MI) are up to in the auctions.
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Before the Auction
Players Released: Yuvraj Singh, Evin Lewis, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Barinder Sran, Ben Cutting and Pankaj Jaiswal, Beuran Hendricks, Rasikh Salam, and Alzarri Joseph.
Players Retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieran Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Sherfane Rutherford, Jayant Yadav.
Purse Remaining (after the auction): ₹1.95 crores
Chris Lynn
The fiery Australian opener, Chris Lynn goes to Mumbai Indians (MI) for his base price of ₹2 crores. That could be quite the steal for the defending champions.
Nathan Coulter-Nile
CSK and MI engage in a massive bidding war for the Australian fast bowler, Nathan Coulter-Nile before he goes to the defending champions for a whopping amount of ₹8 crores.
Saurabh Tiwary
Mumbai Indians bought the veteran southpaw Saurabh Tiwary for just ₹50 lakhs.
Mohsin Khan
Mumbai Indians got to buy Mohsin Khan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, and Digvijay Deshmukh for their base prices of ₹20 lakhs.
Final MI Squad for IPL 2020
Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieran Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Trent Boult (Transferred), Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni (Transferred), Aditya Tare, Sherfane Rutherford (Transferred), Jayant Yadav, Chris Lynn, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai
