Jos Buttler was able to attract strong interest in the IPL 2025 mega auction after his back-to-back quickfire fifties in the ongoing Abu Dhabi T10 league. The English star wicketkeeper batter was surprisingly released by Rajasthan Royals after a mixed 2024 season.
Mumbai Indians, led by Harmanpreet Kaur, have confirmed their list of retained players ahead of the 2025 edition of the WPL. In both seasons played so far, MI have made it to the playoffs including winning the inaugural edition. Here's their list of retained and released players.
Mumbai Indians did well to retain much of their core group as they have kept Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auctions. However, they could not keep star wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan. They can't use RTM for Ishan. Check why.
Mumbai Indians have decided to retain Hardik Pandya as captain for the next edition of the Indian Premier League. They retained four other players ahead of the mega auction - Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma and Rohit Sharma.
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have changed their head coach and Mahela Jayawardene has taken over from Mark Boucher again after a turbulent IPL 2024 season. It was filled with controversy for the franchise and it remains to be seen how they handle it this time with Hardik and Rohit retained.
Paras Mhambrey, who was associated with the Mumbai Indians for four years previously, has been appointed the bowling coach for the franchise ahead of IPL 2025 alongside Lasith Malinga. Mhambrey was part of Rahul Dravid's coaching staff with the Indian team from 2021 until T20 World Cup 2024.
Mahela Jayawardene has replaced Mark Boucher as the head coach of Mumbai Indians after the franchise finished last under the former South African cricketer in IPL 2024. Jayawardene has previously served in the same role from 2017 to 2022.
Rohit Sharma's numbers in the IPL have been dwindling over the last few years. With age not on his side, Mumbai Indians might even release him depending on the retention rules. In that case, which team will go or won't go for him and why? Know everything in our Sunday special story
Former India pacer Zaheer Khan has been in demand among franchises for a senior role and Lucknow Super Giants are seemingly the top contender to snap him up as their mentor. The Super Giants have been without a mentor since Gautam Gambhir left the franchise in 2023.
South Africa announced a much-changed T20I team for the West Indies series starting on August 24. Star cricketers Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, and Heinrich Klassen are among the major missing names from Aiden Markram-led squad.
Cricket Namibia is playing against a state association of India for the second time. The earlier collaboration was with Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) last year in June. This series is organised to prepare for upcoming tour of Scotland.
Rohit Sharma, the Indian captain and former Mumbai Indians skipper, has lashed out at the broadcaster for being intrusive and airing his private conversation despite asking them not to record the same. The said incident happened before Mumbai Indians' final league stage game in IPL 2024 on May 17.
"Our season didn't go according to plan. We blame ourselves for this because we made too many mistakes during the season. We lost many games that we should have won, but that's the nature of the IPL," Rohit said after MI's match against LSG.
Mumbai Indians ended a forgettable campaign in the 2024 edition of the IPL with their 10th loss of the season as Lucknow Super Giants won the clash by 18 runs. Following MI's wooden spoon finish, head coach Mark Boucher spoke in detail about his and Rohit Sharma's future at the franchise.
Naman Dhir was born on December 31, 1999 in Ambala (Haryana). He represents Punjab in the domestic arena and is still fairly raw in terms of first-class experience. Mumbai Indians showed a lot of faith in him in the 17th season.
Mumbai Indians had a poor season overall with just four wins in 14 games in IPL 2024. LSG ended their season on a high note after beating MI in the final game of both teams. This is MI's joint-worst performance in an IPL.
Arjun Tendulkar played four matches for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League 2023. However, he gets his first game of the season in MI's final outing vs Lucknow Super Giants. Arjun comes in for Jasprit Bumrah.
MI vs LSG IPL 2024: Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians will target a consolation win when they take on playoff hopefuls Lucknow Super Giants at Wankhede Stadium in their last match of the IPL 2024 season on Friday.
MI vs LSG pitch report: Hardik Pandya's Mumbai Indians are already knocked out from the IPL 2024 playoff race with just four wins in their 13 matches and can also end Lucknow Super Giants' campaign with a win at Wankhede Stadium on Friday.
MI vs LSG Dream11 Prediction: KL Rahul's Lucknow Super Giants suffered heavy losses in their last two games but remain alive in the playoff qualification race with 12 points in six matches while Mumbai Indians struggle at the bottom with eight points.
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