MI, vs KKR, IPL 2021
Mumbai Indians (Image Credit: Twitter)

Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians have retained skipper Rohit Sharma along with Kieron Pollard, Jasprit Bumrah and Suryakumar Yadav.

The IPL 2022 retention list is out with most of the teams having retained four players, which was the maximum limit set by the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI).

The IPL 2022 will see the addition of two new franchises (from Ahmedabad and Lucknow). Majority of players will go under the hammer which brings another grand auction in the cash-rich league, just like the one in IPL 2011.

Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah retained by MI

Rohit Sharma was the obvious choice as he is the most successful captain with five IPL titles and also their star batter, who has scored 4,441 runs for the team.

MI also picked their main all-rounder Kieron Pollard who has won them numerous matches from challenging situations and has smashed 214 sixes for the franchise.

Mumbai Indians ace bowler Jasprit Bumrah was another player that the team couldn’t afford to send into auctions. Bumrah has picked 130 wickets in IPL for MI and is one of the fiercest bowlers in the current era.

Mahela Jayawardene and Rohit Sharma for MI. Photo- MI Twitter
Mahela Jayawardene and Rohit Sharma for MI. Photo- MI Twitter

Suryakumar Yadav’s inclusion comes at the cost of dropping Ishan Kishan, which means the young duo has been separated by the retention policy.

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Suryakumar is a brilliant player of stroke play and maintained a balance in MI’s batting line-up but had a poor outing in the last season where he amassed 317 runs from 14 games.

Suryakumar Yadav, Mumbai Indians
Suryakumar Yadav (Image Credit: Twitter)

There will be a massive reshuffle of players as teams are allowed to retain not more than four players subject to the salary price tagged by BCCI.

According to BCCI’s retention policy, the salary of each player in case a team retains four players – Rs 16 crore for Player 1, Rs 12 crore for Player 2, Rs 8 crore for Player 3 and Rs 6 crore for Player 4.

This means a total of Rs 42 crore will be deducted from the team’s purse before they enter the mega auction of IPL 2022.

List of retained players by Mumbai Indians in IPL 2022:

Rohit Sharma (16 cr)
Jasprit Bumrah (12 cr)
Suryakumar Yadav (8 cr)
Kieron Pollard (6 cr)

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