IPL 2022 mega auctions will revamp the structure of all the franchise teams for the next edition of the Indian Premier League.
As the IPL Governing Council has allowed each franchise to retain a maximum of four players, most of the franchises utilised the provision to keep their premium players for a longer duration.
A total of 27 players were retained in the retention list by the eight existing teams.
Ace players like Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson have been retained by their respective teams ahead of the mega auction in 2022.
Five-time IPL champions kept their core players at home with skipper Rohit, ace bowler Jasprit Bumrah, senior player Kieron Pollard and stylish batter Suryakumar Yadav.
There was a toss-up between Suryakumar and wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan as both were an integral part of their set-up that won them back to back titles in 2019 and 2020.
The team had to let go of the Jharkhand player but will try their best to purchase him in the auction. Mumbai Indians also had to release the Pandya brothers and reports have suggested that they are likely to be drafted by the new entrant Ahmedabad franchise, acquired by the CVC Capital.
Mumbai Indians are left with a purse of 48 crore and let us look at the five potential players Mumbai Indians might bid for in the IPL 2022 auction.
IPL 2022 Auction: 5 Players Mumbai Indians (MI) Can Target
5) Ishan Kishan
The Mumbai Indians wicketkeeper-batter is famous for his aggressive batting style like we saw in the final league stage encounter against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he blazed 84 off 32 balls, smashing 11 fours and four sixes.
Ishan has been with MI since 2018 and has scored 1133 runs from 45 IPL games, his highest score being 99 against RCB in IPL 2020.
Kishan was a tough choice for MI to drop and many franchises will definitely bid for him in the auction but the Mumbai outfit will leave no stone unturned to get him back.