Mumbai Indians: Mumbai Indians franchise, which has won 5 titles in IPL cricket, has also released the list of retained players before the IPL 2025 auction. In which the names of Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Tilak Verma are included.
Mumbai Indians not only released the list of retained players before the IPL 2025 auction, but coaches Mahela Jayawardene and Akash Ambani have also appointed this veteran as captain after talking to the senior players present in the team management. .
Coach Jayawardene and Akash Ambani handed over the responsibility to this veteran
Coach Mahela Jayawardene, who has been playing the role of Global Director for Mumbai Indians for the last 2 seasons, has returned to Mumbai Indians as the head coach. After which, head coach and owner Akash Ambani, after talking to the senior players of the team, has given the responsibility of captaining the team in IPL 2025 to Hardik Pandya.
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Confusion arose over the names of Surya and Hardik
According to the information received from the sources present in the team management of Mumbai Indians, the names of Hardik Pandya and SuryaKumar Yadav were present in the mind of the franchise as contenders for the captaincy, but after much discussion, the franchise chose Hardik Pandya has been given the opportunity to take the responsibility of captaining the team in IPL 2025.
Rohit Sharma became the fourth retention of the team
The Mumbai Indians franchise has decided to retain former T20 captain of Team India Rohit Sharma as the fourth player. Rohit Sharma has been retained by the franchise for an amount of Rs 16.30 crore. Mumbai Indians have selected Jasprit Bumrah as their top retention. The franchise has retained him for Rs 18 crores. Whereas Tilak Verma has been retained by the franchise for Rs 8 crores.
Hardik Pandya will Lead Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.#MumbaiIndians #IPLRetention #IPLAuction #IPL2025 #IPLRetentionOnStar #IPL #GrandeFratello #INDWvNZW pic.twitter.com/jzmsc2AoPc
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