It’s officially IPL season and 20 January 2021 marks the final day the eight franchises have to inform the BCCI about the players they’d like to release ahead of the new season this summer.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians are one of the teams who have let go of the most players with as many as seven members of their franchise released, according to an official press statement.
Lasith Malinga who pulled out of the 2020 season due to personal reasons has been let go by Mumbai along with New Zealand pacer Mitch McClenaghan, Australians Nathan Coulter-Nile and James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford from Guyana and uncapped Indians Prince Balwant Rai and Digvijay Deshmukh.
Their updated squad list now comprises of 18 players, leaving the team with 7 spots to fill in the IPL auction that’s expected to take place on 16 Feb, 2021.
Mumbai Indians’ Released Players
- Lasith Malinga
- Mitch McClenaghan
- James Pattinson
- Nathan Coulter-Nile
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Prince Balwant Rai
- Digivijay Deshmukh
Mumbai Indians’ Retained Players
- Rohit Sharma
- Quinton de Kock (WK)
- Suryakumar Yadav
- Ishan Kishan (WK)
- Chris Lynn
- Anmolpreet Singh
- Saurabh Tiwary
- Aditya Tare (WK)
- Kieron Pollard
- Hardik Pandya
- Krunal Pandya
- Anukul Roy
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Trent Boult
- Rahul Chahar
- Jayant Yadav
- Dhawal Kulkarni
- Mohsin Khan
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