Mumbai Indians are not up to the mark from the last 4 seasons of IPL, which is really a sign of worry for them. Last year, many prominent changes came in MI’s squad, which was not acceptable to the fans of Mumbai Indians. First of all, one of the biggest trades of IPL history happened when Hardik Pandya shifted from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians in 15 Cr and also replaced Rohit Sharma as captain. This year, Mumbai Indians have real issues to face in retaining their players. Check out the possible retentions of Mumbai Indians For IPL 2025.
Hardik Pandya
The first player Mumbai Indians will retain is their current captain, Hardik Pandya. Hardik made his IPL debut for Mumbai in 2015, and in the IPL 2022 mega auction, the addition of two more teams made Hardik out of the Mumbai Indians squad. But after two successful years as captain of Gujarat Titans, Hardik Pandya was traded from Gujarat Titans to Mumbai Indians.
Hardik also took on leadership responsibilities by replacing Rohit Sharma. This year, Hardik’s performance for the Indian cricket team was phenomenal. He saved 16 runs in the last over of the T20 World Cup 2024 finals. His recent white-ball performances make him one of the Mumbai Indians’ players who will be retentions of Mumbai Indians For IPL 2025.
Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in 2013. He has played his entire IPL career with Mumbai Indians and collected bundles of records for his side. Jasprit Bumrah was the leading player for India to lift the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 trophy.
Where every bowled failed to get consistent wickets, Bumrah just bowled extraordinary bowling and won games for his team. Bumrah has 165 wickets for the Mumbai Indians in IPL, making him very important for MI and one of the retentions of Mumbai Indians For IPL 2025.
Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar has become the backbone of Mumbai Indians’ middle order since IPL 2019. He shifted from KKR to MI in IPL 2019, where he found a real spot to perform. Suryakumar Yadav has scored almost 3600 runs in IPL while playing for KKR and Mumbai Indians.
Suryakumar Yadav got a magnificent catch of David Miller in the finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 at the crucial stages. He has also become the captain of the Indian T20 team. Suryakumar is 3rd player in the list of retentions of Mumbai Indians For IPL 2025.
Tilak Varma
Tilak Varma played a couple of seasons for Mumbai Indians, where he showed his talent and became an impressive middle-order player for Mumbai Indians. By performing in the IPL for Mumbai Indians, Tilak made his debut for Indian cricket team. Also, Tilak has a strong chance of getting retained by Mumbai Indians to make the lower-middle order strong for IPL 2025. Tilak Verma has scored 1156 runs in 38 games for Mumbai Indians, where he helped Mumbai Indians stabilize the middle order with his effective batting.
Rohit Sharma
There are Many Rumours that Rohit Sharma will be released from Mumbai Indians for IPL 2025. But after the new retention policy and increase in the franchise purse, it is very tough to say that Rohit Sharma is going to leave Mumbai Indians. Rohit Sharma shifted the history of Mumbai Indians to the mountains of glories. Before Rohit Sharma’s arrival, Mumbai Indians lost the finals in the 2010 IPL season.
Rohit Sharma is current one of the best batsmen of the world right now. Rohit Sharma became the captain of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2013 and became champions in that season. Rohit Sharma became the first captain to win 5 IPL Trophies. Rohit Sharma has scored 6628 runs in IPL. Rohit Sharma is the only captain in IPL history never to lose the final of IPL.
Rohit Sharma is the main character in Mumbai Indians’ glories. After winning IPL 2020, Mumbai Indians became the first franchise to win five IPL trophies. Mumbai Indians won all five trophies under Rohit Sharma’s leadership, and Rohit won one more trophy with Deccan Charges in IPL 2012.
