5-time IPL Champions, Mumbai Indians, who finished bottom of the IPL table last season, decided to undertake a big overhaul of the squad they had collected in the last IPL auction.
The omnipresent Kieron Pollard announced his IPL retirement after being told he was among the 13 players released by Mumbai ahead of the retention cutoff date. Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Riley Meredith too didn't make the cut.
Captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer are among the 16 players retained by the franchise.
Mumbai are left with ₹20.55 crore and have 3 overseas slots to fill in the IPL auction next month..
Mumbai Indians complete list of players released and retained.
Players released: Kieron Pollard, Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills
Players traded: Jason Behrendorff from RCB
Purse left: ₹20.55 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 3
Players retained: Rohit Sharma (capt), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal