New Delhi: Mumbai Indians, one of the most successful franchises with five titles in the bank, equal to Chennai Super Kings, were seen busy during the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, bidding for as many as 42 players, the third most by any team in the auction. However, they were quiet for most of the auction and got active only when their target players came under the hammer. MI had retained its core group by keeping Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, and Tilak Verma. The Mukesh Ambani-owned team spent nearly ₹55 crore and bought 7 players at their base price.
Arjun Tendulkar, who has been with Mumbai Indians since IPL 2021, retained his place in the squad, while Ishan Kishan was transferred to Sunrisers Hyderabad. Arjun’s name wasn’t called during the first accelerated round and went unsold in the second round, but MI secured him in the third round.
MI welcomed back Trent Boult and Karn Sharma. Boult played a crucial role in Mumbai Indians 2020 title win before moving to Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2022 mega-auction. Karn, on the other hand, was part of MI’s victorious squad in 2017.
Arjun Tendulkar, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir (retained via RTM), Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Krishnan Shrijith, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon Jacobs, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.
MI attempted to re-sign Ishan Kishan but were unwilling to bid a large amount for him. After making a final bid of ₹3.20 crore, they backed out. Other teams continued the bidding, and Kishan was ultimately bought by SRH for ₹11.25 crore. MI did not place a bid for Tim David. They also tried to bring back Anshul Kamboj but missed out, with the right-arm pacer joining Chennai Super Kings for ₹3.40 crore.
Ishan Kishan, Tim David, Gerald Coetzee, Piyush Chawla, Harvik Desai, Vishnu Vinod, Shivalik Sharma, Nehal Wadhera, Dewald Brevis, Shreyas Gopal, Anshul Kamboj, Mohammad Nabi, Shams Mulani, Romario Shepherd, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Kwena Maphaka, Nuwan Thushara, Luke Wood, Jason Behrendorff, Dilshan Madushanka.
MI retained Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, and Tilak Varma ahead of the IPL 2025 mega-auction. They used their Right to Match card on Naman Dhir and retained him for ₹5.25 crore.
