Indian Premier League (IPL) defending champions, Mumbai Indians, entered the IPL 2020 auction with one of the strongest squads, as they had retained their core team and had very few slot to fill. The most prominent open slot for them was that of an overseas bowling all-rounder, as they had released Ben Cutting.Check 2020 IPL latest news here
With Hardik Pandya in the squad as a batting all-rounder, they were locked in an intense battle with Chennai Super Kings for Australian bowling all-rounder Nathan Coulter-Nile, and they finally bagged him for Rs 8 crore. Another valuable buy for the Akash Ambani-owned IPL franchise was Chris Lynn, who could prove handy at a batting-friendly Wankhede wicket, at his base price of Rs 2 crore.
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Here are the key numbers for Mumbai Indians after the IPL 2020 auction:
Squad Strength: 24
Overseas players: 8
Players bought in IPL 2020 auctions: 6 [Chris Lynn, Digvijay Deshmukh (uncapped), Mohsin Khan (uncapped), Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prince Balwant Rai Singh (uncapped), Saurabh Tiwary]
Purse remaining: Rs 8.5 crore
Full list of Mumbai Indians’ IPL 2020 players, along with their salaries:
Player
Team
Retained/bought/traded
Price (Rs cr)
Previous team
Aditya Tare
MI
Retained
0.20
DC
Anmolpreet Singh
MI
Retained
0.80
SRH
Anukul Roy
MI
Retained
0.20
KXIP
Chris Lynn
MI
Bought
2.00
KXIP
Dhawal Kulkarni
MI
Traded in
0.75
RR
Digvijay Deshmukh (uncapped)
MI
Bought
0.20
KXIP
Hardik Pandya
MI
Retained
11.00
SRH
Ishan Kishan
MI
Retained
6.20
CSK
Jasprit Bumrah
MI
Retained
7.00
CSK
Jayant Yadav
MI
Retained
0.50
RCB
Kieron Pollard
MI
Retained
5.40
MI
Krunal Pandya
MI
Retained
8.80
CSK
Lasith Malinga
MI
Retained
2.00
RR
Mitchell McClenaghan
MI
Retained
1.00
DC
Mohsin Khan (uncapped)
MI
Bought
0.20
SRH
Nathan Coulter-Nile
MI
Bought
8.00
RCB
Prince Balwant Rai Singh (uncapped)
MI
Bought
0.20
None
Quinton de Kock
MI
Retained
2.80
Rahul Chahar
MI
Retained
1.90
Rohit Sharma
MI
Retained
15.00
Saurabh Tiwary
MI
Bought
0.50
MI
Sherfane Rutherford
MI
Traded in
2.00
DC
Suryakumar Yadav
MI
Retained
3.20
Trent Boult
MI
Traded in
3.20
DC
Source: Business Standard
