Mumbai Indians announce IPL 2026 retentions; Hardik, Rohit, Bumrah, SKY stay

Mumbai Indians on Saturday released their list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2026 season reaffirming their commitment to continuity and a balanced futureready squad The franchise has kept faith in its longstanding core of Hardik Pandya Rohit Sharma Jasprit Bumrah Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma mdash players who have shaped MIrsquos dominance over the yearsHeading into the TATAIPLAuction already looking like a pictwittercomWnV6jkW78wmdash Mumbai Indians mipaltan November 15 2025The bowling unit remains formidable with Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar leading the attack Overseas performers Ryan Rickelton Will Jacks Mitchell Santner and Corbin Bosch have also been retained following strong outings last season amp to PlayLikeMumbai pictwittercomj38cjHAhoumdash Mumbai Indians mipaltan November 15 2025AM Ghazanfar who missed IPL 2025 due to injury returns to the roster while the team continues nurturing young talent by retaining Naman Dhir Ashwani Kumar Raj Angad Bawa Raghu Sharma and Robin MinzMumbai Indians have further bolstered their squad through three tradeins mdash Shardul Thakur Sherfane Rutherford and Mayank Markande mdash all of whom bring proven IPL experienceEight players have been released Karn Sharma Bevon Jacobs Mujeeb Ur Rahman Vignesh Puthur KL Shrijith PSN Raju Reece Topley and Lizaad Williams The team has also traded out pacer Arjun TendulkarThe management thanked the outgoing players for their contributionsThey always donned the amp with pride And they will always be a part of our OneFamily pictwittercomJOlpXxYnlEmdash Mumbai Indians mipaltan November 15 2025Jayawardene on MIrsquos retention strategyMumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene said the franchisersquos approach this year has been guided by continuity and clarityOn the retained core he said ldquoThe retention is quite consistent with the way Mumbai usually looks at things We have a very strong squad that has covered all areas They rallied around Hardik really well last season and Hardik enjoyed that atmosphere and led the team pretty wellrdquoOn strategy and consistency Jayawardene added ldquoConsistency is key and wersquove built our team around a core group of players mdash Rohit Surya Jasprit Hardik Tilak Trent was brought back in last seasonrsquos auction We have international experience in players like Mitch Santner and Will Jacks Wersquore still developing young talent and hopefully they get an opportunity to showcase their skills as wellrdquoOn bringing in Shardul Thakur Sherfane Rutherford and Mayank Markande he said ldquoThey bring a wealth of experience Sherfane has been around and was with us many years ago Shardulrsquos experience and his familiarity with Wankhede will matter Mayank was brilliant for us as part of a championshipwinning team Wersquove been looking at him for a whilerdquoOn the difficulty of letting players go Jayawardene noted ldquoSometimes you have to detach emotionally from the decisionmaking process Itrsquos tough to let go of players especially young guys who have worked really hard I phoned them personally to explain the reasons mdash they deserve that Once in Mumbai always in MumbairdquoRetained players 20AM Ghazanfar Ashwani Kumar Corbin Bosch Deepak Chahar Hardik Pandya Jasprit Bumrah Mayank Markande tradein Mitchell Santner Naman Dhir Raghu Sharma Raj Angad Bawa Robin Minz Rohit Sharma Ryan Rickelton Shardul Thakur tradein Sherfane Rutherford tradein Suryakumar Yadav Tilak Varma Trent Boult Will JacksReleased players 8Bevon Jacobs Karn Sharma KL Shrijith Lizaad Williams Mujeeb Ur Rahman PSN Raju Reece Topley Vignesh PuthurTraded outArjun Tendulkar