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Mumbai Indians’ list of retained and released players IPL 2026: After finishing at the bottom of the table last year, Mumbai Indians were off to a shaky start once again in the 18th season, losing four out of their first five matches and staring at yet another early exit from the playoffs race.
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The five-time champions, however, have a reputation of being slow starters who struggle in the initial stage of the season before picking up pace. And that’s exactly what transpired later in the same, with MI bouncing back with six consecutive wins that propelled them to the top four and even had them leading the table for some time.
The Hardik Pandya-led side eventually finished fourth with 16 points and would later defeat Gujarat Titans by 20 runs in the Eliminator to keep the party going. Punjab Kings’ however, ended their hopes of a sixth title with a five-wicket win in Qualifier 2.
MI’s list of retained players: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Robin Minz, Ryan Rickelton, Hardik Pandya, Naman Dhir, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacks, Corbin Bosch, Raj Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwani Kumar, Raghu Sharma, AM Ghazanfar, Shardul Thakur (traded from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford (traded from GT), Mayank Markande (traded from KKR)
Mumbai Indians released players: S Raju, R Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacob, Mujeeb ur Rahman, L Williams, Vignesh Puthur, Arjun Tendulkar (traded to LSG)
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Mumbai Indians (MI) purse remaining for IPL 2026 auction: Rs 2.75 crore
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