Mumbai Indians hit the headlines when they made a blockbuster all-cash deal with Gujarat Titans during the trading window last month. The IPL giants brought back star allrounder into their fold two seasons after he had left them to join the league debutant GT whom he inspired to title win in the first season itself.
At the IPL 2024 auction held in Dubai on Tuesday, MI bought eight players including the likes of Gerald Coetzee, Nuwan Tushara, Dilshan Madushanka, Mohammad Nabi among others.
IPL 2024 MI Players List: Here is the full list of players bought by Mumbai Indians at IPL 2024 auction
Players Bought:
Gerald Coetzee – INR 5 Cr
Dilshan Madhushanka – INR 4.6 Cr
Nuwan Thushara – INR 4.8 Cr
Naman Dhir – INR 20 Lakh
Anshul Kambhoj – INR 20 Lakh
Mohammad Nabi – INR 1.50 Cr
Shivalik Sharma – INR 20 Lakh
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Purse: Rs 17.75 crore
How They Spent Their Money: MI splurged 16.7 crore on eight players. Coetzee was their costliest pick at Rs 5 crore while they bought four uncapped Indians at Rs 20 lakh each.
Overall, they added a total of five allrounders and three specialist bowlers into their squad.
Players Retained: Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd (T), Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod
Players Released: Cameron Green (traded), Chris Jordan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jhye Richardson, Jofra Archer, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Ramandeep Singh, Roley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier, Tristan Stubbs
While Pandya enjoyed a couple of memorable seasons with the new entrants, MI continued their search for a sixth title. And they have now gone three years without winning the IPL trophy – their longest title drought since becoming the champions for the first time in 2013.
MI reached a new high when they won back-to-back titles in 2019 and 20202 but the next two seasons saw them failing to qualify for the playoffs. Last season was an improvement as they finished fifth to make it to the eliminator and beat Lucknow Super Giants before losing to GT in the second qualifier.
Ahead of the auction, MI, the five-time IPL winners, released/traded as many as 12 players including Jofra Archer and Cameron Green (traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore).
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