Rohit Sharma in motion for Mumbai Indians© BCCI
There was quite a lot of chatter round Mumbai Indians earlier than the deadline ended for the IPL 2025 retentions however the five-time champions ended up securing their 4 star Indian cricketers. MI retained Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 18 crore), skipper Hardik Pandya (Rs 16.35 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.30 crore) and Tilak Varma (Rs 8 crore).The pricing of the cricketers made it clear that the franchise needed to take care of a steadiness with Bumrah rising as the best paid. In line with a report by Indian Express, the retention course of concerned a number of conferences and it was truly Rohit who instructed that the opposite three cricketers ought to receives a commission greater than him as they’re nonetheless enjoying T20Is.
“He was the one who mentioned that Bumrah, Hardik and Surya play for India in order that they should be within the high three,” a supply informed Indian Categorical.
The report additionally claimed that each one three batters – Rohit, Suryakumar and Hardik – agreed that it needs to be Bumrah who will get essentially the most amount of cash among the many retained gamers.
“It has quite a bit to do with the respect Bumrah has within the staff and his significance to the facet,” mentioned a supply.
The opposite matter that was closely debated among the many MI ranks was captaincy. Below Hardik’s management, MI completed final in IPL 2024 and the all-rounder got here beneath quite a lot of criticism.
The report claimed that there have been lot of discussions concerning the captaincy situation and a change was additionally thought-about by some within the core administration group. Nonetheless, MI ultimately determined in opposition to it as they believed that three captains in three years won’t be the correct transfer.
“If we had made a change, it could have been three captains in three years. That would not have labored,” mentioned a MI supply.
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