Mumbai Indians (MI) have arguably the strongest core of their workforce earlier than the beginning of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega public sale. The five-time IPL champions have managed to retain all 4 of their worldwide Indian stars, within the type of Jasprit Bumrah, captain Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Rohit Sharma. Now, MI’s largest problem is available in filling the squad adequately with a relatively low price range of Rs 45 crore within the mega public sale. Former India cricketer-turned-pundit Aakash Chopra has predicted that Mumbai Indians might bid laborious for an Indian spinner.
“Given their retentions, Mumbai Indians may end up having an entire Indian batting lineup and an entire overseas bowling lineup, apart from a couple of Indian spinners. Whether they get him or not, they will definitely go after Yuzvendra Chahal. They may also want to look at Washington Sundar,” stated Aakash Chopra, talking on his YouTube channel.
Chahal was surprisingly not retained by Rajasthan Royals (RR) forward of the mega public sale. The leg-spinner is the very best wicket-taker in IPL historical past, and the one bowler to have greater than 200 IPL wickets.
In truth, Chahal has picked 18 or extra wickets in every of the final six IPL seasons.
On the opposite hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad’s power-packed lineup from IPL 2024 meant that Washington Sundar needed to be let go. However, having impressed in each T20Is and Test cricket for Team India lately, Sundar could fetch a excessive worth within the public sale.
Chopra additionally added that whereas he felt that Mumbai Indians might bid for Ishan Kishan, the 26-year-old wicket-keeper batter could also be out of their price range. Instead, he advised some options.
“They’ll need a wicket-keeper batter. Maybe they go towards Quinton de Kock, or perhaps Jitesh Sharma or perhaps Phil Salt. They will need an overseas opener and wicket-keeper batter. Jitesh does not fit that completely, but he is an Indian,” stated Chopra.
The IPL mega public sale can be held in Jeddah on November 24 and 25.
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