Will Hardik Pandya be released from Mumbai Indians? MI will retain these players

A few days ago, a meeting was held between IPL officials and team owners at the BCCI's Wankhede office. In this meeting, some team owners were present in the BCCI office while some participated virtually. Many shocking news also came out from this meeting. However, in the meantime, another big news has come out. This news is related to the Mumbai Indians camp.

Mumbai might release Hardik Pandya

If sources are to be believed, Mumbai Indians is going to sack its captain Hardik Pandya. Mumbai Indians have re-inducted Hardik Pandya into their team ahead of IPL 2024. The franchise took away the captaincy from Rohit Sharma and gave it to star all-rounder Hardik. However, the team could not do anything special and could not even make it to the playoffs. Now the news is that Mumbai Indians will release Hardik Pandya.

If there is no change in the rules then teams can retain 4 players

According to the rules of IPL, a mega auction is organized every three years. This time the mega auction will be held again in December. In such a situation, all the 10 teams will be allowed to retain only 4 players. However, there are reports that this time the number of retained players may increase. So far neither BCCI nor IPL has said anything about this. But reports are claiming that now five players can be retained.

Mumbai Indians will retain these 4 players

According to sources, Mumbai Indians want to keep Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah with them at any cost. In such a situation, the franchise will release Hardik Pandya, as Suryakumar is now the captain of the country in the T20 format. In such a situation, the franchise can hand over the command of their team to him. Rohit will also be comfortable playing under the captaincy of Surya. It is being said in the report that Mumbai Indians can retain Suryakumar Yadav, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Tilak Verma for IPL 2025. There is no doubt that the franchise now wants to prepare a new team. In such a situation, we may get to see many new players in the team in the coming season.