IPL 2025: 3 Released Mumbai Indians players who could be in high demand at auction

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) have done a terrific job in being able to retain their top five Indian talents. In the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024), plenty of controversies brewed after Rohit Sharma was removed as captain and that resulted in the performances of the players as well. Mumbai finished at the bottom of the table last season, and that in a way infuriated the team management as head coach Mark Boucher has been replaced with Mahela Jayawardene.

Mumbai Indians retained Jasprit Bumrah for INR 18 crore, Hardik Pandya and Suryakumar Yadav for INR 16.35 crore, Rohit Sharma for INR 16.30 crore and Tilak Verma for INR 8 crore. That move resulted in them releasing some of their biggest stars from the last three seasons - players that they have worked hard on and can attract bidding wars between other franchises in the upcoming IPL auction in Jeddah.

Who are these released Mumbai Indians players? Let’s find out:

3. Akash Madhwal

Uncapped India pacer Akash Madhwal could have been one of the uncapped retentions of Mumbai Indians. He was in the reckoning alongside Nehal Wadhera but the franchise decided to retain only five and keep a Right To Match card to use in the auction. Now, Madhwal was brilliant in IPL 2023, picking up 14 wickets in eight matches at an economy rate of 8.58.

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In 2024, he got only limited opportunities and picked up only five wickets in same number of games. Despite that, Madhwal would be in demand. More so, because Indian pacers are always in demand. The likes of Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav and Bhuvneshwar Kumar are closing in on retirement and the franchises would be eager to bring in young pacers and Madhwal could be one in demand from the uncapped category.