MI 2026 retention list: Players retained, released, trade, purse remaining ahead of IPL 2026 auction

Five-time champion, Mumbai IndiansHave already made significant headlines through early trades and will be hoping to end their trophy drought as they enter IPL 2026.

The team made it to Qualifier 2 in the 2025 season. Their season showed glimpses of the old Mumbai Indians cricket. However, concerns regarding spin depth, middle-order stability and death-overs were evident, which led the franchise to take this decision ahead of the mini-auction.

One of the biggest developments so far has been MI's early activity in the trade window. The franchise brought back leg spinner Mayank Markandey from KKR, a player who started his IPL career with Mumbai. They strengthened their all-around department by securing Shardul Thakur from Lucknow Supergiants. The return of Sherfane Rutherford from Gujarat Titans is set to add firepower to the middle-order. On the outgoing front, MI parted ways with bowling all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, who moved to LSG as part of an early transfer.

Naturally, a large part of the conversation ahead of Retention Day was around MI's Indian origins, which has historically been the backbone of their success. The future of Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya and Tilak Verma has been the central topic of discussion. Given their influence, these names remain in their retained list.

Among overseas players, names like Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner and Ryan Rickelton will remain in the 2025 campaign given their roles and the balance they bring to the team. At the same time, MI has dropped nine players.

mumbai indians 2026 retained players list

player	Role
Hardik Pandya (C)	all-rounder
Rohit Sharma	batter
Suryakumar Yadav	batter
Tilak Verma	batter
robin minz	wicketkeeper-batsman
Ryan Rickelton	wicketkeeper-batsman
Naman Dheer	batter
michel santner	all-rounder
will jacks	all-rounder
Corbin Bosch	all-rounder
Raj Bawa	all-rounder
trent bolt	bowler
Jasprit Bumrah	bowler
Deepak Chahar	bowler
Ashwani Kumar	bowler
Raghu Sharma	bowler
allah ghazanfar	bowler

Mumbai Indians 2026 players list released

player	Role
Arjun Tendulkar	all-rounder
Satyanarayana Raju	bowler
Reece Topley	bowler
KL Srijit	batter
Karan Sharma	bowler
bevon jacobs	batter
mujeeb ur rehman	bowler
lizad williams	bowler
Vignesh Puthur	bowler

mumbai indians 2026 traded player list

player	traded with	traded on	Amount (INR)
Arjun Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	Lucknow Super Giants	30 lakh rupees
Mayank Markande	Kolkata Knight Riders	Mumbai Indians	30 lakh rupees
Sherfane Rutherford	Gujarat Titans	Mumbai Indians	Rs 2.6 crore
Shardul Thakur	Lucknow Super Giants	Mumbai Indians	2 crore rupees