Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians have assembled a strong squad for the 2025 season of the tournament. After bringing Mahela Jayawardene back into their coaching setup, MI exhibited smartness, spending their remaining budget wisely in the mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Ahead of the IPL 2025 auction, Mumbai Indians retained five players- Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav and Tilak Varma, splitting the prescribed amount cleverly among their core players. Thus, they were left with INR 45 Crores, which they utilised to buy some really impactful players in the mega auction.
Here is a look at the list of retained players by MI for IPL 2025.
Moving ahead, here is a look at the costliest player of MI in the mega auction, the list of players bought by the franchise in the IPL 2025 mega auction and the full squad of MI for IPL 2025.
IPL 2025: MI's Costliest Player In The Mega Auction
Trent Boult was MI's costliest player in the auction, as the franchise bagged him for an amount of INR 12.50 Crores.
IPL 2025: Players Bought By MI In IPL 2025 Mega Auction
Player
Country
Role
Price (In Crores)
Trent Boult
New Zealand
Bowler
12.50
Naman Dhir
India
All-Rounder
5.25
Robin Minz
India
Wicketkeeper
0.65
Karn Sharma
India
Bowler
0.50
Ryan Rickelton
South Africa
Wicketkeeper
1.00
Krishnan Shrijith
India
Wicketkeeper
0.30
Raj Bawa
India
All-rounder
0.30
Will Jacks
England
All-rounder
5.25
Mitchell Santner
New Zealand
All-rounder
2.00
Ashwani Kumar
India
Bowler
0.30
Allah Ghazanfar
Afghanistan
Bowler
4.80
Reece Topley
England
Bowler
0.75
Deepak Chahar
India
Bowler
9.25
Satyanarayana Raju
India
Bowler
0.30
Bevon Jacobs
New Zealand
Batter
0.30
Vignesh Puthur
India
All-rounder
0.30
Arjun Tendulkar
India
Bowler
0.30
Lizaad Williams
South Africa
Bowler
0.75
MI's IPL 2025 Squad
Wicket-keepers
Batters
Allrounders
Bowlers
Robin Minz
Rohit Sharma
Hardik Pandya
Jasprit Bumrah
Ryan Rickelton ✈️
Tilak Varma
Naman Dhir
Trent Boult ✈️
Krishnan Shrijith
Suryakumar Yadav
Raj Bawa
Karn Sharma
Bevon Jacobs ✈️
Will Jacks ✈️
Deepak Chahar
Mitchell Santner ✈️
Ashwani Kumar
Vignesh Puthur
Allah Ghazanfar ✈️
Reece Topley ✈️
Satyanarayana Raju
Arjun Tendulkar
Lizaad Williams ✈️
Conclusion
The IPL 2025 mega auction has concluded and Mumbai Indians bought 18 players, increasing their squad size to 23 members. As they already retained their key batters- Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya, the five-time champions were more focused on buying bowlers and all-rounders. They managed to bring Trent Boult back, while securing the services of Deepak Chahar, Reece Topley, Mitchell Santner and Allah Ghazanfar. Thus, they did a really good job and can form a solid XI in the IPL 2025 auction.