Defending IPL champions Mumbai Indians announced on Friday that they will retain 16 players from last years pool for IPL 2020
The franchise retained their core team including the veteran Sri Lankan seamer Lasith Malinga. Among those retained are skipper Rohit Sharma, all-rounders Hardik Pandya and his brother Krunal, spinner Rahul Chahar, wicket-keeper Ishan Kishan and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah. South African wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock and Surya Kumar Yadav have also been retained.
Mumbai Indians released a total of 12 players including former Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh. Yuvraj, who was architect of India’s 2011 ICC World Cup win,was not in contention as he had announced his retirement from all forms of cricket earlier this year. The cricketer is currently plying his trade in overseas T20 leagues across the world.
Apart from, Yuvraj, Evin Lewis, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Beuran Hendricks, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Pankaj Jaswal, Alzarri Joseph were the other players released by the club, while Mayank Markande and Siddesh Lad were the two players who traded out by the franchise.
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