Indian Premier League 2022 Auction: Mumbai Indians Retained & Released Players List: Mumbai Indians (MI) have announced the retained players list for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. The last date for all teams to announce the retain player list is 30th November 2021. All released players will go under the hammer in the upcoming IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
Mumbai Indians are in deep trouble this time as they have more than 4 players whom they want to retain, but due to policy they have very limited number of options. It is already predicted that whom they will retain for the IPL 2022 before IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
IPL 2022 Retention Rules
- A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian (capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
- It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
- As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
- Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the mega auction 2022.
- Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
- There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
IPL 2022 Salary Cap
BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.
- If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
- Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.
If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:
*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary
| Deductions for 4 Players | INR 42 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 16 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 12 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 8 Cr |
| Player 4 | INR 6 Cr |
If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:
| 3 players deduction | INR 33 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 15 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 11 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 7 Cr |
If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:
| 2 Players deduction | INR 24 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 14 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 10 Cr |
If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores
| 1 Player deduction | INR 14 Cr |
List of retained MI players
- Rohit Sharma – 16 Crore
- Jasprit Bumrah – 12 Crore
- Surya Kumar Yadav – 08 Crore
- Kieron Pollard – 06 Crore
List of released MI players
- Hardik Pandya — India — All-Rounder — ₹11 Crore
- Krunal Pandya — India — All-Rounder — ₹8.8 Crore
- Ishan Kishan — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹6.2 Crore
- Quinton de Kock — South Africa — Wicket Keeper — ₹2.8 Crore
- Trent Boult — New Zealand — Bowler — ₹2.2 Crore
- Chris Lynn — Australia — Batsman — ₹2 Crore
- Rahul Chahar — India — Bowler — ₹1.9 Crore
- Anmolpreet Singh — India — Batsman — ₹80 Lakh
- Dhawal Kulkarni — India — Bowler — ₹75 Lakh
- Jayant Yadav — India — All-Rounder — ₹50 Lakh
- Saurabh Tiwary — India — Batsman — ₹50 Lakh
- Anukul Roy — India — All-Rounder — ₹20 Lakh
- Aditya Tare — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20 Lakh
- Mohsin Khan — India — Bowler — ₹20 Lakh
- Nathan Coulter-Nile — Australia — Bowler — ₹5,00,00,000
- Adam Milne — New Zealand — Bowler — ₹3,20,00,000
- Piyush Chawla — India — Bowler — ₹2,40,00,000
- James Neesham — New Zealand — All-Rounder — ₹50,00,000
- Yudhvir Singh — India — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000
- Marco Jansen — South Africa — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000
- Arjun Tendulkar — India — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000
Purse Available: 48 Crores
The remaining player MI can buy from the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. This time Mumbai Indians will focus on the team building for the future as this would be the last match for the CSK captain MS Dhoni. It will be great to see which players will join the CSK Squads.
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DC Retained & Released Players List
KKR Retained & Released Players List
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