The auction for the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League will take place on December 16 in Abu Dhabi, in which 10 teams will bid for 77 slots. The total purse balance of all the teams together is Rs 237.55 crore, KKR has the highest balance and Mumbai Indians has the least. Know such 5 wicketkeeper batsmen, who can get more money than others in the auction.

Tim Seifert

New Zealand’s wicketkeeper batsman Tim Seifert is priced at Rs 1.5 crore, but many teams can show interest in him. In such a situation their price may go up. Seifert played 1 match for KKR in 2021 and 2 matches for Delhi in 2022, although his record in IPL as a batsman was not good, but looking at some of the past records, he is included in the list of players who can be sold at an expensive price.

Tim Seifert has scored 1850 runs in 77 T20 International matches at a strike rate of 142.52, which includes 12 half-centuries. His highest score in T20 is 97.

quinton de kock

The innings of 90 runs played against India before the auction can fetch Quinton de Kock a huge amount in the auction. De Kock played a brilliant inning of 90 runs in the second T20, he also scored a century in the ODI. De Kock was part of the KKR team in the IPL last year, where he scored 152 runs in 8 matches. This also included an inning of 97 runs. De Kock has scored 3309 runs in 115 matches in IPL, his strike rate was 134.02.

ben duckett

Ben Duckett is an explosive batsman, so many teams can consider his name. The base price of the ticket is Rs 2 crore. Although he never got a chance in the IPL, he has scored 527 runs in 20 T20 International matches. It includes 3 half-centuries.

shy hope

West Indies players have always dominated the IPL. The base price of wicketkeeper batsman Shai Hope is Rs 2 crore, for some time he has been making headlines for his record innings. This can fetch him a huge amount in the IPL auction. Hope played 9 matches for Delhi Capitals in 2024, in which he scored 183 runs at a strike rate of 150.

Jonny Bairstow

England’s wicketkeeper batsman Jonny Bairstow has kept his base price at Rs 1 crore, but he can be sold at the most expensive price in the auction. There may be competition between KKR and Delhi Capitals, due to which their price may increase. Last year, Bairstow joined Mumbai Indians as a replacement in the knockout matches, where he scored 85 runs in 2 matches. He looked excellent in wicket keeping. If this time his price in the auction may even cross Rs 10 crore.

Mumbai Indians have prepared a strong squad for WPL 2026. Two-time champion MI had retained 5 players before the auction. In the auction, Mumbai spent Rs 3 crore on New Zealand’s Amelia Kerr. With the return of Shabnim Ismail to Sanskriti Gupta and Sajna Sajeevan, Mumbai’s squad looks as strong as before. MI franchise owner Nita Ambani says that the team wanted to buy as many old players as possible.

Regarding the auction held on Thursday, November 27, Nita Ambani said, “Auction days are very exciting, but sometimes they are also troublesome. Our strategy was to buy as many players as possible from the winning team of 2025. I am very excited with the return of Amelia Kerr and the arrival of our 4 players: Shabnim, Saika, Sajna and Sanskriti. We are also very excited with the arrival of 3 youngsters, who are Rahila Firdous, Nalla. Kranthi Reddy and Triveni Vashishtha, I welcome Poonam Khemnar, Millie Illingworth and Nicola Carey to the Mumbai Indians family.”

Apart from captain Harmanpreet Kaur, Nate Sciver Brunt, Haley Mathews, Amanjot Kaur and G Kamalini had already been retained. Apart from them, MI has bought back the recent T20 World Cup player of the tournament Amelia Kerr, S Sajna, Saika Ishaq, Sanskriti Gupta and fast bowler Shabnim Ismail. India’s World Cup winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur was also present in the auction held in New Delhi. He contributed to the strategies on the auction table.

On this experience, Harmanpreet Kaur said, “I was nervous in the beginning, but I liked the way we had planned and everyone’s participation, especially Nita Ambani. She has always been the biggest support of the team and always supports us. We have got most of our old teammates back, which shows how much trust the team has in those players.”

These 5 players have been important in the success of Mumbai Indians, among them Saika, Sajna and Sanskriti have been the rising star players of this tournament.

Apart from the famous players, MI has also included the Australian pair of multiple-time World Cup winner Nicola Cray and young fast bowler Millie Illingworth in its squad.

In line with its policy of supporting young Indian talent, Mumbai Indians have fielded a balanced squad with the inclusion of Indian all-rounders Nalla Kranthi Reddy and Triveni Vashishtha. Kranti and Triveni will be becoming a part of WPL for the first time.

The five-year long journey between Mumbai Indians and Arjun Tendulkar has come to an end. Mumbai Indians have traded Arjun to Lucknow Super Giants. Arjun will be a part of the squad of Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2026. Let us remind you that Arjun was included by the MI franchise in its squad in the year 2021, but his debut took place after two years i.e. in 2023.

Lucknow Super Giants have traded Arjun Tendulkar for Rs 30 lakh. He was getting the same salary from MI also. So far, in his short IPL career of five matches, Arjun Tendulkar has taken 3 wickets and his economy rate has been 9.37.

MI thanked Arjun

Mumbai Indians thanked Arjun Tendulkar through a social media post, writing, “Arjun Tendulkar, thank you for being a part of the Mumbai Indians family. The MI team hopes that the new chapter of your career in the Lucknow Super Giants team will write a new story of success. It has been a matter of pride for us to contribute to your betterment and hope that you will do better in the future and create a new identity.”

Let us tell you that Arjun Tendulkar no longer plays for Mumbai team even in domestic cricket. He left the Mumbai cricket team in August 2022. He played for Goa in the 2022-23 domestic season. Now even in IPL his connection with Mumbai team has been broken.

Let us tell you that Mumbai Indians have traded Mayank Markande to Kolkata Knight Riders. Markande will also get a salary of Rs 30 lakh, he was getting the same salary in KKR. In his IPL career, Markande has played 37 matches and taken 37 wickets.

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Indian cricketer Shardul Thakur will play for Mumbai Indians next season. Thakur remained unsold in the mega auction last year, but Lucknow Super Giants included him in their team in place of injured Mohsin Khan. Mumbai Indians have included Thakur in their squad by making a trade deal with LSG.

IPL issued a statement saying that Shardul Thakur has been included in their team by Mumbai Indians by paying an amount of Rs 2 crore. Thakur has received the same amount as was given to him by Lucknow Super Giants last year.

It is being told that Lucknow Super Giants is looking for a foreign fast bowling all-rounder. In such a situation, with the intention of increasing the purse before the auction, LSG has decided to release Shardul Thakur.

NEWS

Shardul Thakur has been traded to @mipaltan from @LucknowIPL,

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— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 13, 2025

It is a shocking fact that just a day before, Ravichandran Ashwin had confirmed Shardul Thakur’s joining Mumbai Indians during a discussion on his YouTube channel. But he later deleted the video, removed the statement given on Shardul Thakur from the video and uploaded it again. The interesting thing is that Mumbai Indians have shared the same clip of Ashwin on social media, in which he had talked about Thakur going to MI.

Will Arjun Tendulkar go to Lucknow?

Meanwhile, it is being told that Mumbai Indians can trade Arjun Tendulkar with LSG. According to media reports, the Lucknow team wants to prepare a foreign all-rounder as well as a backup option. Tendulkar’s fee is currently Rs 30 lakh, which will not have much impact on the purse of Lucknow Super Giants. It is being told that LSG can enter the auction with a purse of Rs 30 crore.

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On Thursday, all the teams have released their retention lists for the Women’s Premier League 2026. Each team was allowed to retain a maximum of 5 players. Mumbai Indians have retained 5 excellent players while filling all these five slots, which also includes Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur. Mumbai has retained Harmanpreet Kaur, Nate-Syver Brunt, Hayley Mathews, Amanjot Kaur and G Kamalini. The auction of WPL 2026 will take place on 27th November.

BCCI had set the auction purse of all the teams for the auction at Rs 15 crore and had set different amounts for retention. The first retention was set at Rs 3.5 crore, second retention at Rs 2.5 crore, third retention at Rs 1.75 crore, fourth retention at Rs 1 crore and if a team retains the fifth player, then its minimum price was set at Rs 50 lakh.

MI retention list

It is surprising that Mumbai Indians have not made Harmanpreet Kaur the first retention. MI has given Rs 3.5 crore to Nate Sciver Brunt as its first retention. Whereas Harmanpreet Kaur has been retained for Rs 2.5 crore. Hayley Mathews has been retained for Rs 1.75 crore and Mumbai has retained India’s star all-rounder Amanjot Kaur for Rs 1 crore. Mumbai has also retained an uncapped player in the form of 17-year-old G Kamalini, who will get Rs 60 lakh.

• Nate Sciver Brunt – 3.50 crores
• Harmanpreet Kaur – 2.50 crores
• Hayley Mathews – 1.75 crores
• Amanjot Kaur – 1 crore
• G Kamalini – 60 lakhs

MI is a two-time champion

Mumbai Indians have won the WPL title twice. She became champion of the Women’s Premier League in 2023 and 2025. Mumbai Indians won the Women’s Premier League for the second time by defeating Delhi Capitals by 8 runs in the final of 2025 WPL.

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The Mumbai Indians franchise is also investing a lot of money abroad. A few weeks ago, the Mi franchise bought 49 percent stake in The Hundred League’s Oval Invisables team. Now a media report has revealed that the Oval Invisables will be known as ‘Mi London’. This new name will be applicable from the next season. Let us know that the Oval Invisables had become such a sixth team, which is owned by Mumbai Indians.

According to The Telegraph, the name of Oval Invisables will be changed to ‘Mi London’ before The Handrade season 2026. Before the start of the 2025 season, the bid for at least 49 percent stake of The Hundred teams began to be bid. Of these, the Mi franchise had bid for the Oval Invisables team, whose valuation was stated to be 123 million pounds. Since Mumbai Indians have bought 49 percent stake, for which it will have to pay more than 60 million pounds. Which will be more than Rs 700 crore in Indian currency.

The 49 percent stake of the Oval Invisables is now with the Mumbai Indians, the remaining 51 percent owner is still Surrey County Club. According to The Telegraph’s report, Surrey wanted the Oval Invisables to get the same name, yet the team will be named Mi London from the next season.

Total 6 teams of Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians franchise has now become a total of 6 teams worldwide. The Mumbai Indians team plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Women’s Premier League (WPL) run by BCCI. Mumbai Indians are owned by Mi New York in Major League Cricket (MLC) of America. Apart from this, Mi Cape Town in South Africa’s SA20, Mi Emirates in International League T20 and Oval Invinates in the Handrade League of England, all are owned by Mi franchise.

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The Champions League T20 is returning after 12 years, which was closed after 2014. According to the report of Cricbuzz, its event has been approved in the ICC’s annual meeting. Let us tell you how its history has been, when the new T20 was starting in different countries, then why was it stopped. How was its format?

The Champions League T20 was started on the lines of the USF Champions League. Its first edition was played in 2009, a year after the IPL started. It was owned by BCCI, Australia and South Africa Cricket Board.

List of CLT20 winners

The first edition of the Champions League T20 was played in India, the final was played between New South Wales and Trinidad & Tobago. New South Wales was formed. Out of the 5 editions followed by this, 4 -time winner IPL team was Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians.

• 2009- New South Wales Blue
• 2010- Chennai Super Kings
• 2011- Mumbai Indians
• 2012- Sydney Sixers
• 2013- Mumbai Indians
• 2014- Chennai Super Kings

Champions League T20 format

IPL, CPL, BBL, South Africa T20 leagues are T20 leagues of different countries. In this, teams from different cities of these countries play, but in contrast, in the Champions T20 league, T20 league teams clash. In 2014, 3 teams of the Indian Premier League, 2 teams of Big Bash League, 2 teams of RAM Slam T20 Challenge and 1 Caribbean Premier League team got direct entry. There were 4 different league teams in the qualifying stage.

Each of its versions consists of teams from India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka. England has joined the 3 edition, but since 2012 he refused to participate in it. The reason for this was that his domestic cricket was being affected by this.

Why does Pakistan not play in the Champions League T20?

In 2008, terrorists from Pakistan attacked Mumbai, in which many innocent people were killed. Pakistan’s teams were not invited for this due to poor relations between India and Pakistan. Keeping the Indian audience in mind, most of the teams are included from the IPL. 4 from IPL and maximum 2-2 teams from other leagues can participate. This is based on his performance in his own league.

Why was the Champions League T20 closed?

According to the report of Zee News, Star Sports decided to withdraw in 2015 due to financial deficit, after which the tournament was canceled. BCCI, Cricket Australia and South Africa Cricket Board agreed to shut down it.

But since then there has been a big change in the cricket economy. It is being resumed after a boom in broadcasting rights, increased popularity about cricket around the world. A new tender is expected to be released for media rights at the end of this year.

MLC 2025 Teams: On the lines of the Indian Premier League, franchise cricket leagues have started worldwide. Major Cricket League (MLC 2025) is being played in America, which started from June 12. The final of this tournament will be played on 13 July. Today, the match will be played between MI New York and Texas Super Kings at MLC, which will be the first to match in this tournament. Let us tell you that the New York team has won the Major Cricket League title once. Earlier, before the match of New York and Texas starts, know here how many IPL teams play in MLC.

How many IPL teams in MLC?

Talking about Major League cricket 2025, a total of 6 teams are participating in it. These 6 teams are named Mi New York, Los Angeles Knight Riders, Texas Super Kings, Seattle Orakas, San Francisco Unicorn and Washington Freedom. Out of these three teams are showing the names that they owe IPL teams, but actually 4 teams of IPL play in MLC.

Mi is the team of New York Mumbai Indians, Los Angeles Knight Riders KKR, while Texas Super Kings are owned by CSK. The fourth team of the IPL playing in the Major Cricket League is Delhi Capitals, which manages the Seattle Orcas franchise.

MLC 2025 started from June 12, where San Francisco scored the biggest score in the history of this tournament in the first match. He scored a huge score of 269 runs against Washington Freedom and won with a huge margin of 123 runs. In this match, San Francisco’s Finn Alan scored 151 runs in 51 balls. In this innings, he hit 19 sixes.

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The IPL season 18 (2025) was not started well for Mumbai Indians captained by Hardik Pandya, but the arrival of Jaspreet Bumrah brought new energy to the team. The team was a strong contender to make it to the top 2, but after the defeat to Punjab Kings on Monday, it was decided that now MI will have to play the eliminator match. Mumbai Indians have played eliminator matches 4 times earlier, but in all these seasons she could not reach the final.

First tell you about the IPL format. In this tournament started with 10 teams, the team qualifies for the playoffs, who finished top 4 in the points table. Now the top 2 teams of these get 2 opportunities to go to the IPL final. Even if she loses the first match (qualifier 1), she plays in the second match (qualifier 2). Punjab Kings have confirmed their place in the top 2.

Whereas the third and fourth teams have to hold a hat -trick of victory to win the IPL Trophy. There is an eliminator match between these two, the journey of the losing team ends and the winning team has to play the qualifier 2. Apart from Mumbai Indians, it is not yet decided which team will play the eliminator match.

Mumbai Indians record of eliminator matches

For the first time under Hardik’s captaincy, Mumbai Indians have reached the IPL playoffs, but under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the team has won 5 titles. A total of 10th time is when Mumbai Indians have reached the playoffs.

Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians won the first title in 2013. After this, MI won the IPL Trophy in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2020. Mumbai was in the top 2 in all these 5 seasons.

For the first time Mumbai reached the final in 2010, under the captaincy of Sachin Tendulkar, the team then stood first in the points table. However, that season CSK defeated him in the final.

Apart from all these seasons, the team also reached the playoffs in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2023, but it stood third or fourth in the points table. In all these seasons, the team did not even reach the finals to win the title.

• 2011 Mi won the eliminator but lost the qualifier 2.
• 2012 I lost the Mi Eliminator match.
• 2014 I also lost in the Mi Eliminator match.
• 2023 I won the Mi Eliminator match but lost the qualifier 2.

Mumbai Indians have played an eliminator match in a total of 4 times in IPL history, out of which win in 2 and 2 have been defeated. But after becoming a third or fourth team in any season, she did not become champions.

When and where will the eliminator match be played

The eliminator match will be played at Mullanpur Cricket Stadium on 30 May. Which team will play with Mumbai Indians, this will be clear after the result of LSG vs RCB match. If RCB wins, Gujarat will play eliminator, otherwise RCB.

Mumbai Indians squad for IPL 2025 playoffs

Bewon Jacobs, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Charith Asanka, Hardik Pandya (Captain), Michel Santner, Naman Dhir, Richard Glison, Robin Minj (wicket keeper), Johnny Bairstow (wicket keeper), Krishnan Sreejith (wicket keeper), wicket keeper, Allah Ghaznafar, Arjun Ghaznafar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Bumrah, Karn Sharma, Lizad Williams, Mujib ur Rehman, Raghu Sharma, Rece Toplay, Satyanarayan Raju, Trent Bolt, Vignesh Puthu.

IPL Playoff Team: The Indian Premier League was postponed for some time amidst the India-Pakistan tension. Now the IPL tournament is going to start again from May 17, 2025. The new schedule of IPL 2025 has also arrived. But do you know which four teams of IPL at this time are ready to reach the playoffs, let’s know.

Which teams in Top 4 in points table?

If you look at the IPL points table, now this tournament has reached very close to the playoffs. Gujarat Ties and Royal Challengers Bangalore remain in the top 2 with 16 points. Both Gujarat and Bangalore have played 11 matches so far, winning 8 matches and defeat 3 matches. GT’s net run rate is higher than RCB, so Gujarat is first and RCB is second. If both teams win one of the remaining 3 matches, then it is difficult that they do not play in the playoffs.

Punjab Kings have won 7 matches in 11 matches and the team has lost 3 matches. At the same time, a match of the team has been drawn. Punjab’s team is at number three in the points table with 15 points. Punjab can confirm the playoff ticket by winning 2 matches out of the remaining 3 matches. Mumbai Indians have scored 14 points by winning 7 matches in 12 matches and this team is at number four in the points table.

These teams are made in the playoff race

Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders and Lucknow Super Giants are also in the playoff race. To qualify these three teams in playoffs, it is necessary to win all the remaining matches. If the Mumbai-Punjab team loses all the rest of their matches and the teams of Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkata win all their matches, then these teams may be expected to go to the playoffs.

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