Mumbai Indians Full Squad For IPL 2026: For the 19th season of the Indian Premier League, a mini auction was held on December 16, 2025 at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, in which Mumbai Indians entered the auction with the lowest purse. Mumbai Indians had prepared their team through trade during the retention period before the auction. Many times during the auction the team is not able to prepare as per the plan. In such a situation, Mumbai tried a new method and was successful to a great extent in making up for its shortcomings by including many players in its team at low prices through trade.

Mumbai Indians included these players in the auction

Mumbai Indians, which entered the IPL 2026 auction with the lowest purse, was successful in including 5 players in its team. He had to buy a total of five players, including one foreigner, to complete the squad. In which South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock joined for Rs 1 crore. Apart from this, four young Indian players Danish Malewar (30 lakh), young left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Izhar (30 lakh), all-rounder Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh) and all-rounder Mayank Rawat (30 lakh) were included in the team at the base price. Even after completing the squad of 25 in the auction, Rs 55 lakh were left in the account of Mumbai Indians.

Mumbai Indians included these players in the team through trade

Mumbai Indians included all-rounders Shardul Thakur and Sherfane Rutherford in their team through trade. Shardul was traded by Mumbai to Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 2 crore and Sherfed Rutherford was traded to Gujarat Titans for Rs 2.6 crore. Mumbai had made a cash deal for both the players. After this, to make up for the lack of leg spinner in their team, MI included Mayank Markande in their platoon by trading him to Kolkata Knight Riders for a price of Rs 30 lakh.

Mumbai Indians full squad for IPL 2026:

Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Verma, Robin Minze, Ryan Rickleton, Hardik Pandya (captain), Naman Dheer, Mitchell Santner, Will Jacques, Carbyn Bosch, Raj Angad Bawa, Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah, Deepak Chahar, Ashwini Kumar, Raghu Sharma, Allah Ghazanfar, Mayank Markandey (traded from KKR), Shardul Thakur (traded from LSG), Sherfane Rutherford. (Traded from GT), Quinton de Kock (1 crore), Danish Malewar (30 lakh), Mohammad Izhar (30 lakh), Atharva Ankolekar (30 lakh) and Mayank Rawat (30 lakh).