Mumbai Indians IPL 2024 Auction Preview: Purse remaining, strenghts and weaknesses, updated squad

The 2024 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is all set to take centre stage in the coming few months. Before the start of the regular season, an auction will take place for teams to fine-tune their existing squads. The auction is scheduled to take place on December 19 in Dubai. 

3 things you need to know

• Chennai Super Kings will be the defending champions next season 
• Mumbai Indians are the joint-most successful team in the IPL
• Mumbai Indians reached the knockout stage of the IPL 2023

IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians' purse remaining

Mumbai Indians have a remaining purse of INR 17.75 crore. They have 8 available slots to fill in the mini-auction, including 4 overseas slots. Mumbai Indians brought Gujarat Titans captain Hardik Pandya into the team during the trade window and released Cameron Green to Royal Challengers Bangalore.  

IPL 2024: List of players retained by Mumbai Indians

1. Akash Madhwal
2. Arjun Tendulkar 
3. Cameron Green 
4. Dewald Brevis
5. Ishan Kishan
6. Jason Behrendorff 
7. Jasprit Bumrah
8. Kumar Kartikeya Singh 
9. N. Tilak Varma
10. Nehal Wadhera
11. Piyush Chawla
12. Rohit Sharma
13. Romario Shepherd (T) 
14. Shams Mulani
15. Surya Kumar Yadav
16. Tim David
17. Vishnu Vinod
18. Hardik Pandya (T)

IPL 2024: List of players released by Mumbai Indians

1. Chris Jordan, 
2. Jofra Archer, 
3. Sandeep Warrier, 
4. Jhye Richardson, 
5. Tristan Stubbs, 
6. Arshad Khan, 
7. Ramandeep Singh, 
8. Hrithik Shokeen, 
9. Raghav Goyal, 
10. Duan Jansen
11. Riley Meredith

IPL 2024: Mumbai Indians' strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Experienced captain: Mumbai Indians have an experienced captain in the form of Rohit Sharma, who has helped the franchise win the IPL title a record five times. Rohit's overall experience will come in handy for Mumbai Indians in the next season as well, where they will look to win their sixth trophy.  

Return of Hardik Pandya: Mumbai Indians will look to cash in on Hardik Pandya's return to the side for the upcoming season. Mumbai pulled off one of the biggest heists in IPL history as they brought back Hardik Pandya into the team. He was the captain of the Gujarat Titans and won the IPL 2022 season with the team. 

Weaknesses  

Lack of consistency: One of the biggest problems affecting Mumbai Indians for the past multiple seasons is their lack of ability to perform consistently. Mumbai Indians must bring in the desired change to achieve a level of consistency that is required in a competition like the IPL. 

Bowling unit: Apart from Jasprit Bumrah, Mumbai Indians don't have too many players who can take responsibility with the ball. Bumrah is currently the most experienced bowler in the squad. Mumbai Indians will look to strengthen their bowling unit in the upcoming IPL 2024 auction.