Ishan Kishan: IPL 2025 is still far from starting but its discussion has already started. In such a situation, all the franchises are busy with their preparations and Mumbai Indians is also included in this series.

Many big changes can be seen in Mumbai before IPL 2025 and in such a situation many big players can leave the team. This list includes the names of former captain Rohit Sharma, star batsman Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya.

Rohit, Surya and Hardik may leave Mumbai Indians

If we talk about Rohit Sharma, he was removed from the captaincy last season and since then he has been angry. In such a situation, Rohit can decide to leave Mumbai. Apart from this, Surya is also angry that Hardik was made the captain and Kolkata has also offered him to become the captain and Yadav can leave Mumbai.

Last season, Mumbai finished 10th in the points table under Pandya's captaincy and Hardik's own performance was also disappointing. In such a situation, Pandya may be shown the exit door.

Ishan Kishan can become the captain

If these three players leave Mumbai, then wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan can be given the responsibility of captaincy. Kishan has previously captained Jharkhand in domestic cricket and can be seen captaining Mumbai in IPL 2025.

So Mumbai can retain 18 players this time.

Actually, BCCI is going to organize a mega auction before IPL 2025 but many franchises are against it. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether the mega auction takes place or not. If this auction is not organized then the Mumbai team can retain a total of 18 players.

This includes the name of veteran fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah. Bumrah is one of the greatest bowlers of the current era and in such a situation, the Mumbai franchise would not want to release him at any cost and for this reason Bumrah can be retained as the first player in this team.

18 potential names to be retained by Mumbai Indians

Tilak Verma, Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Naman Dheer, Ishan Kishan (wicketkeeper/captain), Mohammad Nabi, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Shreyas Gopal, Romario Shepherd, Piyush Chawla, Jaspreet Bumrah, Akash Madhwal, Gerald Coetzee, Nuwan Tushara, Anshul Kamboj, Kumar Karthikeya.