IPL 2021 | Rohit Sharma welcomes new Mumbai Indians gamers to ‘metropolis of heroics’

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Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma welcomed gamers who had been purchased by the defending champions within the IPL 2021 Auction on Thursday in Chennai. 

Rohit took it to social media to put up a video that confirmed all seven gamers with Mumbai Indians’ anthem enjoying within the background. “Welcome to the city of heroics!” wrote Rohit within the caption. 

The Mumbai outfit purchased Nathan Coulter-Nile and Adam Milne to bolster their bowling unit. MI purchased again Coulter-Nile for INR 5 crore after managing so as to add New Zealand’s Milne to the squad for INR 5.4 crore. MI additionally added an all-rounder to the squad within the type of James Neesham, who was purchased at his base value of INR 50 lakh. 

Mumbai nonetheless have Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult and Dhawal Kulkarni of their tempo division. The franchise additionally snapped up Arjun Tendulkar, the son of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, and Marco Jansen, a younger South African fast, for INR 20 lakh every. They additionally managed to bag veteran Piyush Chawla for INR 2.40 crore and Yudhvir Charak for INR 20 lakh.

Mumbai Indians received the seven gamers for less than Rs 11.7 crore on the mini-auction on Thursday. Earlier, MI had retained most of their gamers. However, they’d launched Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, James Pattinson and Coulter-Nile.

List of gamers retained

Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan

Players purchased at IPL 2021 Auction:

Adam Milne (INR 3.20 Cr), Nathan Coulter-Nile (INR 5 cr), Piyush Chawla (INR 2.40 Cr), James Neesham (INR 50 L), Yudhvir Charak (INR 20 L), Marco Jansen (INR 20 L), Arjun Tendulkar (INR 20 L)