Bengaluru, Feb 20: Legspinner Karn Sharma was Mumbai Indians' (MI) costliest buy at this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction today (February 20).
Tournament schedule; Retained players' list; All 8 squads
MI will go into IPL 2017 with 27 players. They also bought back Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson, for Rs 2 crore. (Final list of players sold)
Here is the final squad of Mumbai Indians (MI) after the auction
Squad strength: 27 (Overseas players - 9); Funds remaining: Rs 3.35 crore out of Rs 66 crore
1. Kieron Pollard (West Indies) - Rs 9.5 crore
2. Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) - Rs 7.5 crore
3. Lendl Simmons (West Indies) - Rs 55 lakh
4. Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand) - Rs 30 lakh
5. Jos Buttler (England) - Rs 3.8 crore
6. Tim Southee (New Zealand) - Rs 2.5 crore
7. Rohit Sharma - Rs 12.5 crore
8. Harbhajan Singh - Rs 5.5 crore
9. Ambati Rayudu - Rs 4 crore
10. Jasprit Bumrah - Rs 1.2 crore
11. Shreyas Gopal - Rs 10 lakh
12. R Vinay Kumar - Rs 2.9 crore
13. Parthiv Patel - Rs 1.4 crore
14. Nitish Rana - Rs 10 lakh
15. Siddhesh Dinesh Lad - Rs 10 lakh
16. J Suchith - Rs 10 lakh
17. Hardik Pandya - Rs 10 lakh
18. Jitesh Sharma - Rs 10 lakh
19. Krunal Pandya - Rs 2 crore
20. Deepak Punia - Rs 10 lakh
All the above were retained from last year
The following were bought at today's auction
21. Mitchell Johnson (Australia) - Rs 2 crore
22. Nicolas Pooran (West Indies) - Rs 30 lakh
23. Asela Gunaratne (Sri Lanka) - Rs 30 lakh
24. Karn Sharma - Rs 3.2 crore
25. Krishnappa Gowtham - Rs 2 crore
26. Saurabh Tiwary - Rs 30 lakh
27. Kulwant Khejroliya - Rs 10 lakh
Note: As per IPL rules, a franchise can have a maximum of 27 players in the squad with 9 overseas cricketers
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