Want to continue the tradition of developing young players for Indian cricket: Nita Ambani

Mumbai Indians owner Nita M Ambani shared the team’s strategy behind acquiring young players at the IPL mega auction in Jeddah on Monday. Nita Ambani thanked MI fans in Marathi sharing the team’s excitement to start the new edition of IPL 2025.

MI wanted to build a team around our strong retained core at the auction

“Mega auction means new team, new start but the same Mumbai Indians

enthusiasm. I am happy to welcome some new faces and to have some old ones back with us – Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Allah Ghazanfar, Ryan Rickelton, Deepak Chahar, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Will Jacks, Mitchell Santner, Reece Topley, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Angad Bawa, Shrijith Krishnan, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevon- John Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams and Vignesh Puthur. We have retained a strong core with Hardik, Jasprit, Rohit, Surya and Tilak and the opportunity at the auction was to see how we can build a team around them.”

Mumbai Indians owner Mrs Nita Ambani says the franchise wants to continue the tradition of developing young players for Indian cricket

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Take a lot of pride and satisfaction in nurturing young talent

“At MI, we take a lot of pride and satisfaction in scouting and nurturing many young talents who have gone on to play for the Indian team. From Jasprit, Hardik, Tilak, Ramandeep Singh, and now we have a pool of upcoming youngsters and an opportunity to develop the next set of talent – Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Ashwani Kumar, Raj Angad Bawa and Shrijith Krishnan. I am very excited to welcome them to the Mumbai Indians #OneFamily and we want to continue this tradition of developing young players for Indian cricket.”

Mumbai Indians

Players Retained: Jasprit Bumrah (₹ 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (₹ 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (₹16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (₹ 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (₹ 8 crore).

Players MI bought in the IPL mega auction:

1. Trent Boult – Rs 12.5 Crore

2. Naman Dhir – Rs 5.25 Crore

3. Robin Minz – Rs 65 lakh

4. Karn Sharma – Rs 50 lakh

5. Ryan Rickelton – Rs 1 crore

6. Deepak Chahar – Rs 9.25 crore

7. Allah Ghazanfar – Rs 4.8 crore

8. Will Jacks – Rs 5.25 crore

9. Ashwani Kumar – Rs 30 lakh

10. Mitchell Santner – Rs 2 crore

11. Reece Topley – Rs 75 lakh