IPL Auctions 2024: Mumbai Indians retained players, current squad, purse amount, remaining slots

After some media reports said Rohit Sharma will be part of a trade, the report was quashed and Mumbai Indians retained their talismanic captain for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season. Rohit will lead the five-time IPL champions into the tournament.But one media report that did come true is of Hardik Pandya returning to the side. Pandya, who had spent two years with Gujarat Titans, has returned to MI as a massive force than what he was at the time. In the interim, he has garnered plenty of leadership experience with GT winning a title and a runners-up finish. On the national front, Pandya is the skipper in the shortest format of the game.With Pandya coming back to the fold, Mumbai Indians have been required to release Cameron Green. The Australian allrounder has moved along to Royal Challengers Bangalore in a separate deal.IPL 2024 Auction: Full list of players retained, released, traded, remaining purse, squad summaryMI have also brought in Romario Shepherd into the squad. The player joins in after an all-cash trade with Lucknow Super Giants.A big name that has been released by the franchise is Jofra Archer. The England allrounder has had a troubling couple of years with injuries seeing him spend more time with the physio than on the cricket field.Mumbai Indians retained players: Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd, Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Hardik PandyaMumbai Indians released players: Mohd. Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep WarrierMumbai Indians remaining slots: Mumbai have retained 17 players, including four overseas, from their previous squad. That means they can bring in at most eight more players with room for four overseas players.Mumbai Indians purse remaining: Mumbai's squad is composed by spending Rs 82.25 crore. It means they have 17.75 crore to spend during the mini-auction on 19 December in Dubai