Mumbai Indians Playing XI, IPL 2025: Best MI Playing 11, Players List and Full Squad

Having finished last in the previous season, Mumbai Indians aimed to turn the tide with a strategy focused on striking the right balance between a mix of their experienced leaders and emerging talents.

MI used up a substantial part of their auction budget (INR 75 crores) by retaining their top five stars – Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav & Tilak Varma and entered the IPL 2025 auction with an INR 45 crore remaining purse.

While they were silent most of the auction given their low purse value, they did manage to get some quality deals. They pulled off one of the biggest heists in the IPL 2025 auction by acquiring English all-rounder Will Jacks for INR 5.25 crore. The MI management also made some more quality overseas additions in Allah Ghazanfar (INR 4.8 crore), Mitchell Santner (INR 2 crore), Reece Topley (75lacs), and Lizaad Williams (75 lacs).

New Zealand pacer Trent Boult was MI’s most-expensive signing at INR 12.5 crore followed by Indian pacer Deepak Chahar at INR 9.25 crore.

Complete Mumbai Indians (MI) Squad and Players List for IPL 2025:

Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Ryan Rickelton, Allah Ghazanfar, Will Jacks, Reece Topley, Ashwani Kumar, Mitchell Santner, Shrijith Krishnan, Raj Angad Bawa, Satyanarayana Raju, Bevan John Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur

Based on the squad assembled above, let’s see how Mumbai Indians might arrange their strongest playing XI for the upcoming IPL 2025 season.

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Strongest Mumbai Indians (MI) Playing XI for IPL 2025:

• Rohit Sharma
• Robin Minz (wk)
• Tilak Varma
• Suryakumar Yadav
• Will Jacks✈️
• Hardik Pandya
• Mitchell Santner✈️
• Deepak Chahar
• Allah Ghazanfar✈️
• Jasprit Bumrah
• Trent Boult✈️

Bench: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Shrijith Krishnan, Naman Dhir, Bevan John Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Satyanarayana Raju, Karn Sharma, Lizaad Williams, Reece Topley, Vignesh Puthur, Raj Angad Bawa, Ashwani Kumar.

Strongest Points:

• MI has a promising LHB-RHB opening combination with Rohit Sharma and Robin Minz expected to lead the batting lineup
• MI bolstered their attacking firepower with the inclusion of power-hitters such as Naman Dhir and Will Jacks
• MI have built a potent pace battery around spearhead Jasprit Bumrah
• With the inclusion of an impact player, MI can utilize up to eight bowling options for versatility.

Weakest Points:

• MI don’t have strong backup options for a few positions
• Relatively new and untested overseas talents

Can Hardik Pandya brush aside horrors of last season?

Hardik Pandya had a difficult time after taking over the captaincy from Rohit Sharma last season. While his own performance wasn’t that great, it didn’t help when he got booed by home fans at Wankhede. To make things worse, MI finished at the bottom of the table.

Given the fact that MI management sees Hardik as the franchise’s future, they have decided to retain him as the leader for the side for the next season. While undoubtedly it’s easier said than done, it remains to be seen if Hardik can brush aside the horrors of the past season and turn around MI’s fortunes in the upcoming season of IPL 2025.

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