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Why Mumbai Indians Will Not Be Able To Retain Jonny Bairstow Ahead of IPL 2026

Vishnu PN

Jonny Bairstow played two games for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2025.

England’s Jonny Bairstow played a couple of games for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025. He was named as a replacement for fellow countryman Will Jacks, who missed the IPL playoffs because of England commitments. Jacks played in the limited-overs series against the West Indies in June.

Meanwhile, Bairstow played both the Eliminator against the Gujarat Titans (GT) as well as the Qualifier 2 match against the Punjab Kings (PBKS). Unfortunately, the five-time champions lost the second game.

Result – t20 – Afghanistan
Afghanistan National T20, 2025
Maiwand Champions MDS

163/8

Pamir Legends PAL

167/7

Pamir Legends beat Maiwand Champions by 3 wickets

Result – t20 – Afghanistan
Afghanistan National T20, 2025
Hindukush Strikers HS

148/6

Mahipar Stars MPS

144/10

Hindukush Strikers won by 4 wickets

Upcoming – test – Saint George’s
Australia tour of West Indies, Test, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 07:30 PM IST
West Indies WI

Australia AUS

Result – oneday – Colombo
Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2025
Sri Lanka SL

244/10

Bangladesh BAN

167/10

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 77 runs

Result – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
BCC Spartan BSP

142/4

CC Yullis-MU Trakia CCYMT

127/5

BCC Spartan beat CC Yullis-MU Trakia by 15 runs

Result – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
MUS Akademik Ravens MAR

149/3

Sofia Stars SOST

154/2

Sofia Stars beat MUS Akademik Ravens by 8 wickets

Result – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
CC Yullis-MU Trakia CCYMT

120/7

Sofia Stars SOST

122/1

Sofia Stars beat CC Yullis-MU Trakia by 9 wickets

Result – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
CC Yullis-MU Trakia CCYMT

119/2

MUS Akademik Ravens MAR

123/3

MUS Akademik Ravens beat CC Yullis-MU Trakia by 7 wickets

Result – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
Sofia Stars SOST

101/2

BCC Spartan BSP

99/7

Sofia Stars beat BCC Spartan by 8 wickets

Upcoming – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 11:15 AM IST
BSCU All Stars BSAS

Sofia Stars SOST

Upcoming – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 01:15 PM IST
BSCU - MU Plovdiv BMP

BCC Spartan BSP

Upcoming – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 03:15 PM IST
BCC Spartan BSP

Sofia Stars SOST

Upcoming – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 05:15 PM IST
BSCU - MU Plovdiv BMP

BSCU All Stars BSAS

Upcoming – t10 – Sofia
ECS Bulgaria T10, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 07:15 PM IST
BCC Spartan BSP

BSCU All Stars BSAS

Result – oneday – United Kingdom
India Under 19 tour of England, 2025
England U19 ENGU19

268/6

India U19 INDU19

274/6

India U19 beat England U19 by 4 wickets

Live – test – United Kingdom
India tour of England, Test, 2025
England ENG

India IND

310/5

Abandoned – t20 – Singapore
Indonesia Women tour of Singapore, 2025
Singapore Womens SIN-W

31/4

Indonesia Women INA-W

Match Abandoned

Upcoming – t20 – Singapore
Indonesia Women tour of Singapore, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 07:00 AM IST
Singapore Womens SIN-W

Indonesia Women INA-W

Result – t20 – Magheramason
Ireland Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy, 2025
Munster Reds MUR

170/6

Northern Knights (Ireland) NK

152/1

Northern Knights beat Munster Reds by 72 runs (DLS method)

Result – t20 – Magheramason
Ireland Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy, 2025
North West Warriors NWW

114/10

Leinster Lightning LLG

193/5

Leinster Lightning beat North West Warriors by 79 runs

Upcoming – t20 – Magheramason
Ireland Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 03:15 PM IST
Leinster Lightning LLG

Munster Reds MUR

Upcoming – t20 – Magheramason
Ireland Inter-Provincial T20 Trophy, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 08:15 PM IST
North West Warriors NWW

Northern Knights (Ireland) NK

Result – t20 – Kuwait City
KCC T20 Challengers B League Edition 3, 2025
Phoenix Cricketers PCR

146/7

Thunder Cats B THUB

140/9

Upcoming – t20 – Kuwait City
KCC T20 Challengers B League Edition 3, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 10:00 PM IST
Lexus LEX

Team TGS TGS

Upcoming – t20 – Lauderhill
Major League Cricket, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 04:30 AM IST
Texas Super Kings TSKS

Washington Freedom WAF

Upcoming – t20 – Lauderhill
Major League Cricket, 2025
04 Jul 2025, 04:30 AM IST
Los Angeles Knight Riders LAKR

MI New York MINY

Upcoming – t20 – United Kingdom
New Zealand A Women tour of England, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 07:00 PM IST
England Women A ENGA-W

New Zealand Women A NZA-W

Result – t10 – Gros Islet
St.Lucia T10 Blast, 2025
Piton Strikers PTS

111/8

Calabash Giants CBG

122/5

Calabash Giants beat Piton Strikers by 11 runs

Result – t10 – Gros Islet
St.Lucia T10 Blast, 2025
Whiptail Smashers WTS

91/9

Amazonian Warriors AMW

94/5

Upcoming – t10 – Gros Islet
St.Lucia T10 Blast, 2025
03 Jul 2025, 09:30 PM IST
Iyanola Heritage IYH

Calabash Giants CBG

Upcoming – t10 – Gros Islet
St.Lucia T10 Blast, 2025
04 Jul 2025, 12:00 AM IST
Piton Strikers PTS

Amazonian Warriors AMW

Result – t20 – Dindigul
Tamil Nadu Premier League, 2025
Dindigul Dragons DID

143/4

Trichy Grand Cholas TGC

140/9

Dindigul Dragons beat Trichy Grand Cholas by 6 wickets

Against GT, Bairstow scored 47 runs from 22 balls and was involved in an 81-run partnership with Rohit Sharma for the first wicket. In the Qualifier 2 match against the finalists, the 35-year-old scored 38 runs from 22 balls. However, the veteran cricketer’s efforts in that match went in vain as Punjab Kings clinched a five-wicket win.

Despite performing well, Bairstow, however, cannot be retained by MI ahead of the IPL 2026 auction. Let’s understand why.

Why Mumbai Indians cannot retain Jonny Bairstow for IPL 2026

Jonny Bairstow joined the Mumbai Indians only as a temporary replacement for Will Jacks in IPL 2025. This was confirmed on May 20, after the season resumed post a one-week suspension due to the political tensions between India and Pakistan at that time.

Several overseas players, including Mitchell Starc and Jake Fraser-McGurk, had opted out of the remainder of the tournament ahead of IPL 2025’s resumption because of reasons varying from personal reasons to international commitments. This led to the BCCI introducing the temporary replacement rule.

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This meant that IPL franchises could replace an unavailable player with another player who was available. However, unlike the normal replacements, the temporary replacement players will go to the auction pool for IPL 2026.

“Given the non-availability of certain foreign players due to national commitments or personal reasons or any injury or illness, Temporary Replacement Players will be allowed until the conclusion of this tournament,” the IPL had stated in May.

“This decision is subject to the condition that the Temporary Replacement players taken from this point forward will not be eligible for retention in the following year. Temporary Replacement players will have to register for the IPL Player Auction 2026,” added the IPL in their memo.

Jonny Bairstow’s IPL career

Jonny Bairstow has played for several teams in the IPL, including Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Overall, he has played 52 IPL games and has scored 1,674 runs at a strike-rate of 146.07. He has scored nine fifties and two centuries.

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