2018 IPL Auction: How defending champions Mumbai Indians may spend

NEW DELHI: Ahead of this weekend’s 2018 IPL player auction in Bengaluru, at which 578 players will go under the hammer for 182 open slots for the league’s 11th season, here’s a look at how defending champions Mumbai Indians are stacked up and what kind of players they may want to acquire.



Money to spend: Rs 47 crore

RTM cards: 2

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Who they have:
Batsman: Rohit Sharma
Allrounder: Hardik Pandya
Fast bowler: Jasprit Bumrah

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What they need: A wicketkeeper-batsman, two openers, middle-order options, another couple of allrounders, an Indian spinner and more fast bowlers. They are likely to use their Right-to-Match (RTM) cards of re-purchase Keiron Pollard and Jos Buttler, and bid hard for the allrounder Krunal Pandya who was Man of the Match in last season’s semi-final and final.

Possible targets: Quinton de Kock (base price Rs 2 crore), Jos Buttler (base price 1.5 crore), Sanju Samson (base price Rs 1 crore), Prashant Chopra (base price Rs 10 lakh), Alex Carey (base price Rs 30 lakh), Glenn Phillips (base price Rs 50 lakh), Kieron Pollard (base price Rs 2 crore), Colin de Grandhomme (base price Rs 75 lakh), Colin Munro (base price Rs 75 lakh), Chris Woakes (base price Rs 2 crore), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (base price Rs 20 lakh), Krunal Pandya (base price Rs 40 lakh), D’Arcy Short (base price Rs 20 lakh), Shivam Mavi (base price Rs 20 lakh), Mayank Agarwal (base price Rs 20 lakh), Ishan Kishan (base price Rs 40 lakh), Mitchell Starc (base price Rs 2 crore), Yuzvendra Chahal (base price Rs 2 crore), Siddharth Kaul (base price Rs 30 lakh), Navdeep Saini (base price Rs 20 lakh), Jaydev Unadkat (base price Rs 1.5 crore), Lockie Ferguson (base price Rs 75 lakh), Andrew Tye (base price Rs 1 crore).