Mahela Jayawardene is back as the Head Coach of Mumbai Indians. Here, we take a look at the list of three bold retention calls Mahela Jayawardene could take for Mumbai Indians before IPL 2025.
1) Release Rohit Sharma
If Mumbai Indians have Mahela back at the helm, they will surely give him a few years to work on the squad and deliver trophies. Surely, the focus will be on the future.
Hence, MI could take the tough call of releasing Rohit Sharma, who has not been at his best in the IPL. He is also not the skipper right now. MI could instead target a younger opener who could get some experience now and become a consistent player in the future.
2) Make use of all six retention slots before the auctions
Making use of all the six retention slots before the auctions is one of the bold retention calls Mahela Jayawardene could take for Mumbai Indians before IPL 2025. Teams will have to shell out more than INR 75 Crores if they have to make use of all their six retention slots before the auctions.
However, Mumbai Indians have a plethora of galacticos and if there is one side that can take this risk, that will MI. Hence, Mahela could consider retaining five top-capped cricketers and one uncapped cricketer. At the auctions, they will then have only specific targets to focus on.
3) Retain Anshul Kamboj as the uncapped player
Everyone is talking about Nehal Wadhera as the uncapped option for MI. However, it needs to be noted that he hardly played last season. If Tilak Varma is getting retained, it might not be a wise approach to also retain Nehal.
Instead, Anshul Kamboj is an interesting choice to retain. He is a rising pacer and with some India A tournaments happening soon, his price at the auctions could increase. MI could consider retaining his services and groom him as Bumrah’s partner.
