Bengaluru: Legspinner Karn Sharma was Mumbai Indians' (MI) costliest buy at this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) Players Auction today (February 20).
MI will go into IPL 2017 with 27 players. They also bought back Australian paceman Mitchell Johnson, for Rs 2 crore. (Final list of players sold)
Here is the final squad of Mumbai Indians (MI) after the auction
Squad strength: 27 (Overseas players - 9); Funds remaining: Rs 3.35 crore out of Rs 66 crore
1. Kieron Pollard (West Indies) - Rs 9.5 crore
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Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) - Rs 7.5 crore
3. Lendl Simmons (West Indies) - Rs 55 lakh
4. Mitchell McClenaghan (New Zealand) - Rs 30 lakh
5. Jos Buttler (England) - Rs 3.8 crore
6. Tim Southee (New Zealand) - Rs 2.5 crore
7. Rohit Sharma - Rs 12.5 crore
8. Harbhajan Singh - Rs 5.5 crore
9. Ambati Rayudu - Rs 4 crore
10. Jasprit Bumrah - Rs 1.2
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11. Shreyas Gopal - Rs 10 lakh
12. R Vinay Kumar - Rs 2.9 crore
13. Parthiv Patel - Rs 1.4 crore
14. Nitish Rana - Rs 10 lakh
15. Siddhesh Dinesh Lad - Rs 10 lakh
16. J Suchith - Rs 10 lakh
17. Hardik Pandya - Rs 10 lakh
18. Jitesh Sharma - Rs 10 lakh
19. Krunal Pandya - Rs 2 crore
20. Deepak Punia - Rs 10 lakh
All the above were retained from last year
The following were bought at today's auction
21. Mitchell Johnson (Australia) - Rs 2 crore
22. Nicolas Pooran (West Indies) - Rs 30 lakh
23. Asela Gunaratne (Sri Lanka) - Rs 30 lakh
24. Karn Sharma - Rs 3.2 crore
25. Krishnappa Gowtham - Rs 2 crore
26. Saurabh Tiwary - Rs 30 lakh
27. Kulwant Khejroliya - Rs 10 lakh
Note: As per IPL rules, a franchise can have a maximum of 27 players in the squad with 9 overseas cricketers