IPL News: There is excitement among the fans about the mega auction of IPL. Mumbai Indians have never released some players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma and Ricky Ponting. All these players have been important parts of the team.
By Kushagra Valuskar
Publish Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 05:19:32 PM (IST)
Updated Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 05:27:06 PM (IST)
HighLights
- Harbhajan Singh has captained 30 matches.
- Sachin Tendulkar was the captain from 2008-11.
- Surya Kumar Yadav has taken the captaincy in 1 match.
Sports Desk, Indore. IPL News: Cricket fans are very excited about the mega action of IPL 2025. This year’s auction is going to be quite different. Many big players may break ties with their old teams. Before the mega auction, discussions are going on about the players to be retained and released by all the teams. Although no announcement has been made by the franchises regarding this, but this issue is definitely heated.
There are many players in IPL history who were never released by their franchise. Today we are going to tell about those three players who were not released by Mumbai Indians.
Sachin Tendulkar
The first name in this list is that of Sachin Tendulkar. He captained Mumbai Indians in the first season of IPL. Tendulkar captained 55 matches in the IPL from 2008 to 2011, winning 32 and losing 23. He played his last match in the tournament in 2013. Mumbai Indians did not release him even once.
ricky ponting
Australia’s legendary player Ricky Ponting joined Mumbai Indians in 2013. In the same season, he was given the captaincy of the team, but after the poor performance of the team in the first 6 matches, Ponting left the captaincy. He then retired after the season ended. Thus, he was never released by MI.
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma became a part of Mumbai Indians in 2011. He was made the captain of the team in 2013. As a captain, Rohit has been the most successful captain of MI. Under his captaincy the team has become champion five times. However, in the last season, Hardik Pandya was given the captaincy of the team. From 2011 to 2024 IPL, Mumbai has never released Rohit Sharma.