MI IPL 2026 Retentions: Top 3 Players to Keep for a Strong Bowling Core ft. Bumrah

Mumbai Indians seem focused on building strong bowling depth and might even keep around 14 bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah is still the main leader of the attack, with Trent Boult, Hardik Pandya, Mitchell Santner, and Deepak Chahar adding solid experience around him.

Emerging talents will also be given support. Allah Ghazanfar, Arjun Tendulkar and Raj Bawa should be in MI's long-term plans. For MI's strategy, going into the Trade Window looking for finishing touches is the way to go rather than overhauls.

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Jasprit Bumrah Bowler

Jasprit Bumrah, a fast bowler for India, is known for his achievements in international cricket.

Jasprit Bumrah

Jasprit Bumrah is a vital element of Mumbai Indians' bowling lineup and perhaps the best T20 bowler in the world. He picks wickets in the powerplay, controls the middle overs, and finishes the run chase with his accurate yorkers. Bumrah’s composure under pressure, experience, and consistency are attributes MI simply cannot replace. Bumrah also mentors the younger players in the team. He is indeed the heart of MI’s bowling unit, and keeping him is essential to MI’s success.

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Trent Boult Bowler

Trent Boult, a New Zealand cricketer, is known for his left-arm fast-medium bowling style and his right-handed bat.

Trent Boult 

MI's Trent Boult is an invaluable player due to his constant ability to strike in the powerplay. MI obviously thought he was worth keeping at the price of INR 12.5 crore before IPL 2025. Trent proved MI right with an excellent 2023 season, taking 22 wickets in 16 games, including an important four wickets in one game. Boult adds immense value to MI's new-ball partnership with Jasprit Bumrah, making it one of the toughest in the league, and he remains the core of MI's ability to swing the ball in their bowling attack.

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Mitchell Santner Allrounder

Mitchell Santner, a New Zealand cricketer, has made his international debut in 2015.

Mitchell Santner 

Mitchell Santner is a clever pick for MI as he will provide great balance being a good tight left-arm spinner and a useful lower order batter. MI bought him for ₹ 2 crore in IPL 2025 and he was worth looking at, even in the match against Delhi Capitals where he took 3 wickets for just 11 runs. In the other 12 games, Santner displayed crafty bowling through the middle overs, particularly being economical whilst getting his wickets. With the bat, Santner dug MI out of tough positions on the odd occasion, and even frame to frame displayed course-awareness as a lower order batter. Overall, he is a valuable overseas all-rounder delivering in several phases of the game and all not much.

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by K D Mishra November 8, 2025