Eleven of the 12 players who represented T20 Mumbai were confirmed for next year’s IPL.
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Eight players who have been picked or played for T20 Mumbai have been retained while three others were traded by teams in the Indian Premier League ahead of the auction next month.
Making the retentions were Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer for Delhi Capitals, Sarfaraz Khan for Kings XI Punjab, Aditya Tare, Rohit Sharma and Suryakumar Yadav for Mumbai Indians, Shashank Singh for Rajasthan Royals and Shivam Dube for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Happy to be retained by #RoyalChallengeBangalore for #IPL2020. Looking forward to #PlayBold. #RCB #IPL pic.twitter.com/XOjeKEhI5u
— Shivam Dube (@IamShivamDube) November 15, 2019
Trades included Ajinkya Rahane moving from Royals, where he earned the most caps for the team with 100 matches under his belt, to Delhi, Siddhesh Lad heading from Mumbai to Kolkata and Dhawal Kulkarni jumping ship from Rajasthan to MI.
मुंबईचा मुलगा back in Mumbai!
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 15, 2019
Welcome back, @dhawal_kulkarni 🏠💙#OneFamily #CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/sWYM2nKRaC
Lad played his first IPL match last season, hitting a six off the first ball he faced, after spending five seasons with the team.
Thank You Mumbai Indians Family for the wonderful 5 years .
— Siddhesh lad (@siddhesshlad) November 15, 2019
Its been a pleasure . Absolutely stoked to join KKR . Cant wait !! #KKR #iplt20 #MumbaiIndians
Rajasthan Royals' Shubham Ranjane was the only T20 Mumbai player to be released.
The moves mean that from last season 11 of the 12 players from Mumbai will play in the IPL as of now.
Those released are likely to be added in the players' list in the auction that will be held next month.