Ahead of the , BCCI have announced the retention policy. Each team can retain 5 players. In which three players should be Indian, and 2 players will be from foreign country. 

This will affect the Mumbai Indians combination. they have to make a very tough choice. MI have to choose either Rohit Sharma or , because it is inevitable that they will not release Jasprit Bumrah and Surya Kumar Yadav. 

MI have made Hardik Pandya captain, and Rohit led the team to win 5 IPL trophies, but according to sources. MI is going to pick Hardik Pandya over Rohit Sharma.