AI-predicted IPL 2025 squad for MI ft. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ravichandran Ashwin
IPL 2025 Mega Auction will begin this Sunday in Jeddah. All eyes will be on five-time champions Mumbai Indians, who retained five elite Indian cricketers ahead of the auction.
MI retained Hardik Pandya as their captain for the new season. Along with Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, and Tilak Varma will also continue to don the blue and gold jersey in IPL 2025. The Mumbai-based franchise will enter the mega auction with a purse value of ₹45 crore and one uncapped RTM option available.
Experts across the globe have been sharing their IPL 2025 auction predictions, and here's how MI squad will look like after the mega auction as per Meta AI.
Batters - Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Vishal Vijay, Aryan Juyal (wk) and Nehal Wadhera (RTM)
Meta AI has predicted that Mumbai Indians will go hard for Ishan Kishan at the IPL 2025 Mega Auction. As per the AI tool, MI may re-sign Kishan and also add Jonny Bairstow and Aryan Juyal as two other wicketkeeping options.
MI have a habit of backing uncapped players. As per the AI tool, the Mumbai-based franchise will sign Anmolpreet Singh and Vishal Vijay and use the RTM for Nehal Wadhera in the uncapped category.
From the overseas section, the AI tool picked a couple of English batters for the Mumbai Indians. Hard-hitting batters Harry Brook and Jonny Bairstow complete the batting department.
All-rounders - Hardik Pandya (c), Duan Jansen, Odean Smith, Krunal Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Atharva Ankolekar and Shams Mulani
Captain Hardik Pandya will once again be the main all-rounder for the Mumbai Indians. Meta AI expects MI to rope in two overseas pace-bowling all-rounders in Duan Jansen and Odean Smith.
Besides, the AI tool also expects the reunion of Pandya brothers at MI, with Krunal predicted to join Hardik. Senior Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin will also head to Mumbai as per Meta AI. Uncapped all-rounders Atharva Ankolekar and Shams Mulani will provide depth to the MI team.
Bowlers - Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Adil Rashid, Rahul Chahar, Mohit Avasthi, Raghav Goyal, Jasprit Bumrah and Sandeep Warrier
The MI squad completes with two seasoned Indian pace bowlers in Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Meta AI expects Kumar to find a new home at MI this season, while the AI tool thinks leg-spinner Rahul Chahar will return home to MI in IPL 2025.
Mohit Avasthi, Raghav Goyal, and Sandeep Warrier could be the backup bowling options for MI as per Meta AI. The tool also predicted that veteran English leg-spinner Adil Rashid will head to the Hardik Pandya-led outfit at the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Meta AI predicted MI squad for IPL 2025 Mega Auction
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan (wk), Harry Brook, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Anmolpreet Singh, Vishal Vijay, Aryan Juyal (wk), Nehal Wadhera (RTM), Hardik Pandya (c), Duan Jansen, Odean Smith, Krunal Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Atharva Ankolekar, Shams Mulani, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Adil Rashid, Rahul Chahar, Mohit Avasthi, Raghav Goyal, Jasprit Bumrah, and Sandeep Warrier.