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Mumbai Indians are in a bad situation after releasing Ishan Kishan, due to this they will not be able to use RTM – Hindustan News Hub

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Mumbai Indians will not be able to use RTM for Ishan Kishan in the IPL 2025 Mega Player Auction.

Preparations have already started for the 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL to be played in the year 2025, in which all the 10 franchises have announced the names of their retained players for the mega player auction to be held before this season. Has announced. All the fans were eagerly waiting for this, in which many shocking decisions were also seen. Mumbai Indians have retained a total of 5 players, which does not include the name of Ishan Kishan, who has been a very important part of the franchise till now. Now Ishaan will be a part of the Mega Player Auction where all the other teams will definitely show their interest in taking him, however, in this situation, Mumbai Indians will no longer be able to use the Right to Match Card i.e. RTM regarding Ishaan.

Mumbai has RTM option but will not be able to use it regarding Ishan Kishan

The total 5 players retained by Mumbai Indians include Jasprit Bumrah for Rs 18 crore, Suryakumar Yadav for Rs 16.35 crore, Hardik Pandya for Rs 16.35 crore, Rohit Sharma for Rs 16.30 crore and Tilak Verma for Rs 8 crore. . Mumbai Indians have not retained only Ishan Kishan in their team among the big names of international players of the Indian team. Mumbai Indians will have the option to use the RTM card in the Mega Player Auction but they will not be able to use it for Ishan Kishan. The biggest reason behind this is the rules issued by the IPL Governing Council regarding player retention.

Actually, a team could retain a maximum of 6 players before the mega auction which also included the Right to Match card. However, out of these 6 players, only 5 capped players could be retained and maximum 2 uncapped players. Now, with Mumbai Indians having already retained 5 capped players, they will not have the option of using the RTM card to include Ishan Kishan back into their team at the time of the auction. However, Mumbai can use this RTM for any of its uncapped players, in which Anshul Kamboj and Nehal Vadhera can be a better option for them.

Mumbai has only Rs 45 crore left at the time of auction.

Ahead of the IPL Mega Player Auction, Mumbai Indians spent a total of Rs 75 crore from their purse of Rs 120 crore to retain 5 players. In such a situation, he has only Rs 45 crore left to build the rest of the team at the time of auction. Due to this, it will not be an easy task for them to include more big players in their team.

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