Mumbai Indians head coach Mark Boucher was impressed with the team’s run at the IPL 2024 auction and said that everything mostly went as per plan. The five-time champions finally got it right at the auction after messing up in the IPL 2022 and 2023 auctions.
MI coach credits team owner for ‘genius selections’ at IPL 2024 auction
In a video uploaded by MI on X, Boucher said that the team had made 98% of the picks they had originally planned. Interestingly, the former Proteas star also credited MI owner Akash Ambani for making some ‘genius selections’ at the auction table.
“Really happy with the overseas pacers we have gotten,” Mark Boucher had said after the IPL 2024 auction, adding that the team got most of their major targets.
“We were surprised that we got both of them at a very cheap price. We are really happy with the two international picks we have gotten so far,” Boucher added.
Mumbai Indians Full Squad
Auction Picks: Gerald Coetzee (Rs 5 Cr), Nuwan Thushara (Rs 4.8 Cr), Dilshan Madushanka (Rs 4.6 Cr), Anshul Kamboj (Rs 20 lakh), Naman Dhir (Rs 20 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 20 lakh), Mohammad Nabi (Rs 1.5 crore), Shivalik Sharma (Rs 20 Lakh)
Retained players: Rohit Sharma (Rs 16 Cr), Dewald Brevis (Rs 3 Cr), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 8 Cr), Ishan Kishan (Rs 15.25 Cr), Tilak Varma (Rs 1.7 Cr), Vishnu Vinod (Rs 20 Lakh), Arjun Tendulkar (Rs 30 lakh), Shams Mulani (Rs 20 lakh), Nehal Wadhera (Rs 20 Lakh), Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 12 Cr), Kumar Kartikeya (Rs 20 lakh), Piyush Chawla (Rs 50 lakh), Akash Madhwal (Rs 20 lakh), Jason Behrendorff (Rs 75 lakh), Hardik Pandya (Rs 15 Cr), Romario Shepherd (Rs 50 Lakh)
