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While Trent Boult was signed for Rs 12.50 crore, the Mumbai-based franchise spent an amount of Rs 9.25 crore to land Deepak Chahar.
(From left) Trent Boult, Jasprit Bumrah and Deepak Chahar (Pic Credit: IG/mumbaiindians)
Mumbai Indians’ have assembled a lethal pace attack at the two-day IPL 2025 auction held in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). The five-time IPL champions had already retained their star pacer Jasprit Bumrah ahead of the auction.
At the mega auction, MI decided to acquire the services of two other quality fast bowlers – Trent Boult and Deepak Chahar. While Boult was signed for Rs 12.50 crore, the Mumbai-based franchise spent Rs 9.25 crore to land Chahar.
Reacting to the post, one social media user commented, “Swing & Wankhade. Better love story than twilight.”
This fan said that MI’s post reminded him of the Real Madrid team, comprising Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale.
“Bale Benzema Cristiano vibes,” read the reaction.
Following his signing, Chahar said he’s pleased to join the franchise.
“I’m quite happy. I had hoped to continue with CSK, but no regrets. Now, I’ll be playing for another great franchise which has won 5 IPL trophies. I’ll obviously miss playing with MS Dhoni. Mumbai Indians is a great franchise, so I’m really looking forward to playing for them,” the 32-year-old said.
“After the last IPL season, I went to the UK for training. I was training with a big football club there. Then, I came back and played five Ranji Trophy matches, bowling about 150 overs. Now, I’m playing in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. So, I’ve been playing cricket regularly since the past six months, and I’ve been training well. My main goal is to play for India again, so I need to play all the 14 matches, play at my full potential, and then hopefully I can make a comeback for team India,” he added.
MI signed a total of 18 players at the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Will Jacks and Mitchell Santner are some of their prominent overseas signings this time. They retained five players for Rs 75 crore and entered the mega auction with a purse of Rs 45 crore.
