Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene announced that senior players Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Suryakumar Yadav led discussions on the team’s future direction. On IPL 2025 retentions day, MI confirmed the retention of their core quartet—Bumrah, Suryakumar, captain Pandya, and Rohit—along with promising young left-handed batter Tilak Varma.