2026 Mumbai Indians season

The 2026 Indian Premier League is the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 (T20) cricket league, organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).^[1] Mumbai Indians are the joint-most successful franchise with 5 title wins. The tournament features ten teams competing in 74 matches from 28 March to 31 May 2026 with Mumbai playing all their home matches at Wankhede Stadium.

Franchises were allowed to retain any number of players from their squad, including traded players while excluding players signed as temporary replacements. Franchises were required to submit their retention lists before 15 November 2025. Mumbai retained twenty players and released eight players.

Released players^[2]

• Arjun Tendulkar
• Bevon Jacobs
• Karn Sharma
• Lizaad Williams
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman
• Reece Topley
• Krishnan Shrijith
• Satyanarayana Raju
• Vignesh Puthur

The mini-auction took place on 16 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.^[3] Mumbai entered with a purse of ₹2.75 crores (US$300,000), with 5 slots to fill (including 1 overseas slot).^[4] For this edition, the most expensive player purchased by the team was Quinton de Kock for a salary of ₹1 crore (US$110,000). The team filled its remaining slots with a remaining purse of ₹55 lakh (US$60,000).^[5]