MUMBAI INDIANS (MI)
Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Suryakumar Yadav and Jasprit Bumrah
Rohit Sharma is the captain of the team and has won them their five IPL titles making MI the most successful franchise in the history of IPL thus far. He has been well assisted by Kieron Pollard, who made his IPL debut for MI in 2010 and has led the team as well in Rohit's absence.
Jasprit Bumrah is now the leader of the MI pace attack and along with Rohit and Pollard is almost confirmed to be retained. As for the fourth player, it might be a tossup between the versatile Suryakumar Yadav and explosive Ishan Kishan for the management to decide.
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CHENNAI SUPER KINGS (CSK)
MS Dhoni, Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad
CSK owner N Srinivasan has already confirmed that the first retention for the four-time IPL winners will be their captain MS Dhoni, who is the identity of the franchise since 2008. Their possible next retention could be the brilliant all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who had grown into a megastar in his own rights in the tournament.
Ruturaj Gaikwad gave the results CSK expected after investing in him in IPL 2020 and the first half of the IPL 2021. For the 4th retention, CSK might go with Faf du Plessis over Sam Curran as Du Plessis can still give them 2-3 seasons of experience and may also take over as captain of the team from Dhoni.
