Former Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra believes that the 5-time Indian Premier League (IPL) winners Mumbai Indians (MI) will do their level best to get back Ishan Kishan in the upcoming IPL 2022 mega auction to be held on February 12 and 13 in Bengaluru.

Chopra said on Star Sports show ‘Game Plan IPL Auction Special’: “MI will do their level best to get back Ishan Kishan and that will come at a cost but yes they might have to look at a different formula for success as compared to what has worked so far.”

The cricket analyst went on to say that the MI will need to find a new formula for success in the upcoming IPL 2022, especially now that their all-rounder, Hardik Pandya, has moved to Ahmedabad.

He also feels MI will go for Quinton de Kock, Krunal Pandya, and Kishan in the IPL 2022 auction. Ishan Kishan has listed his base price at Rs 2 crores.

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He explained, “It will be very difficult because there is no right-to-match cards, to begin with, and secondly, their whole success formula that they eventually found was about two skilled players — they had Hardik, Krunal and Pollard one after the other and that provided them with a lot of depth. Their wicketkeeper was always a phenomenal batter, when you look at Quinton de Kock or Ishan Kishan — is it possible to now get all of them together; it’s almost next to impossible.”

Chopra signed off by saying. “There is one thing that I think a record might just change that — in auctions, they rarely spend more than 10 crores on a player, I don’t recall too many instances when they have gone ahead and broken their bank. This time at least for one if not two, they’ll be getting close to that 10-crore mark.”

Notably, MI retained Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, and Suryakumar Yadav ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction.

(With IANS Inputs)