Mumbai Indian player retentions: Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile and James Pattinson released

Find out who is staying and going from the franchise ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League

Mumbai Indians have released four overseas seamers ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League mini draft.

Mitchell McCleneghan, James Pattinson, Lasith Malinga and Nathan Coulter-Nile have not been retained by the five-times winners.

Mumbai will now be able to replace these players in their roster in the upcoming auction.

Three overseas players have been retained: Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard and Chris Lynn.

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— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 20, 2021

Among the other places to be released are Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant and Rai Singh.

There are 18 players in the Mumbai squad as it stands, meaning the franchise can bring in as many as seven further recruits at the auction.

The 2021 IPL is due to take place in April and May.

Squad: Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Mohsin Khan, Saurabh Tiwary, Trent Boult

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