'Kya mazak hai yeh' - Fans react as Mumbai Indians post cryptic message on Instagram ft. Jasprit Bumrah

India all-rounder Jasprit Bumrah has been retained by the Mumbai Indians ahead of the IPL 2024 player retention that will take place on December 19.

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Five-time IPL winners Mumbai Indians have posted a photo of Jasprit Bumrah with one side being lit up by Blue lighting. In the below, it was written "Silence is sometimes the best answer". Notably, a few days back, Bumrah posted something as same as on social media. Also, the fans pointed out that he has unfollowed MI on Instagram.

Notably, the right-arm pacer never followed the franchise's Instagram handle. Meanwhile, this Instagram post by the former IPL has been going viral on Twitter.

Jasprit Bumrah retained by Mumbai Indians ahead of player auction

Meanwhile, the India player has been part of the Blue Brigade since the 2013 edition. That was the first time the team won the IPL trophy. Before this, the team had won the now-defunct Champions League T20 2011. Since 2013, the team has battled three mega auctions in 2014, 2018, and 2022. At all costs, they have managed to retain Bumrah. The same is the case this time around although the upcoming auction will be a mini one.

Talking about the players retained, the likes of uncapped Indian players such as Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Shams Mulani, and Vishnu Vinod have been retained. Talking about the capped Indian players, the likes of Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Suryakumar Yadav have been retained.

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Retained Players: Akash Madhwal, ArjunΒ  Tendulkar, Hardik Pandya (T), Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd (T), Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod

Released Players:Β Chris Jordan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jhye Richardson, Jofra Archer, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Ramandeep Singh, Roley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier, Tristan Stubbs

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