Ahead of the IPL, BCCI have announced the retention policy. Each team can retain 5 players. In which three players should be Indian, and 2 players will be from foreign country. 

This will affect the Mumbai Indians combination. they have to make a very tough choice. MI have to choose either Rohit Sharma or Hardik Pandya, because it is inevitable that they will not release Jasprit Bumrah and Surya Kumar Yadav. 

MI have made Hardik Pandya captain, and Rohit led the team to win 5 IPL trophies, but according to sources. MI is going to pick Hardik Pandya over Rohit Sharma.