Mumbai Indians need a replacement for Pollard, and back-ups for Bumrah and Archer
But do they have the money to pursue big names like Curran or Stokes?
After releasing as many as 13 players last month, Mumbai would be eager to put together an all-round squad after not making the playoffs in the last two seasons. They have good options in top-order batters and finishers, but need to pick up a few players to round off their bowling attack, in both the spin and pace departments.
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Mumbai can spend up to INR 20.55 crore (USD 2.4 million approx.) for a total of nine slots remaining in the squad, of which at most three can be overseas.
For the fast-bowling allrounder's slot, Mumbai could bag one of the big names like Ben Stokes, Cameron Green or Sam Curran to make up for Pollard's absence.
Vishal Dikshit is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo