Aswhin labels Quinton de Kock's inclusion in Mumbai Indians as "good move"

Mumbai Indians MI entered the Indian Premier League IPL 2026 auction with an amount of just 275 crore as they retained the bulk of their squadHowever the franchise still managed to buy South Africas Quinton de Kock for Rs 1 croreSpeaking about his inclusion former cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin said that the Mumbaibased franchise may be trying to replicate the squad from the 202 edition of the leagueI think the Quinton de Kock buy was a good move I think the other franchises were sleeping on their haunches and MI snooped it up I think MI are not sure about the Rickelton opening combination I think MI are trying to replicate their IPL 2020 championship squad only Ishan Kishan is not there he said on his YouTube channelApart from de Kock the franchise also tasted success in acquiring the services of Danish Malewar Mohammad Izhar Atharva Ankolekar and Mayank Rawat during the IPL 2026 auctionSpeaking on the new inclusions Ashwin said Mumbai had only 275 crore but it seemed like Rs 27 crore after buying other playersMI had 275 crore but it was as if they had 27 crore because they bought so many players MI already had a winning squad before they went into the IPL auction and now after the auction they look even stronger said the 39yearold cricketerThe upcoming edition of the league is set to kick off from March 26 to May 31 2026 It remains to be seen if defending champions Royal Challengers Bengalurus home base gets a game after a deadly stampede halted all bigticket cricket at the M Chinnaswamy StadiumAs per established norms the Chinnaswamy should host the tournament opener given that the home side RCB won the IPL 2025 title but that is unlikely to be clear till the time the BCCI comes out with the fullscale schedule The venue was witness to chaos and a stampede which left 11 dead after the Bengalurubased franchises trophy celebrations drew lakhs on the streetsMumbai Indians updated squad for IPL 2026Hardik Pandya Rohit Sharma Suryakumar Yadav Tilak Varma Ryan Rickleton Robin Minz Raj Bawa Raghu Sharma Mitchell Santner Corbin Bosch Naman Dhir Jasprit Bumrah Trent Boult Allah Ghafanzar Ashwani Kumar Deepak Chahar Will Jacks Sherfane Rutherford Mayank Markande Shardul Thakur Quinton de Kock Danish Malewar Mohammad Izhar Atharva Ankolekar Mayank RawatWith ANI Inputs