Mumbai Indians is currently managed by the Sri Lanka player (Mahela Jayawardene). The franchise will look forward to make some massive changes to the batting line-up and in bowlers. On 27 and 28th January all auction players sold to the franchise. The team of Mumbai Indians retain the most inform batsman after Virat Kohli (Rohit Sharma) before auction.
Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah the rising talent of Indian cricket retain by (MI) before the Auction. The Mumbai Indians spend big budget on all three retain players (US $5.2 million). They still got ($7.4 million) which they will spend in the auction. They have won IPL Championship three times (2013,2015,2017). Hopeful to retain the title once again in season 2018.
| Player | Salary | Country |
| Rohit Sharma | ₹15 crore (US$2.4 million | India |
| Hardik Pandya | ₹11 crore (US$1.7 million) | India |
| Jasprit Bumrah | ₹7 crore (US$1.1 million) | India |
| Kieron Pollard | ₹5.4 crore (US$849,256) | West Indies |
| Mustafizur Rahman | ₹2.2 crore (US$346,000) | Bangladesh |
| Pat Cummins | ₹5.4 crore (US$848,000) | Australia |
| Ishan Kishan | ₹6.2 crore (US$974,000) | India |
| Krunal Pandya | ₹8.8 crore (US$1.4 million) | India |
| Suryakumar Yadav | ₹3.2 crore (US$503,000) | India |
| Akila Dananjaya | ₹50 lakh (US$79,000) | Sri Lanka |
| Tajinder Dhillon | ₹55 lakh (US$86,000) | India |
| Mayank Markande | ₹20 lakh (US$31,000) | India |
| Anukul Roy | ₹20 lakh (US$31,000) | India |
| Aditya Tare | ₹20 lakh (US$31,000) | India |
| Jason Behrendorff | ₹1.5 crore (US$236,000) | Australia |
| Rahul Chahar | ₹1.9 crore (US$298,000) | India |
| Mohsin Khan | ₹20 lakh (US$31,000) | India |
| M. D. Nidheesh | ₹20 lakh (US$31,000) | India |
| Pradeep Sangwan | ₹1.5 crore (US$236,000) | India |
| Suryakumar Yadav | ₹3.2 crore (US$503,000) | India |
| Saurabh Tiwary | ₹20 lakh (US$31,000) | India |
| Sharad Lumba | ₹20 lakh (US$31,000) | India |
| Evin Lewis | ₹3.8 crore (US$597,000) | West Indies |
| JP Duminy | ₹1 crore (US$157,000) | South Africa |