Sachin Tendulkar excited to have Yuvraj Singh and Lasith Malinga at Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians made the biggest steal of the tournament after they brought Yuvraj Singh for his base price at the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 auction in Jaipur on Tuesday. Yuvraj who went unsold in the first round was brought for Rs 1 crore in the second round.

The franchise also brought back Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga at his base price of Rs 2 crore. After going unsold in previous IPL auction, he had joined the franchise as a bowling mentor but is now back as a player.

Yuvraj went on to twitter to show how elated he was to join the MI paltan. 

I am glad to be part of the @mipaltan family, looking forward for the season to begin. See u soon @ImRo45 

— yuvraj singh (@YUVSTRONG12) December 18, 2018

With the two major signings by MI, team's icon master blaster Sachin Tendulkar said that he was glad to have Yuvraj Singh and Lasith Malinga in the team.

A perfect mix of experience and youth picked up at the #IPLAuction by @mipaltan!
Glad to have Lasith Malinga and @yuvstrong12 in the MI team along with the likes of @sranbarinder, Anmolpreet Singh, Pankaj Jaswal & Rasikh Dar. #CricketMeriJaan pic.twitter.com/m0NAarb9kc

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) December 19, 2018

The Men in Blue In total bought six players in the auction – uncapped Anmolpreet Singh, Pankaj Jaiswal and Rasikh Dar also joined the team along with Barinder Sran, who made his India debut in 2016.

The Rohit Sharma-led side went into the auction with a purse of Rs 20.95 Crore and had released likes of Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya, Saurabh Tiwary, Tajinder Singh, Mohsin Khan, Pradeep Sangwan, Pat Cummins, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba and JP Duminy.

Squad: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Evin Lewis, Quinton de Kock, Lasith Malinga, Anmolpreet Singh, Barinder Sran, Pankaj Jaiswal, Rasikh Dar, Yuvraj Singh.