The Australian pacer has been handed the ODI captaincy after former captain Aaron Finch's retirement from the 50-over format and will look to build a formidable team with the ODI World Cup just a year away.
While many teams chose to stick to their core, there are still some big names who were shown the door either because of their form or the team investing more in their future players.
The Chennai franchise had appointed Jadeja as the captain for the 2022 edition, but the player had left the leadership role midway. Dhoni had stepped in as captain for the remainder of the season.
The franchise retained the core of the group but let go of English pacer Chris Jordan who recently won the T20 World cup with England and is considered a death-overs specialist.
The team released the maximum number of players among all the franchises and are left with the smallest purse for the IPL mini-auction scheduled for December 23 at Rs 7.05 crores.
MI has retained most of its core players like Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Jofra Archer and Jasprit Bumrah. Also, with the future in their mind, the side has retained some exciting young talent like Tilak Verma, Tim David, Dewald Brevis and Tristan Stubbs.
The franchise, which has not won an IPL title yet but has reached playoffs for three years consistently, are expected to retain their six overseas players and most of their domestic players