5 most expensive buys in Mumbai Indians’ history

#4 Lasith Malinga – Rs 7.5 crores

Lasith Malinga has been one of the devastating bowlers in IPL history

Malinga has been with Mumbai Indians since the first season. The team has retained him year after year and he has retained their faith in him by standing as the highest wicket-taker in IPL overall. Malinga’s salary in IPL 2016 is 8.1 crore rupees, almost at par with Harbhajan Singh, although the purse deduction is 75 million rupees. He will not really participate in this season because of an injury.

Interestingly, the Sri Lankan pacer was worth just $350,000 when MI bought him in 2008. Malinga’s value touched a peak at 9.5 crore rupees when he was retained by Mumbai Indians in 2014 alongside Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Ambati Rayudu and Harbhajan Singh. Malinga is currently the league’s highest wicket-taker by a massive margin. He has 143 wickets with Amit Mishra second at 116. Malinga also boasts of an average of 17.8 and an unbelievable economy of 6.67.