MUMBAI: The Mukesh Ambani owned IPL franchise Mumbai Indians has added five cricketers - Apoorva Wankhede, Sujit Nayak, Rahul Shukla, Kuldeep Yadav and Sushant Marathe - to their list of players for the fifth season which starts on 4 April.

Shukla returns to Mumbai Indians after being part of the squad for IPL 2010, while the other four have been picked up by the franchise for the first time.

Earlier during the transfer window, the franchise brought in wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik and left arm spinner Pragyan Ojha. During the auction it bought Herschelle Gibbs, Mitchell Johnson, Robin Peterson, RP Singh and Thisara Perera.