With yet another season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the horizon, all 10 franchises have announced the list of players retained and released ahead of the auction. The high-profile auction will take place on December 19th in Dubai; however, the focus currently is on release and retained list.
Over 50 players have been released ahead of the high-octane event on December 19th, but some of the calls have come as a surprise, while most were inevitable based on the rumours leading up to it.
In a massive development, MS Dhoni will return for another season of the IPL after widespread speculation over the 2023 edition being his list. Ben Stokes is a high-profile release from the defending champions' squad after he pulled out of the auction, citing workload management. Hence, it has freed the franchise of INR 16.25 crore.
In another stunning piece of news, Hardik Pandya has been retained by the Gujarat Titans for now after rumours floating around of the all-rounder leaving them to join Mumbai Indians. However, a couple of hours later it emerged that a deal had been signed with Mumbai Indians for a trade.
Below are the release and retained list of all 10 IPL franchises ahead of the auction:
Chennai Super Kings retained players: MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Devon Conway, Maheesh Theeksahana, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Matreesha Pathirana, Mukesh Chaudhry, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Nishant Sindhu, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ajay Mandal, Shaikh Rasheed, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki.
Released: Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorious, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Akash Singh, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati.
Delhi Capitals retained players: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Yash Dhull, Rishabh Pant, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Khaleel Ahmed, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Mukesh Kumar, Lungi Ngidi, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma.
Released: Rovman Powell Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg.
Rajasthan Royals retained players: Sanju Samson (c), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Kunal Singh Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Fereira, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna.
Players traded out: Devdutt Padikkal
Released: Jason Holder Obed McCoy, Abdul Basith, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif, Joe Root.
Punjab Kings retained players: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Chris Hurley, Harpreet Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Matthew Short, Jonny Bairstow, Sam Curran, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Sikandar Raza, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Gurnoor Brar, Harpreet Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Kagiso Rabada.
Released: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohit Rathee, Bajtej Dhandam Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan.
Kolkata Knight Riders retained players: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell,Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Released: Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles, Narayan Jagadeesan, Litton Das, Aarya Desai, Mandeep Singh, Shakib al Hasan, David Wiese, Kulwant Khejroliya, Umesh Yadav.
SunRisers Hyderabad retained players: Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips, Rahul Tripathi, Upendra Yadav, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sanvir Singh, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, T Natarajan, Umran Malik.
Released: Harry Brook, Kartik Tyagi, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Adil Rashid.
Lucknow Super Giants retained players: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq.
Players traded in: Devdutt Padikkal
Players traded out: Romario Shepherd, Avesh Khan
Released: Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria.
Gujarat Titans retained players: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma.
Players traded out: Hardik Pandya
Released: Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka.
Mumbai Indians retained players: Dewald Brevis, SKY, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (trade)
Players traded in: Hardik Pandya
Released: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen.
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained players: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (trade), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar.
Players traded in: Cameron Green
Released: Wanindu Hasarangha, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jhadav.
