Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises on Tuesday, November 15 announced their full list of retained and released players after the deadline for retention and trading ended.
The list of retained and released players for IPL 2023 was a mix of obvious choices and surprise omissions.
Franchises were active over the last few days, making good use of the trading window. The teams were asked to submit their full list of retained players ahead of the mini-auction, scheduled for December, before 5 pm IST on November 15. Each team will have an additional Rs 5 crore apart from their Rs 90 crore salary cap for the auction, which will reportedly be held on December 16 in Kochi.
Kolkata Knight Riders were the busiest in the trading window, securing the services of India all-rounder Shardul Thakur from Delhi Capitals and New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson and Afghanistan wicketkeeper-batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz from defending champions Gujarat Titans. KKR also traded out Aman Khan to Delhi Capitals.
Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians announced a huge decision on Tuesday as Kieron Pollard retired from IPL. The former West Indies captain, who spent 12 highly-successful years with the 5-time champions, will be their batting coach in IPL 2023. Pollard was retained for Rs 6 crore ahead of the last season’s mega auction but his ordinary showing with both bat and ball forced the decision. MI also traded in Jason Behrendorff, the Australian left-arm pacer from Royal Challengers Bangalore.
On the contrary, the likes of Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Rajasthan Royals kept mum in the trading window.
Punjab Kings were at it again as they sacked Mayank Agarwal as captain and handed over the responsibility to senior batter Shikhar Dhawan, who will now work with head coach Trevor Bayliss.
Ambati Rayudu and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained by the Chennai Super Kings.
IPL 2023: MAJOR PLAYERS RELEASED
Chennai Super Kings have released their veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo while Kane Williamson has been released by SunRisers Hyderabad, who have freed up Rs 15 crore.
Punjab Kings have parted ways with Mayank Agarwal.
FULL LIST OF RELEASED PLAYERS: IPL 2023 RETENTION
Chennai Super Kings
Dwayne Bravo
Robin Uthappa (retired)
Chris Jordan
Adam Milne
N Jagadeesan
C Hari Nishaanth
K Bhagat Varma
KM Asif
Retained Players: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C & WK), Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Matheesha Pathirana, Subhranshu Senapati
Lucknow Super Giants
Jason Holder
Evin Lewis
Shahbaz Nadeem
Manish Pandey
Andrew Tye
Ankit Rajpoot
Dushmantha Chameera
Retained players: KL Rahul (captain), Quinton de Kock, Manan Vohra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, K Gowtham, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav
SunRisers Hyderabad
Kane Williamson
Nicholas Pooran
Romario Shepherd
J Suchichth
Shreyas Gopal
Retained Players: Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Sherfane Rutherford
Jason Behrendorff,
Aneeshwar Gautam
Chama Milind
Luvnith Sisodia
Retained Players: Faf du Plessis (Captain), Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, David Willey, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Suyash Prahhudessai, Harshal Patel, Siddharth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood and Karn Sharma
Mumbai Indians
Kieron Pollard
Anmolpreet Singh
Aryan Juyal
Basil Thampi
Daniel Sams
Fabian Allen
Jaydev Unadkat
Mayank Markande
Murugan Ashwin
Rahul Buddhi
Riley Meredith
Sanjay Yadav
Tymal Mills
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Tristan Stubbs, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, Hrithik Shokeen, Kumar Kartikeya, Jason Behrendorff, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Akash Madhwal
Punjab Kings
Mayank Agarwal
Vaibhav Arora
Benny Howell
Ishan Porel
Ansh Patel
Prerak Mankad
Sandeep Sharma
Writtick Chatterjee
Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Shahrukh Khan, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Brad, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Atharwa Tajde, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis, Baltej Singh.
Rajasthan Royals
Daryl Mitchell
James Neesham
Rassie van der Dussen
Anunay Singh
Corbin Bosch
Karun Nair
Nathan Coulter-Nile
Shubham Garhwal
Tejas Baroka
Retained Players: Sanju Samson (captain), Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Ravi Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Navdeep Saini, KC Cariappa
Gujarat Titans
Rahmatullah Gurbaz
Lockie Ferguson
Dominic Drakes
Gurkeerat Singh
Jason Roy
Varun Aaron
Retained Players: Hardik Pandya (captain), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad
Delhi Capitals
Shardul Thakur
Tim Seifert
Ashwin Hebbar
KS Bharat
Mandeep Singh
Retained Players: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Praveen Dubey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vicky Ostwal, Aman Khan
Kolkata Knight Riders
Pat Cummins
Sam Billings
Aman Khan
Shivam Mavi
Mohammad Nabi
Chamika Karunaratne
Aaron Finch
Alex Hales
Abhijeet Tomar
Ajinkya Rahane
Ashok Sharma
Baba Indrajith
Pratham Singh
Ramesh Kumar
Rasikh Salam
Sheldon Jackson
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh
IPL 2023: PURSE REMAINING FOR AUCTION
CSK Rs 20.45 crore
DC: Rs 19.45 crore
Gujarat Titans: Rs19.25 crore
KKR: Rs 7.05 crore
LSG: Rs 23.35 crore
MI: Rs 20.55 crore
PBKS: Rs 32.20 crore
Rajasthan Royals: Rs 13.20 crore
RCB: Rs 8.75 crore
SRH: Rs 42.25 crore