Upcoming IPL auctions and retained players

Indian Premier League is the most celebrated cricket festival in India. It is the most-attended cricket league in the world. Different teams represent different states or cities in India, which promotes a diverse culture of India.

After the 2020 IPL got delayed because of covid-19, it finally happened in September. All the matches were held in the UAE where the teams were taking all the safety measures and following all the strict protocols to help in the successful hosting of the cricket league. On 9 November, Mumbai Indians won their fifth IPL title. The player auction for IPL 2021 is likely to be held on 11th February 2021 but it is not confirmed by the BCCI. The IPL auction will telecast on the Star Sports Network or people can watch the live stream on Disney+ Hotstar. IPL 2021 will be a Mini Auction, not a Mega Auction. It is not decided when the IPL 2021 will start but the matches are likely to start by 2nd week of April. The teams can trade the players internally capped and uncapped. There was a trade between RCB and DC. DC traded out Harshal Patel and Daniels Sams, which was traded to RCB. Also, Rajasthan Royals have released their captain, Steven Smith and appointed Sanju Samson as the captain for IPL 2021. Kings XI Punjab released Glenn Maxwell.

The list of Teams with retained players, released players, remaining purse and slots remaining.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

The three-time ipl winner had their worst performance ever with them not being able to end up in top 4 for the first time in the history. They were seventh on the table with 12 points.

Retained Players: MS Dhoni (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Curran, Sai Kishore, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Narayan Jagadeesan, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KM Asif

Released Players: Kedar Jhadav, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Monu Singh, Piyush Chawla, M.vijay

Purse Remaining: INR 22.90 Crore

Slots Remaining: 7 (1 overseas)

Mumbai Indians (MI)

The winner of the IPL 2020 has earned 18 points placing them on top of the table.

Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (wk), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare (wk), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan

Released Players: Lasith Malinga, Mitch McClenaghan, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Prince Balwant Rai, and Digvijay Deshmukh

Purse remaining: INR 15.35 Crore

Slots remaining: 7 (4 overseas)

Delhi Capitals (DC)

DC played their first final against MI but ended up losing, placing them second on the table with 16 points.

Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer (C), Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Marcus Stoinis, Daniel Sams, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey and Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra

Released Players: Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Alex Carey, and Jason Roy.

Purse remaining: INR 12.80 Crore

Slots remaining: 8 (3 overseas)

SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH)

SRH was the third-best team placing them third on the table with 14 points.

Retained Players: David Warner (C), Shreevats Goswami (wk), Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad, Rashid Khan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Sandeep Sharma, T Natarajan, Abhishek Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, Jonny Bairstow, Vijay Shankar, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammad Nabi, Virat Singh, and Basil Thampi

Released Players: Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep and Y Prithvi Raj

Purse remaining: INR 10.75 Crore

Slots remaining: 3 (1 overseas)

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

RCB was the fourth-best team, they had the same points as SRH but low net run rate, therefore placing them fourth on the table with 14points.

Retained Players: Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Mohammed Siraj, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson

Released Players: Aaron Finch, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Isuru Udana, Pawan Negi, Parthiv Patel, Gurkeerat Singh Mann

Purse remaining: INR 35.70 Crore

Slots remaining: 11 (3 overseas)

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

KKR was fifth on the table with 14 points because of the worst net run rate.

Retained Players: Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik (wk), Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Shivam Mavi, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Ali Khan, Tim Seifert, Sandeep Warrier, Rinku Singh, Lockie Ferguson

Released Players: Tom Banton, Chris Green, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, M Siddharth, and Harry Gurney

Purse remaining: INR 10.85 Crore

Slots remaining: 7 (1 overseas)

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)

KXIP was sixth on the table with 12 points.

Retained Players: KL Rahul (C/wk), Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Mandeep Singh, Tajinder Singh, Chris Jordan, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Arshdeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Mayank Agarwal, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nilkande, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Gayle, Murugan Ashwin, Simran Singh

Released Players: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, K Gowtham, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Jimmy Neesham, Hardus Viljoen, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith and Tajinder Singh Dhillon

Purse remaining: INR 53.20 Crore

Slots remaining: 9 (5 overseas)

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

RR was last on the table with 12 points having the lowest net run rate.

Retained Players: Sanju Samson (C), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Robin Uthappa, Mayank Markande, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Riyan Parag, Mahipal Lomror, Shreyas Gopal, and Manan Vohra

Released Players: Steven Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Varun Aaron, Shashank Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Tom Curran, Akash Singh, Oshane Thomas

Purse remaining: INR 34.85 Crore

Slots remaining: 8 ( 3 overseas)

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