IPL 2023 Retentions and Releases: 87 players were released across all frenchises as teams entered the auction with a fantastic chance to rebuild their rosters and a respectable amount of cash available. Even though the Indian Premier League 2023 is still six months away, preparations for the IPL mini-auction, which will take place on December 23 in Kochi, are already well on. All 10 clubs have decided to release some players as part of a yearly makeover in order to bolster their teams next month. Mumbai Indians discharged a staggering total of 12 cricketers.
87 players have been released across all franchises, excluding those who were traded, as the teams enter the auction with a wonderful chance to rebuild their rosters and a respectable amount of cash available. The complete list of players released and kept by respective franchises, along with the amount still owed, is provided below. All the retentions and releases:
Full list of Retentions and Releases
1- DELHI CAPITALS
Retained Players: Rishabh Pant (Captain), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Ripal Patel, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal
Released Players: Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh
Traded-in: Aman Khan
Traded-out: Shardul Thakur
Purse Remaining: INR 19.45 crore
2- CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
Retained Players: MS Dhoni (Captain), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
Released Players: Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan
Purse Remaining: INR 20.45 crore
3- GUJARAT TITANS
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, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad
Released Players: Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron
Traded-out: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson.
Purse remaining: INR 19.25
4- MUMBAI INDIANS
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal
Released Players: 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
Traded-in: Jason Behrendorff
Purse remaining: INR 20.55 crore
5- LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
Retained Players: KL Rahul (captain), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi
Released Players: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem
Purse remaining: INR 23.35 crore
6- KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh
Released Players: Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, 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
Traded-out: Aman Khan
Traded-in: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson
Purse remaining: INR 7.05 crore
7- SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Released Players: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod
Purse remaining: INR 42.25 crore
8- RAJASTHAN ROYALS
Retained Players: Sanju Samson (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa
Released Players: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka
Purse remaining: INR 13.2 crore
9- ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE
Retained Players: Faf du Plessis (Captain), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep
Released Players: Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
Traded-out: Jason Behrendorff
Purse remaining: INR 8.75 crore
10- PUNJAB KINGS
Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar
Released Players: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee
Purse remaining: INR 32.2 crore
