Based on the BCCI deadline, all 10 Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have announced their list of released and retained players ahead of the IPL 2023 mini-auction, which will be held in Kochi on December 23. Ahead of the retention announcement, some trades took place as well.
Australian left-arm pacer Jason Behrendorff was the first player to be traded from Royal Challengers Bangalore to Mumbai Indians. Subsequently, Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz were traded from Gujarat Titans to Kolkata Knight Riders. Finally, Delhi Capitals traded Shardul Thakur for Aman Khan with Kolkata Knight Riders.
Now, let’s look at the released and retained players from each franchise.
Gujarat Titans
Retained: Hardik Pandya (c), Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Shubman Gill, Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Darshan Nalkande, Wriddhiman Saha, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade, Jayant Yadav
Released – Lockie Ferguson (traded), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (traded), Jason Roy, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Aaron
Purse available: INR 19.25 crore
Overseas slots remaining – 3
Total available slots – 7
Rajasthan Royals
Retained: Sanju Samson (c), R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Jos Buttler, KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav
Released – Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, James Neesham, Corbin Bosch, Karun Nair, Anunay Singh, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka
Purse available: INR 13.2 crore
Overseas slots available – 4
Total available slots – 9
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained: KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav
Released: Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Andrew Tye, Manish Pandey, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem
Purse available: INR 23.35 crore
Overseas slots available – 4
Total available slots – 10
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Faf du Plessis (c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Finn Allen, Akash Deep, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Siddarth Kaul, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, David Willey
Released – Jason Behrendorff (traded), Sherfane Rutherford, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Luvnith Sisodia
Purse available: INR 8.75 crore
Overseas slots remaining – 2
Total available slots – 7
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Rishabh Pant (c), Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull, Praveen Dubey, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Mitchell Marsh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Vicky Ostwal, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav
Released – Tim Seifert, Shardul Thakur, Mandeep Singh, KS Bharat, Ashwin Hebbar
Purse available: INR 19.45 crore
Overseas slots available – 2
Total available slots – 5
Chennai Super Kings
Retained: MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Chowdhary, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Dwaine Pretorius, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
Released – Dwayne Bravo, Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, Robin Uthappa (retired), Narayan Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Hari Nishaanth, Bhagath Varma
Purse available: INR 20.45 crore
Overseas slots remaining – 2
Total available slots – 7
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Rohit Sharma (c), Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim David, Kumar Kartikeya, Arshad Khan, Ishan Kishan, Akash Madhwal, Hrithik Shokeen, Ramandeep Singh, Tristan Stubbs, Tilak Varma, Arjun Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav.
Released: Kieron Pollard (retired), Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Rahul Buddhi, Sanjay Yadav
Purse available: INR 20.55 crore
Overseas slots available – 3
Total available slots – 9
Punjab Kings
Retained: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Raj Bawa, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Ellis, Shahrukh Khan, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Atharva Taide
Released – Odean Smith, Benny Howell, Mayank Agarwal, Sandeep Sharma, Ishan Porel, Vaibhav Arora, Prerak Mankad, Ansh Patel, Writtick Chatterjee
Purse available: INR 32.2 crore
Overseas slots available – 3
Total available slots – 9
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Shreyas Iyer (c), Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Tim Southee, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav
Released – Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Aaron Finch, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Ajinkya Rahane, Aman Khan (traded), Shivam Mavi, Abhijeet Tomar, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson
Purse available: INR 7.05 crore
Overseas slots available – 3
Total available slots – 11
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Aiden Markram, T Natarajan, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Kartik Tyagi
Released – Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, Priyam Garg, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ravikumar Samarth, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod
Purse available: INR 42.25 crore
Overseas slots available – 4
Total available slots – 13
–By A Cricket Correspondent