IPL 2023 Auction: The deadline for retentions and trades has ended. All franchises have announced their retentions on Tuesday as they prepare for the new IPL season next year. Some big names have been released, while a few others will join them in the IPL 2023 Playe Auction on December 23 in Kochi. Check latest developments in Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Punjab Kings (PBKS), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG), Rajasthan Royals (RR), Mumbai Indians (MI), Gujarat Giants (GT) teams.
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Sunrisers Hyderabad Overview
Sunrisers Hyderabad head into the auction with the biggest purse. The 2016 champions are the only team without a skipper having released Kane Williamson. West Indian duo Romario Shepherd and Nicholas Pooran alongside a few lesser known Indian names have been axed.
However, SRH still have a decent base to build on and will look to spend their budget smartly. With the likes of Ben Stokes, Sam Curran available, Sunrisers could easily fork out a fortune for either. Watch out for Mayank Agarwal and Kane Williamson, who could be grabbed on cheaper deals.
- 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 left: 42.25 crore
- Slots left: 13 (4 overseas)
Mumbai Indians Overview
The biggest news from the MI camp is Kieron Pollard’s retirement. However, Mumbai already have a replacement set in Tim David. The five time champions are short on Indian depth, with a lack of wrist spinner hurting them severely. They will also need Indian pace bowlers, having released Unadkat and Thampi to complement Bumrah and Archer.
- 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, Jason Behrendorff, 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
- Purse left: 20.55 crore
- Slots left: 9 (3 overseas)
Chennai Super Kings Overview
Like MI, CSK have let their great West Indian Dwayne Bravo go. Other releases include Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, Jagadeesan and Asif. Deepak Chahar returns for MS Dhoni while Jadeja is all set for a ‘restart’ this season. Chennai could spring in a few surprises at the auction – Watch out for Sam Curran, Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran.
- Retained players: MS Dhoni (capt), 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 left: 20.45 crore
- Slots left: 7(2 overseas)
Punjab Kings Overview
Punjab Kings let go last year’s captain Mayank Agarwal. Odean Smith was also released making PBKS a team with the second biggest purse. Having settled on a core, PBKS will invest heavily on Indian bowlers and all rounders. Sam Curran, Cameron Green and Sikandar Raza should all be on their radar.
- Retained players: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 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 left: 32.2 crore
- Slots left: 9 (3 overseas)
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Kolkata Knight Riders Overview
Kolkata Knight Riders are in a spot of bother having retained most of their side. Despite releasing Shivam Mavi and Pat Cummins, KKR have the least budget thanks to their blockbuster deals to sign Shardul Thakur and Lockie Ferguson.
- Retained players: Shreyas Iyer (capt), 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
- Released players: 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
- Purse left: 7.05 crore
- Slots left: 11 (3 overseas)
Gujarat Titans Overview
Gujarat Titans traded Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz to KKR. Jason Roy has been released alongside Dominic Drakes. The need for an India keeper batsman is must and the likes of KS Bharat could come to the party.
- Retained players: Hardik Pandya (capt), 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: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron
- Purse left: 19.25 crore
- Slots left: 7 (3 overseas)
Lucknow Super Giants Overview
Lucknow Super Giants made the playoffs in their first season but have let go of Manish Pandey, Jason Holder, Andrew Tye and Dushmantha Chameera. LSG need reinforcements in the middle order and an all rounder which they will look to address in the auction.
- Retained players: KL Rahul (capt), 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 left: 19.25 crore
- Slots left: 10 (4 overseas)
Royal Challengers Bangalore Overview
RCB have a set core and not much has changed for the franchise. They have one of the lowest budgets but have their squad stacked as per requirements. With Glenn an injury doubt, they could splash on an all round option in the middle.
- Retained players: Faf du Plessis (capt), 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: Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
- Purse left: 8.75 crore
- Slots left: 7 (2 overseas)
Rajasthan Royals Overview
Having reached the final last year, Rajasthan Royals have retained their core. Doing so has severely depleted their purse and the Royals will have to refer to their history of moneyball to make most of the auction. Parag is retained but the search for an all rounder will be on with Daryl Mitchell and James Neesham both released.
- Retained players: Sanju Samson (C), 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 left: 13.2 crore
- Slots left: 9 (4 overseas)
Delhi Capitals Overview
- Retained players: Rishabh Pant (C), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal
- Released players: Shardul Thakur, Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh
- Purse left: 19.45 crore
- Slots left: 5 (2 overseas)
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