Ahead of the much-awaited auction for IPL 2021 preparation has begun in full swing and on Wednesday, IPL teams announced their list of released and retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auctions. All franchises, CSK, KKR, RR, DC, MI, SRH, RCB and KXIP, revealed the complete list of players they’ve retained and released for the upcoming 14th season. The biggest shock came in the form of RR releasing Steve Smith, the skipper of the franchise.
IPL teams in 2021
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Following is the list of retained and released players by the different franchises ahead of the auction for the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL):
Chennai Super Kings
Retained: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, Narayan Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore, Sam Curran
Released: Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Monu Singh, Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay
Purse remaining for IPL Auction 2021: INR 22.9 cr
Slots Remaining: 7 (1 overseas)
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Rohit Sharma, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Trent Boult, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Krunal Pandya, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Anukul Roy, Aditya Tare, Saurabh Tiwary, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh
Released: Lasith Malinga, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell McClenaghan, Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Sherfane Rutherford
Purse remaining for IPL 2021 auction: INR 15.35 cr
Slots Remaining: 7 (4 overseas)
Rajasthan Royals
Retained: Sanju Samson (c), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Robin Uthappa
Released: Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi, Shashank Singh
Purse Remaining for IPL Auction 2021: INR 34.85 cr
Slots Remaining: 8 (3 overseas)
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (c), Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Ali Khan, Tim Seifert
Released: M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Chris Green, Tom Banton, Harry Gurney
Purse Remaining for IPL Auction 2021: INR 10.85 cr
Slots Remaining: 7 (1 overseas)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson
Released: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel
Purse Remaining for IPL Auction 2021: INR 35.7 cr
Slots Remaining: 13 (4 overseas)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh
Released: Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Yarra Prithviraj
Purse Remaining for IPL Auction 2021: INR 10.75 cr
Slots Remaining: 3 (1 overseas)
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Shreyas Iyer (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes
Released: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy, Daniels Sams (Traded), Harshal Patel (Traded)
Purse Remaining for IPL Auction 2021: INR 13.2 cr.
Slots Remaining: 8 (3 overseas)
Kings XI Punjab
Retained: KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel
Released: Glenn Maxwell, Karun Nair, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, Jimmy Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Tajinder Singh.
Purse Remaining for IPL Auction 2021: INR 53.2 cr.
Slots Remaining: 9 (5 overseas)
IPL 2021 Auction Live Streaming Channel
In India – 03:00 PM/15:00 IST
- Star Sports will broadcast this IPL 2021 auction live in India. The pre-auction show will begin an hour earlier of that official auction schedule.
In New Zealand – 10:30 PM/22:30 NZDT
- Sky Network Television (Sky Sport 2) will broadcast the IPL 2021 auction live in New Zealand.
In Australia – 08:30 PM/20:30 AEDT
- Foxtel (Fox Cricket) will broadcast the IPL 2021 auction live in Australia.
In the United States (USA) – 04:30 AM EST
- Willow TV will broadcast the IPL 2021 auction live in the USA.
Also See: IPL 2021 Auction: Full list of Players
