The ten IPL franchises have made public the retained players as the mega auction is slated for next month. As per the decision of the IPL governing council, each franchise has been given the facility to retain six players in the form of retention or the Right to Match.
This would help them in retaining their core team, and from the six players, five can be capped, whether Indian or overseas, and up to two can be uncapped. All speculations regarding retained key Indian players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, and Mohammed Shami are clear now.
Teams will form new teams around retained players in the mega auction that is expected to happen in the last week of November.
Here’s the full list of players retained by each IPL franchise ahead of the auction:
Mumbai Indians
MI Retained Players: Jasprit Bumrah (18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (8 crore)
Chennai Super Kings
CSK Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (13 crore), Shivam Dube (12 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (18 crore), MS Dhoni (4 crore)
Kolkata Knight Riders
R. K. Singh @ ₹13 Cr, Varun Chakaravarthy @ ₹12 Cr, Sunil Narine @ ₹12 Cr, Andre Russell @ ₹12 Cr, Harshit Rana @ ₹4 Cr, Ramandeep Singh @ ₹4 Cr
Lucknow Super Giants : Lucky Singh
RCB retained players: Virat Kohli @ ₹21 Cr, Rajat Patidar @ ₹11 Cr, Yash Dayal @ ₹5 Cr
Sunrisers Hyderabad Nicholas Pooran-Rs 21 crore; Ravi Bishnoi-Rs 11 crore; Mayank Yadav-Rs 11 crore; Mohsin Khan-Rs 4 crore; Ayush Badoni-Rs 4 crores
Rajasthan Royals
RR Retained Players: Sanju Samson-Rs 18 crores, Yashasvi Jaiswal-18 crore, Riyan Parag-14 crores; Dhruv Jurel-14 crores; Shimron Hetmyer-11 crore, Sandeep Sharma -4 crores
Delhi Capitals
DC Retained Players: Axar Patel (Rs 16.5 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore), Abhishek Porel (Rs 4 crore)
Gujarat Titans
GT Retained Players:* Rashid Khan (Rs 18 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 14 crore), Sai Sudharshan (Rs 11 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad retain players: Heinrich Klaasen (23 crore), Pat Cummins (18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (14 crore), Travis Head (14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (6 crore).
Punjab Kings
PBKS Retained Players: Shashank Singh (5.5 crore), Prabhsimran Singh (4 crore)
