IPL 2023 Auction is scheduled to take place next month and before that, all 10 franchises have retained and released players from their squads. The deadline for IPL retention ended today at 5:00 PM. Today, IPL released players 2023 list has been revealed. In this space, you will find which players have been retained by IPL teams and which released players will go to the Auction.
Mumbai Indians released and retained players list for IPL 2023
The Paltan has released a total of 13 players which are most by a team this season. They also released their great all-rounder Kieron Pollard who also announced his retirement from the league today. Pollard will be seen as batting coach of MI.
Mumbai Indians retained players list: Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Verma, Tristan Stubbs, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Arjun Tendulkar, Jason Behrendorff, Arshad Khan, Akash Madhwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, Hrithik Shokeen and Kumar Kartikeya
Mumbai Indians released players list: 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.
Players traded in: Jason Behrendorff (RCB).
RCB Purse Remaining: 8.75 Crore.
Punjab Kings released and retained players list for IPL 2023
A few days ago, PBKS had announced that Shikhar Dhawan will lead them in the upcoming season. But no one had an idea that they are going to release their ex-skipper and talented batter, Mayank Agarwal.
Punjab Kings retained players list: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Jonny Bairstow, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Prabhsimran Singh, Shahrukh Khan, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Singh, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Atharwa Taide, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis and Baltej Singh.
Punjab Kings released players list: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee.
Players traded in: None.
Punjab Kings Purse Remaining: 32.2 Crore.
Kolkata Knight Riders released and retained players list for IPL 2023
Despite having a roller coaster ride as skipper last skipper, Shreyas Iyer will continue leading KKR. They have roped in Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz from Gujarat Titans in a trade deal with Gujarat Titans. Also they trade-in Shardul Thakur from Delhi Capitals. However, they also face a blow as their main pacer Pat Cummins opts out from the next season.
KKR retained players list: Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Varun Chakravarthy, and Harshit Rana.
KKR released players list: Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Ramesh Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Aaron Finch, Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Alex Hales.
Players traded in: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (KKR), Lockie Ferguson (KKR) and Shardul Thakur (DC).
KKR Purse Remaining: 7.05 Crore.
Sunrisers Hyderabad released and retained players list for IPL 2023
After backing Kane Williamson since 2015, SRH has taken an unemotional decision of releasing their captain. They have released 12 players in total and now they have the biggest purse to spend in the Auction.
SRH retained players list: Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Aiden Markram, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi and Fazalhaq Farooqi.
SRH released players list: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod.
Players traded in: None.
SRH Purse Remaining: 42.25 Crore.
Delhi Capitals released and retained players list for IPL 2023
The DC management has backed Rishabh Pant yet again but it is unsure whether he will lead the team or the franchise is looking for a new skipper.
DC retained players list: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Praveen Dubey, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Vicky Ostwal.
DC released players list: Shardul Thakur (traded), Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Mandeep Singh.
Players traded in: Aman Khan (KKR).
Delhi Capitals Purse Remaining: 19.45 crore
Lucknow Super Giants released and retained players list for IPL 2023
LSG have had a brilliant debut season last year and they have chosen to retain most of their players.
LSG retained players list: KL Rahul, Quinton De Kock, Manan Vohra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Marcus Stoinis, Kyle Mayers, Karan Sharma, Krishnappa Gowtham, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood and Mayank Yadav.
LSG released players list: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, and Shahbaz Nadeem.
Players traded: None.
LSG Purse Remaining: 23.35 Crore.
Royal Challengers Bangalore released and retained players list for IPL 2023
There is no surprise that the king of the game Virat Kohli will yet again be seen in the red and gold jersey. The skipper Faf du Plessis did a great job last season and is back with RCB.
RCB retained players list: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Fabian Allen, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, R Prabhudesai, Harshal Patel, Siddarth Kaul, Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Josh Hazlewood and Karn Sharma.
RCB released players list: Jason Behrendorff (traded), Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, and Sherfane Rutherford.
Players traded in: None.
RCB Purse Remaining: 8.75 Crore.
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Rajasthan Royals released and retained players list for IPL 2023
The top trio of RR; Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, and Yuzvendra Chahal have found their spot back. Despite releasing 9 players, RR have left with 13.2 crore in the purse.
RR retained players list: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Kuldip Yadav, and KC Cariappa.
RR released players list: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka.
Players traded in: None.
RR Purse Remaining: 13.2 Crore.
Chennai Super Kings released and retained players list for IPL 2023
MS Dhoni is set for one last dance with Men in yellow. Last season, Jadeja started the season as a skipper which turned out to be a disastrous decision. But this year, Dhoni is expected to lead CSK the whole season. There were rumors of CSK releasing Jadeja but today all those speculations have been proven false. However, they have taken an unemotional decision of releasing DJ Bravo who helped the side win multiple IPL seasons.
CSK retained players list: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Subhranshu Senapati, Mitchell Santner, Dwaine Pretorius, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Theekshana, and Prashant Solanki.
CSK released players list: Robin Uthappa, DJ Bravo, Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, Kanumuri Bhagath Varma, N Jagadeesan, C Hari Nishaanth, KM Asif.
Players traded in: None.
CSK Remaining Purse: 20.45 Crore.
Gujarat Titans released and retained players list for IPL 2023
The defending champions were expected to make the least changes and there is no surprise that they have released only 6 players, two of which were traded to KKKR.
GT retained players list: Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande and Pradeep Sangwan.
GT released players list: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (traded), Lockie Ferguson (traded), Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron.
Players traded in: None.
GT Purse Remaining: 19.25 crore.