total of 27 CricketersThese include eight foreign and four uncapped players. Retained by existing eight franchises During the IPL retention to be held on Tuesday. But many top cricketers have not been retained by their respective teams. This can be both good or bad for the players as they can either be picked by two new franchises ahead of the auction, or go back to the auction pool where they have the chance to go for a higher or lower price.
Here’s a look at the big names that are missing from the retention list
Mumbai Indians: MI has the toughest decisions every time it comes to retaining the IPL before the mega auction and this year was no different. MI, the most successful IPL team (with five titles), has retained Rohit Sharma (Rs 16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 8 crore) and Kieron Pollard (Rs 6 crore), but The likes of Ishan Kishan, Trent Boult, Hardik Pandya, Kunal Pandya had to be dropped.
Big names of Mi released:Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Trent Boult.
Chennai Super Kings: Four-time champions CSK retained Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 16 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs 12 crore), Moeen Ali (Rs 8 crore), and Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 6 crore), but none for the likes of Suresh Raina. There was no place. Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo. These three, especially Bravo and Raina, have been an integral part of the CSK set-up for quite some time now but it appears that the franchise has decided to look further into the future.
CSK’s big names released:Suresh Raina, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Deepak Chahar
Royal Challengers Bangalore:After AB de Villiers announced that he would no longer be a part of the IPL, RCB did not have many tough options to choose from. But his decision to retain only Mohammad Siraj, not last season’s Purple Cap holder Harshal Patel, had raised some questions. There was no room for leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal either.
Big names of RCB released:Harshal Patel, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal
Kolkata Knight Riders:Two-time IPL winners Andre Russell and Sunil Narine stuck with their dependable Caribbean firepower. A lot of faith was shown in the young guns Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer, which meant there was no room for Shubman Gill.
KKR’s big names released: Shubman Gill, Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi.
Delhi Capitals:If there was any team that could counter MI’s headache on retention day, it was DC. The Delhi-based franchise had several stars to choose from, but could only keep Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw and Enrique Nortje, with four retentions allowed.
DC’s big names released:Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Ravichandran Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Kagiso Rabada.
Rajasthan Royals:They relied heavily on their overseas battery, which meant that it was always difficult to retain the core as only two foreign recruits were allowed in the IPL retention rules. RR Sanju Samson went ahead with Jos Buttler, while the uncapped Yashasvi Jaiswal was the surprise pick.
RR’s big names released:Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Mustafizur Rahman
Sunrisers Hyderabad:His time in the IPL has not been the best, which is shown in his retention policy. But still, it was a bit surprising to let Rashid Khan into the auction pool. SRH retained Kane Williamson, uncapped cricketers Abdul Samad and Umran Malik.
Big names of SRH released: David Warner, Rashid Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
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Punjab Kings:There were several reports which suggested that KL Rahul will no longer be a part of the franchise and unfortunately for the PBKS fans, they all turned out to be true. Punjab Kings decided to keep Mayank Agarwal and uncapped left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh in their side.
Big names of PBKS released:KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Shami.
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