
In preparation for the IPL 2023 mini-auction, which will take place in Kochi on December 23, all 10 of the teams have listed the names of the players who have been released or retained. The biggest change of the evening was the departure of Kane Williamson and Mayank Agarwal, the respective captains of Sunrisers Hyderabad and Punjab Kings. Numerous other well-known figures have also been made public, like Jason Holder and Nicholas Pooran, among others. In the meantime, Kieron Pollard declared his resignation from the IPL and that he would now serve as the batting coach for the Mumbai Indians. With the highest bid, Sunrisers Hyderabad will participate in the mini auction. They have 42.25 crore lef and released 12 players.
IPL 2023 retention: highest and lowest purse values
The highest purse value will enter the auction with SRH. The franchise has 42.25 crore in their bank account and has released 12 players.
The smallest team is Kolkata Knight Riders. They have 7.05 crore to start the auction.
Players retained by CSK and SRH
CSK: MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, S Senapati, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Mitchell Santner, Dwaine Pretorius, Shivam Dube, R Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Maheesh Pathirana, Prashant Solanki
SRH: Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi, Fazalhaq Farooqi
List of players retained
Lucknow Super Giants: 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
Gujarat Titans: Shubman Gill, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (c), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, R Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Pradeep Sangwan
Punjab Kings: 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
Players retained by RR
Rajasthan Royals: 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
Delhi Capitals 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
Remaining purse value
MI: ₹20.55 crore
SRH: ₹42.25 crore
CSK: ₹20.45 crore
Punjab Kings: ₹32.2 crore
KKR: ₹7.05 crore
Gujarat Titans: ₹19.25 crore
Lucknow Super Giants: ₹23.35 crore
RCB: ₹8.75 crore
Rajasthan Royals: ₹13.2 crore
Delhi Capitals: ₹19.45 crore
List of players released
Kolkata Knight Riders: 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
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee
Chennai Super Kings: Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod
Delhi Capitals: Shardul Thakur, Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Mandeep Singh
Rajasthan Royals: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
Lucknow Super Giants: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem
Gujarat Titans: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron
Mumbai Indians: Riley Meredith, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Tymal Mills, Sanjay Yadav, Aryan Juyal, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Anmolpreet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Basil Thamp.
RCB retained players list
Royal Challangers Bangalore 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
BIG releases
Pollard – Mumbai Indians
Williamson – SRH
Nicholas Pooran – SRH
Dwayne Bravo – CSK
Mayank Agarwal – PBKS
Players released by RCB
Royal Challengers Bangalore release Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
KKR player list
Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Gurbaz, Rinku Singh
All-rounders: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Venkatesh Iyer
Bowlers: Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, CV Varun, Harshit Rana
Players released by MI
Players released by Mumbai Indians: Riley Meredith, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Tymal Mills, Sanjay Yadav, Aryan Juyal, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Anmolpreet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Basil Thampi
Full list of MI players
Batters: Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Tilak Verma, Tristan Stubbs
All-rounders: Tim David, Ramandeep Singh
Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer, Hrithik Shokeen, Kartiyeka Singh, Jason Behrendroff, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Akash Madwal
News coming in from Punjab Kings
As per fresh reports, Mayank Agarwal has been released by Punjab Kings.
Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, and Shahrukh Khan have been retained.
Meanwhile, West Indies allrounder Odean Smith has also been released.
Titans retain Wade?
The Gujarat Titans have decided to keep Matthew Wade. Although official word on this has not yet been released, it is known that the Australian wicketkeeper-batter will continue to play for the reigning champions.
What we know so far
Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Lockie Ferguson were traded by Gujarat Titans to Kolkata Knight Riders.
Aman Khan from the Delhi Capitals has also been exchanged for Shardul Thakur.
Sam Billings and Pat Cummins both decided not to play this season, and the team subsequently released them.