All 10 IPL franchise has submitted their list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL auction for IPL 2023. IPL mini-auction will be held on December 23 in Kochi. Mumbai Indians have released 15 players, with Kieron Pollard announcing his retirement from the IPL. Punjab Kings have released their captain Mayank Agarwal and made Shikhar Dhawan their captain for the next edition. Sunrisers Hyderabad has also released their captain Kan Williamson. Talking about the purse remaining, Sunrisers Hyderabad has the highest remaining purse of Rs 42.25 crore, followed by Punjab Kings and Lucknow Supergiants with a purse of Rs 32.2 crore and Rs 23.35 crore, respectively. Also, teams will also have extra Rs 5 crore to spend at the auction. Here is the full list of released and retained players by all IPL 10 franchises for IPL 2023.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad has released 12 players before IPL 2023. Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran are the biggest names released from the squad. SRH are in need of a captain and also some solid middle-order players to boost their batting.
Current squad: Fazalhaq Farooqi, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Aiden Markram, T Natarajan, Glenn Phillips, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Rahul Tripathi, Kartik Tyagi
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Players released: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Romario Shepherd, Sean Abbott, Priyam Garg, Shreyas Gopal, Jagadeesha Suchith, Ravikumar Samarth, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod
Overseas slots available: 4
Total available slots: 13
Purse Available: INR 42.25 Crore
Punjab Kings
Punjab has the second-largest purse heading into the auction. They have released Mayank Agarwal, their last edition’s skipper. Also, Odean Smith and Sandeep Sharma are the notable names released by the franchise. Punjab Kings have also parted ways with their coach Anil Kumble and hired Trevor Bayliss as their coach, with Shikhar Dhawan appointed as a captain.
Current squad: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Raj Bawa, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Nathan Ellis, Shahrukh Khan, Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Atharva Taide
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Players released: Odean Smith, Benny Howell, Mayank Agarwal, Sandeep Sharma, Ishan Porel, Vaibhav Arora, Prerak Mankad, Ansh Patel, Writtick Chatterjee
Overseas slots available: 3
Total available slots: 9
Purse Available: INR 32.2 Crore
Lucknow Super Giants
Lucknow Super Giants have released big names like Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, and Dushmantha Chameera. Overall they have released 7 players.
Current squad: KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Ravi Bishnoi, Quinton de Kock, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Mohsin Khan, Avesh Khan, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Players released: Jason Holder, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Andrew Tye, Manish Pandey, Ankit Rajpoot, Shahbaz Nadeem
Overseas slots available: 4
Total available slots: 10
Purse Available: INR 23.35 Crore
Mumbai Indians
The biggest news from the Mumbai Indians’ camp is that one of their biggest match-winner, Kieron Pollard announced his retirement. Mumbai Indians have released 13 players.
Current squad: Rohit Sharma (c), Jofra Archer, Jason Behrendorff, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Tim David, Kumar Kartikeya, Arshad Khan, Ishan Kishan, Akash Madhwal, Hrithik Shokeen, Ramandeep Singh, Tristan Stubbs, Tilak Varma, Arjun Tendulkar, Suryakumar Yadav.
Player acquisition via trades: Jason Behrendorff
Players released: Kieron Pollard (retired), Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Rahul Buddhi, Sanjay Yadav
Overseas slots available: 3
Total available slots: 9
Purse Available: INR 20.55 Crore
Chennai Super Kings
After all the controversy, Ravindra Jadeja has decided to stay with Chennai Super Kings. CSK has released one of the match-winners, Dwayne Bravo.
Current squad: MS Dhoni (c), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Chowdhary, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Matheesha Pathirana, Dwaine Pretorius, Ambati Rayudu, Mitchell Santner, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Players released: Dwayne Bravo, Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, Robin Uthappa (retired), Narayan Jagadeesan, KM Asif, Hari Nishaanth, Bhagath Varma
Overseas slots remaining: 2
Total available slots: 7
Purse available: INR 20.45 Crore
Delhi Capitals
Delhi Capitals have traded Shardul Thakur to Kolkata Knight Riders. They have also released Tim Seifert, KS Bharat, and more.
Current squad: Rishabh Pant (c), Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull, Praveen Dubey, Aman Khan, Sarfaraz Khan, Mitchell Marsh, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Vicky Ostwal, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav
Player acquisition via trades: Aman Khan
Players released: Tim Seifert, Shardul Thakur (traded), Mandeep Singh, KS Bharat, Ashwin Hebbar
Overseas slots available: 2
Total available slots: 5
Purse available: INR 19.45 crore
Gujarat Titans
Gujarat Titans have traded Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Lockie Ferguson. They have released a total of five players.
Current squad: Hardik Pandya (c), Noor Ahmad, Yash Dayal, Shubman Gill, Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, Darshan Nalkande, Wriddhiman Saha, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohammed Shami, Vijay Shankar, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Matthew Wade, Jayant Yadav
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Players released: Lockie Ferguson (traded), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (traded), Jason Roy, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Aaron
Overseas slots remaining: 3
Total available slots: 7
Purse available: INR 19.25 Crore
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals have released some of their main players, like Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, and Rassie van der Dussen.
Current squad: Sanju Samson (c), R Ashwin, Trent Boult, Jos Buttler, KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Players released: Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, James Neesham, Corbin Bosch, Karun Nair, Anunay Singh, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka
Overseas slots available: 4
Total available slots: 9
Purse available: INR 13.2 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR have released 16 players from their squad. They have roped three players via trade as well. Sam Billings, Alex Hales, and Pat Cummins have opted out of the next year’s IPL.
Current squad: Shreyas Iyer (c), Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Rinku Singh, Tim Southee, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav
Player acquisition via trades: Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Players released: Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Alex Hales, Aaron Finch, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Ajinkya Rahane, Aman Khan (traded), Shivam Mavi, Abhijeet Tomar, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson
Overseas slots available: 3
Total available slots: 11
Purse available: INR 7.05 Crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB has traded Jason Behrendorff to Mumbai Indians and released Sherfane Rutherford.
Current squad: Faf du Plessis (c), Shahbaz Ahmed, Finn Allen, Akash Deep, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Dinesh Karthik, Siddarth Kaul, Virat Kohli, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Harshal Patel, Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai, Anuj Rawat, Karn Sharma, Mohammed Siraj, David Willey
Player acquisition via trades: Nil
Players released: Jason Behrendorff (traded), Sherfane Rutherford, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Luvnith Sisodia
Overseas slots remaining: 2
Total available slots: 7
Purse available: INR 8.75 crore
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