After a week of speculations, all ten Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have released the list of retained players. Amid huge speculation about Hardik Pandya’s homecoming to Mumbai Indians, Gujarat Titans have retained him for the upcoming season. Here is the full list of players retained and released by all ten teams.
1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
The defending champions have released some key players including English allrounder Ben Stokes. Stokes has pulled out of the tournament to focus on his Test career and match fitness. The team will enter into the IPL 2024 Mini Auction with nearly 31 Crore INR.
Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Shaikh Rasheed, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, Moeen Ali, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Teekshana, Mukesh Chaudhary, Prashant Solanki, Simaranjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande
Released: Ben Stokes, Dwane Pretorius, Ambati Rayudu, Sisinda Mangla, Kyle Jamieson, Bhagat Verma, Shubranshu Senapati, Akash Singh
2. Delhi Capitals
Ahead of the return of their key wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant, Delhi Capitals have gone for an overhaul in the foreign pool. The team has released players like Phil Salt, Manish Pandey, Chetan Sakariya etc.
Retained: Certainly! Here’s the information in a paragraph format:
The Delhi Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Yash Dhull, Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Mukesh Kumar, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, and Mitchell Marsh
Released: Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, and Priyam Garg
3. Rajasthan Royals
The inaugural champions have released some key players ahead of the mini-auction. Players like Jason Holder, and Obed McCoy didn’t find a place in the squad. Uncapped Indian players like Murgan Ashwin and KM Asif have been released too.
Retained: Trent Boult, Sanju Samson (C), Yuzvendra Chahal, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Adam Zampa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma
Released: Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Abdul Basith, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif
4. Punjab Kings
Once again Punjab Kings have shocked Indian fans with their strategy. The team has released key uncapped players like Raj Bawa, Shahrukh Khan Mohit Rathee Bhanuka Rajapaksa and others.
Retained: Rahul Chahar, Shikhar Dhawan (C), Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Prabhsimran Singh, Shivam Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar
Released: Mohit Rathee, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan, Baltej Singh
5. Royal Challengers Bangalore
The Royal Challengers Bangalore has once again made some shocking decisions. The team has released Josh Hazelwood ahead of the player’s auction along with Wanindu Hasranga and Harshal Patel. They have also released David Willey.
Retained: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (trade), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar
Released: Wanindu Hasarangha, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jhadav
6. Mumbai Indians
Five-time champion Mumbai Indians have parted ways with Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs and Hrithik Shokeen along with others ahead of the player’s auction.
Retained: Rohit Sharma (capt), Dewald Brevis, SKY, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (trade)
Released: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier
7. Gujarat Titans
Hardik Pandya-led Gujarat Titans continue to go with their skipper as they have released players like Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, and Yash Dayal.
Retained: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (capt), Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Released: Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka
8. Lucknow Super Giants
Star India batter KL Rahul along with Quinton de Kock, and Kyle Mayers has been retained by Lucknow Super Giants ahead of the crucial player’s auction. The team has released Jaydev Undakat, Manan Vohra and Daniel Sams along with others.
Retained: Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria, Romario Shepherd, Avesh Khan,
Released: Devdutt Padikkal (trade), KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq
9. Sunrisers Hyderabad
Star English batter Harry Brook has been released by Sunrisers Hyderabad after a shockingly poor season with the franchise. Along with him Kartik Tyagi and Akeal Hossain have also been sent out.
Retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Shahbaz Ahmed (traded from RCB), Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Tanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazahaq Farooqi
Released: Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Adil Rashid
10. Kolkata Knight Riders
The Kolkata Knight Riders have opted for a revamp as they have released around a dozen players during the retention season. Key players like Shardul Thakur have been retained while the Carrebian duo of Suniel Narain and Andre Russell has been retained.
Retained: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Released: Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles
