Ahead of the 14th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021), all the teams have released the list of Retained and Released players. 8 IPL franchises released a total of 57 players this year. Royal Challengers Bangalore released the maximum number of 10 players. At the same time, Chennai released 6, Hyderabad released 6, Punjab released 9, Kolkata released 6, Mumbai released 7, Delhi released 6 and Rajasthan released 8 players out of the team.
Rajasthan dropped the 13th edition skipper Steve Smith from the team. He was the most expensive player to be released of all teams for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League. In last season of IPL, his franchise brought him for 12.5 crore rupees a season. Now since he was released from RR, Sanju Samson will lead Rajasthan Royals in the 14th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021).
At the same time, Kings XI Punjab released Glenn Maxwell. In the IPL 2020, Mohali based franchise brought him for 10.75 crores rupees. Chris Morris was the third most expensive player in the list of all the released player. He was in the contract of Rs 10 crore with Royal Challengers Bangalore last season.
Here are the team-wise list of all the Released and Retained players for the upcoming 14th season of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021).
Released & Retained Players for 14th Season of Indian Premier League (IPL 2021)
Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Retained Player: 18
- Released Player: 07
MI Retained Player:
Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwari, Jaspreet Bumrah, Rahul Chahar, Trent Boult, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Suchit Roy, Ishan Kishan, Quinton de Kock, Aditya Tare, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jayant Yadav, Chris Lin, Mohsin Khan and Anmolpreet Singh.
MI Released Players:
Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfen Rutherford, Mitchell McClenaghan, Prince Balwant Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 15.35 crore
- Slot Left: 7 (Includes 4 foreign players)
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Retained Player: 18
- Released Player: 07
CSK Retained Player:
MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, KM Asif, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Mitchell Santner, R Sai Kishore, Lungi Ngidi, Ravindra Jadeja, Narayan Jagadishan, Rituraj Gaikwad, Josh Hazlewood, Ambati Rayudu, Deepak Chahar, Faf du Plessis, Shardul Thakur, Dwayne Bravo and Sam Karan.
CSK Released Players:
Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Monu Kumar, Shane Watson.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 22.9 crore
- Slot Left: 7 (Includes 1 foreign player)
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Retained Player: 12
- Released Player: 10
RCB Retained Player:
Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devadatta Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Adam Jampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Josh Philip, Kane Richardson, Pawan Deshpande.
RCB Released Players:
Moin Ali, Shivam Dubey, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris, Pawan Negi, Parthiv Patel, Dale Steyn, Isuru Udana, Umesh Yadav.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 35.7 crore
- Slot Left: 13 (Includes 4 foreign players)
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Retained Player: 21
- Released Player: 05
SRH Retained Player:
Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Wriddhiman Saha, Johnny Bairstow, Shrivats Goswami, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Abdul Samad, Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Khalil Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, T. Natarajan, Shahbaz Nadeem, Rashid Khan, Basil Thampi, Siddharth Kaul.
SRH Released Players:
Billy Stanlake, Virat Singh, Bawanka Sandeep, Fabian Allen and Sanjay Yadav.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 10.75 crore
- Slot Left: 3 (Includes 1 foreign player)
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Retained Player: 18
- Released Player: 06
KKR Retained Player:
Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Sunil Naren, Kuldeep Yadav, Harry Garni, Loki Ferguson, Kamlesh Nagerkoti, Shivam Mavi, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakraborty, Siddh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Nikhil Naik and Rahul Tripathi.
KKR Released Players:
Tom Banton, Chris Green, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Harry Garni, M Siddharth.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 10.85 crore
- Slot Left: 7 (Includes 1 foreign player)
Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Retained Player: 19
- Released Player: 06
DC Retained Player:
Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Chris Woakes, Daniel Sams.
DC Released Players:
Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichane, Alex Carrey, Jason Roy.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 12.8 crore
- Slot Left: 6 (Includes 2 foreign players)
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)
- Retained Player: 12
- Released Player: 10
KXIP Retained Player:
KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Puran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Simran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshadeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel.
KXIP Released Players:
Glenn Maxwell, Karun Nair, Hardus Viljoen, Jagdish Suchit, Mujib ur Rehman, Sheldon Cottrell, Jimmy Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Tajinder Singh.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 53.2 crore
- Slot Left: 9 (Includes 5 foreign players)
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Retained Player: 17
- Released Player: 08
RR Retained Player:
Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jose Butler, Ryan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Karthik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra And Robin Uthappa.
RR Released Players:
Steve Smith, Ankit Rajput, Oshen Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Karan, Anirudh Joshi, Shashank Singh.
- Amount in Purse: Rs 34.85 crore
- Slot Left: 8 (Includes 3 foreign players)
The mini auction ahead of the 14th edition of Indian Premier League is scheduled on 11th February 2020. Here are the amount left in each team’s purse after releasing the players.
Amount Left in Purse After Releasing Players For IPL 2021 Auction
Team | Amount (₹) |
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Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) | 53.2 Crore |
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 35.7 Crore |
Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 34.85 Crore |
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 22.9 Crore |
Mumbai Indians (MI) | 15.35 Crore |
Delhi Capitals (DC) | 12.8 Crore |
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 10.85 Crore |
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 10.75 Crore |