IPL 2021; List Of Players Released And Retained By IPL Franchise Ahead Of IPL 14

The list for released and retained players for IPL 2021 is out now – few major surprises in the list of released players, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith, Aron Finch, and many other star players were released before the mini-auction for IPL 2021.

In total 139 players were retained by the franchises whereas 57 players were released from the squads.

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings had a rough season in IPL 2020, and finished in 7th position, with the same number of points as Rajasthan Royals 12. CSK missed their Mr. IPL, Suresh Raina, and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was unavailable for the tour. While there were many speculations that whether the team will retain Suresh Raina or not, but the team has decided to retain their star player.

Players retained by Chennai Super Kings

MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore

Players released by Chennai Super Kings

Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Shane Watson(retired)

CSK have traded Robin Uthappa from Rajasthan Royals in all cash deal.

  • No. Of Players: 18
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 7
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 62.10
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 22.90
  • Available Slots: 6
  • Overseas Slots: 1

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals had a great start to their season but failed to capitalize in the latter part of the league. DC managed to form a great team that even Anjikya Rahane had to warm the benches for most of the games.

Delhi Capitals IPL 2021

Players retained by Delhi Capitals

Shreyas Iyer, Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Daniel Sams, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woake

Players released by Delhi Capitals

Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy

  • No. Of Players: 19
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 6
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 72.09
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 12.90
  • Available Slots: 6
  • Overseas Slots: 2

Kings XI Punjab

The on-off form of KXIP had been the story of their IPL history. Major surprise came from the camp after they released Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, and James Neesham.

Kings 11 Punjab IPL 2021

Players retained by Kings XI Punjab

KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Mohd. Shami, M Ashwin, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh

Players released by Kings XI Punjab

Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon

  • No. Of Players: 16
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 3
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 30.80
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 53.20
  • Available Slots: 9
  • Overseas Slots: 5

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR IPL 2021

Players retained:

Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert

Players released:

Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton

  • No. Of Players: 17
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 6
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 74.25
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 10.75
  • Available Slots: 8
  • Overseas Slots: 2

Mumbai Indians

The four time IPL champion, Mumbai Indians had released their star performer James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter Nile and Mitchell McCleneghan. While Lasith Malings has announced retirement from franchise cricket, he was also named in the list of released players.

Mumbai Indians IPL 2021

Players retained by Mumbai Indians

Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan

Players released by Mumbai Indians

Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McCleneghan

  • No. Of Players: 18
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 4
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 69.65
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 15.35
  • Available Slots: 7
  • Overseas Slots: 4

Rajasthan Royals

RR finished eighth in the points table and that has been the case since their past few IPL campaign. That might be the reason they’ve decided to release their captain Steve Smith. Sanju Samson will be captaining the team from now on.

Rajasthan Royals IPL 2021

Players retained by Rajasthan Royals

Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, David Miller, Andrew Tye

Players released by Rajasthan Royals

Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron

  • No. Of Players: 17
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 5
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 50.15
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 34.85
  • Available Slots: 8
  • Overseas Slots: 3

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Aaron Finch who has the record for playing almost every IPL franchise, he has been released again. Morris, Steyn, Moeen Ali and Shivam Dube had been released.

Royal Challengers Banglore IPL 2021

Players retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Md. Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson

Players released by Royal Challengers Bangalore

Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Gurkeerat Mann

  • No. Of Players: 12
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 4
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 49.10
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 35.90
  • Available Slots: 13
  • Overseas Slots: 4

Sunrisers Hyderabad

SRH had a great last season, they managed to finish in the top 4. They haven’t released any player from their playing eleven which played in most of the matches. Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj Yarra had been released from the squad.

SRH IPL 2021

Players retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad

David Warner, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Samad

Players released by Sunrisers Hyderabad

Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj Yarra

  • No. Of Players: 22
  • No. Of Overseas Players: 7
  • Total Money Spent(Rs.) 74.25
  • Salary Cap Available(Rs) 10.75
  • Available Slots: 3
  • Overseas Slots: 1