IPL 2021 Auction: Players Available for Each Franchise

IPL 2021 Auction: Players Available for Each Franchise

IPL 2021 Auction:- On Wednesday, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises released a list of players they’ve retained. This marks the first act towards IPL 2021 auctions.

Most teams have retained their vital lot, but few big changes have already made news since the list was published. Among the big names released by the franchises were Steve Smith, Lasith Malinga, and Glen Maxwell.

However, the biggest of them all was the appointment of Sanju Samson as the leader of Rajasthan Royals.

Most of the team are focusing in performing and young player in this session. They are not going for the big name.

Here we look at the complete list of all players released and retained by the eight teams ahead of the IPL 2021 Auction scheduled next month:

1. IPL 2021 Auction– Kings XI Punjab

Kings Xi Punjab released two main players Glenn Maxwell and Sheldon Cottrell from Squad.

Players retained:

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

Players released:

Glenn Maxwell, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, K Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jimmy Neesham, Hardus Viljoen

2. IPL 2021 Auction–Mumbai Indians

Players retained

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

Players released

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

3. IPL 2021 Auction – Delhi Capitals

Players retained

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

Players released

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

4. IPL 2021 Auction – Kolkata Knight Riders

Players retained

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

Players released

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

5. Chennai Super Kings

Players retained

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

Players released:

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

6. 2021 Auction – Rajasthan Royals

Players retained:

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

Players released:

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

7. Royal Challengers Bangalore

Players retained:

Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Kane Richardson , Josh Philippe, Mohammad Siraj, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Adam Zampa, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pawan Deshpande

Players released:

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

8. Sunrisers Hyderabad

Players retained:

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

Players released:

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