The 10 IPL franchises have revealed lists of players they’ve retained ahead of the mega auction next month. The IPL governing council gave each team the option to keep six players (via retention or Right to Match option) to help them keep their core intact. Of these six, at most five can be capped players (Indian or overseas) and at most two uncapped. There were uncertainties over the future of top Indian stars including Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Shami among others whether they will be retained by their respective franchises. The suspense has been lifted now.
The teams will be building a fresh squad around the players they have kept hold of at the mega auction expected to be held in the last week of November.
MI Retained Players: Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 18 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 16.35 crore), Hardik Pandya (Rs 16.35 crore), Rohit Sharma (Rs 16.30 crore), Tilak Varma (Rs 8 crore)
Chennai Super Kings
CSK Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 18 crore), Matheesha Pathirana (Rs 13 crore), Shivam Dube (Rs 12 crore), Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 18 crore), MS Dhoni (Rs 4 crore)
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR Retained Players: Rinku Singh (Rs 13 crore), Varun Chakaravarthy (Rs 12 crore), Sunil Narine (Rs 12 crore), Andre Russell (Rs 12 crore), Harshit Rana (Rs 4 crore), Ramandeep Singh (Rs 4 crore)
Royal Challengers Bengaluru
RCB Retained Players: Virat Kohli (Rs 21 crore), Rajat Patidar (Rs 11 crore) and Yash Dayal (Rs 5 crore) ahead of the mega auction.
Lucknow Super Giants
LSG Retained Players: Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore), Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore), Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore), Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore)
Rajasthan Royals
RR Retained Players: Sanju Samson (Rs 18 crore), Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 18 crore), Riyan Parag (Rs 14 crore), Dhruv Jurel (Rs 14 crore), Shimron Hetmyer (Rs 11 crore), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 4 crore)
Delhi Capitals
DC Retained Players: Axar Patel (Rs 16.5 crore), Kuldeep Yadav (Rs 13.25 crore), Tristan Stubbs (Rs 10 crore), Abhishek Porel (Rs 4 crore)
Gujarat Titans
GT Retained Players: Rashid Khan (Rs 18 crore), Shubman Gill (Rs 14 crore), Sai Sudharshan (Rs 11 crore), Rahul Tewatia (Rs 4 crore), Shahrukh Khan (Rs 4 crore)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH Retained Players: Heinrich Klaasen (Rs 23 crore), Pat Cummins (Rs 18 crore), Abhishek Sharma (Rs 14 crore), Travis Head (Rs 14 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (Rs 6 crore)
