Every cricket fan will know the list of players retained by the original eight teams before the end of the day on Tuesday (November 30). However, if rumours are to be believed, the likes of MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and Rohit Sharma would not be included in the big auction, which is set to take place in January 2022 ahead of the Indian Premier League season the following year (IPL).
Dhoni, the captain of the Chennai Super Kings, had never been in an auction, save when his team was suspended from the league, and he joined the Rising Pune Supergiants. Team India captain Virat Kohli has also never participated in the auction, having been signed as an uncapped Under-19 player by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2008.
According to ESPNCricinfo, all eight franchises must submit a list of retained players by 12 p.m. on Tuesday. To retain players, each franchise may spend a maximum of INR 42 crore from their wage budget of Rs 90 crore.
While the Chennai Super Kings, Kolkata Knight Riders, and Delhi Capitals all kept all four retention cards, Sunrisers Hyderabad is the only club that kept only one player, Kane Williamson. The RCB has elected to keep Glenn Maxwell in addition to Kohli, generating debate over whether the Australian all-rounder will be the franchise’s next captain, given that Virat has decided to forego IPL captaincy this season.
Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, and Venkatesh Iyer have been retained by IPL 2021 finalist KKR, while five-time winners Mumbai Indians have only kept Jasprit Bumrah in addition to their skipper. Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shubman Gill, and Kieron Pollard will all be included in the blockbuster auction.
Where Hardik Pandya (Hardik Pandya), David Warner (David Warner), KL Rahul (David Warner) (KL Rahul), Iyer, Shreyas (Shreyas Iyer), The franchises have let go of big players like Eoin Morgan. Despite the fact that several franchisees are currently completing their retention list. This season of the IPL will also see the debut of two new franchises, Lucknow and Ahmedabad.
Here is the complete list of players retained by each team.
- Chennai Super Kings: Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik
- Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj
- Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, and Anrich Nortje
- Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Kings XI Punjab: Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh
- Kolkata Knight Riders: Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya can play from Ahmedabad.
Recently, it was reported that the Pandya brothers, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya (Krunal Pandya), maybe spotted playing for any other team instead of the Mumbai Indians. Both were disappointments last season, and Hardik does not appear to be fully fit. He hasn’t bowled in the IPL in a long time. According to Cricbuzz, Hardik Pandya and his elder brother Krunal Pandya are both interested in playing for the new IPL club Ahmedabad.
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