IPL 2023 Retentions: Complete list of released and retained players

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In a significant development, the ten IPL franchises revealed their list of retained players ahead of the IPL 2023. There were some shocking releases as well as some surprising retentions. Here's the complete list of players released and retained by the IPL franchises. 

Mumbai Indians

Legendary finisher Kieron Pollard announced his IPL retirement, while the likes of Riley Meredith, Daniel Sams, Tymal Mills and Murugan Ashwin faced axing as the five-time champions looked all set to revamp their bowling unit. 

Released players: Kieron Pollard, Riley Meredith, Daniel Sams, Tymal Mills, Fabien Allen, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Rahul Buddhi, Aryan Juyal, Murugan Ashwin and Sanjay Yadav.

Retained players: Rohit Sharma (C), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal

Purse Remaining: 20.55 Crores
Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Chennai Super Kings

Just like their arch rivals Mumbai Indians, the Chennai Super Kings decided to release their long-serving Caribbean legend Dwayne Bravo ahead of the mini-auction. Chris Jordan, Adam Milne and Robin Uthappa were the other notable absentees from the current squad. 

Released Players: Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan

Retained Players: MS Dhoni (C), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana

Purse Remaining: 20.45 Crores
Overseas Slots Remaining: 2

Sunrisers Hyderabad

In a shocking turn of events, SRH released their two stalwarts, Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran. While Williamson's axing is understandable considering his poor recent form, Pooran's exclusion surprised many. 

Released Players: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod

Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Purse Remaining: INR 42.25 crore
Overseas Slots Remaining: 4

Punjab Kings

As expected, Punjab Kings released former captain Mayank Agarwal to the auction pool, appointing Shikhar Dhawan as their skipper for the IPL 2023. Swashbuckling West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith, who was one of the hottest buys in the mega auction, was also excluded from the squad. 

Released Players: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee

Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar

Purse Remaining: INR 32.2 Crores
Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR's marquee players Sam Billings, Alex Hales and Pat Cummins pulled out of the tournament, while the likes of Aaron Finch, Ajinkya Rahane and Shivam Mavi were released to the mini-auction pool. 

Released Players: Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Aman Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson

Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh

Players acquired via trades: Shardul Thakur, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson

Purse Remaining: INR 7.05 Crores
Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Gujarat Titans

The defending champions traded Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Lockie Ferguson to KKR, releasing the likes of Jason Roy, Varun Aaron and Dominic Drakes. 

Released Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron

Retained Players: Hardik Pandya (capt), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad

Purse Remaining: INR 19.25 Crores
Overseas Slots Remaining: 3

Lucknow Super Giants

The Super Giants decided to release some big names, with Jason Holder being the most prominent among them. However, they have retained their core players. 

Released Players: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem

Retained Players: KL Rahul (C), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi

Purse remaining: INR 23.35 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 4

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB traded Jason Behrendorff for cash with the Mumbai Indians, releasing the likes of Sherfane Rutherford and Luvnith Sisodia. 

Released Players: Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford

Retained Players: Faf du Plessis (capt), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep

Purse remaining: INR 8.75 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 2

Rajasthan Royals

The Royals let some of their overseas players go, who failed to live up to the expectations in the IPL 2022. 

Released Players: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka

Retained Players: Sanju Samson (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa

Purse remaining: INR 13.2 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 4

Delhi Capitals

The Capitals traded Shardul Thakur for Aman Khan with KKR, releasing the likes of Tim Seifert and Mandeep Singh. 

Released Players:  Shardul Thakur, Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, KS Bharat, Mandeep Singh

Retained Players: Rishabh Pant (C), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal

Players acquired via trades: Aman Khan

Purse remaining: INR 19.45 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 2

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