IPL auction 2019: Who's retained, who's released? Here's list for all teams

From Chennai Super Kings to Mumbai Indians, teams are ready to bid for the best in the IPL auction 2019. Also, the Right to Match would be an interesting factor in the auction.

It's time to splurge on sport — at least for some! The gala T20 cricket tournament Indian Premier League 2019 (IPL 2019) may still be months away, but time has come for the bids and counter-bids as 351 players go under the hammer on Tuesday. IPL franchises would be cometing to get the best possible combination at today's IPL auction.

 

The player salary cap has been increased this year to Rs 800 million from Rs 660 million last season, giving the eight franchises a window to spend some more without worrying about the limit.

 

The auction would be a one-day affair, unlike the previous auction that went on for days. In another change from the usual, Richard Madley would not be the auctioneer this year and we will see a new face donning the role.

 

The 351 cricketers in the auction will be split into three groups — batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders. 

 

The teams have already provided the list of retained and released players. The teams, however, can have 25 players in the squad, compared with 27 earlier. The teams can now have eight overseas players, against nine earlier, and they need to keep at least 18 players in the squad.

 

The teams also have the option of 'Right To Match' (RTM) to keep their players. A franchise can retain its players during the auction by matching the highest bid made by another franchise. Teams can only use a maximum of three RTMs, irrespective of the number of players they managed to retain in the lists submitted to the BCCI.

 

Here's a look at the list of players retained and released by the teams

 

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

 

CSK has a salary cap of Rs 840 million, with the slot for 2 Indian players only. They have retained most of their players and released just three — Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth and Kshitiz Sharma.

 

 

List of retained players: M S Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Ravindra Jadeja, Sam Billings, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Shane Watson, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, K M Asif, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar and Chaitanya Bishnoi

 

 

Kings XI Punjab (KXIP)

 

KXIP have retained only nine of their 20 players and released big names, including Yuvraj Singh, Aaron Finch and Axar Patel. With a total of 15 available slots — 11 for Indians and 4 overseas players — KXIP have Rs 362 million and they would look to make the most of this purse from the auction. KXIP have also traded Marcus Stoinis for Mandeep Singh with RCB.

 

List of retained players: Lokesh Rahul, Chris Gayle, Andrew Tye, Mayank Agarwal, Ankit Rajpoot, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Karun Nair, David Miller and Ravichandran Ashwin.

 

List of released players: Aaron Finch, Axar Patel, Mohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Barinder Sran, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar and Manzoor Dar.

 

Mumbai Indians (MI)

Mumbai Indians have retained 18 players and released 10, including JP Duminy and Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman. With a salary cap of Rs 110.5 million, MI have a total of 7 open slots, of which 6 are for domestic players and one spot for an overseas player. They have also traded Quinton de Kock from RCB.

List of retained players: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Aditya Tare, Adam Milne, Anukul Roy, Ben Cutting, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Siddhesh Lad, Quinton de Kock, Evin Lewis, Mitchell McClenaghan and Jason Behrendorff.

 

List of released players: Mustafizur Rahman, J P Duminy, Pat Cummins, Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, M D Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon and Akila Dananjaya.

 

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

 

With slots available for 6 Indian and 3 overseas players and a salary cap of Rs 209.5 million, Rajasthan Royals would look to bid for a balanced side.

 

List of Retained players: Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jos Buttler, Jofra Archer, Ish Sodhi, Dhawal Kulkarni and Mahipal Lomror

 

List of released players: D’Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Heinrich Klaasen, Dane Paterson, Zahir Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma and Jatin Saxena.

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad have a total of 5 available slots — three for Indian players and 2 for overseas players — after they released Chris Jordan and Carlos Brathwaite among 8 players. The side has also traded Shikhar Dhawan to Delhi Daredevils for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Shahbaz Nadeem. SRH has a salary cap of Rs 970 million.

 

List of retained players: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Deepak Hooda, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Khaleel Ahmed, Yusuf Pathan, Billy Stanlake, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Shakib Al Hasan.

 

List of released players: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Mehdi Hasan.

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

 

RCB have 10 available slots — 8 for Indian and 2 for overseas players. They also have a salary cap of Rs 181.5 million. They have traded Mandeep Singh for Marcus Stoinis with KXIP.

 

List of retained players: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Mohammed Siraj, Colin de Grandhomme, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini and Kulwant Khejroliya.

 

List of released players: Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh, Chris Woakes, Sarfraz Khan.

 

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
 

KKR have 12 available slots — 7 Indian and 5 overseas. The salary cap available is Rs 152 million. 

 

List of retained players: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Piyush Chawla, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh and Kamlesh Nagarkoti.

 

List of released players: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Ishank Jaggi, Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Javon Searles

 

Delhi Capitals (Delhi Daredevils)

DD have 10 slots left — 7 Indian and 3 overseas. Salary cap available is Rs 255 million. They have traded Shikhar Dhawan from SRH for Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar and Shahbaz Nadeem.

List of retained players: Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, Sandeep Lamichhane and Trent Boult.

 

List of released players: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Junior Dala, Liam Plunkett, Mohammed Shami, Sayan Ghosh, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Naman Ojha.