Vivo IPL Retention: 8 teams retained 27 players in which 8 are overseas and 4 are uncapped Indians

Vivo IPL Retention: 8 teams retained 27 players in which 8 are overseas and 4 are uncapped Indians. Yesterday all 8 teams shared the list of players they have retained. With a total salary cap of INR 90 crore available at the mega auction for each team, the eight franchises were eligible to retain up to 4 players with a maximum of 3 Indians, 2 overseas players and 2 uncapped Indians.

Each of the eight franchises used the Player Retention option with Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) opting to retain 4 players each. Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have retained 3 players each while Punjab Kings (PBKS) have retained 2. The PBKS thus have the highest salary purse available with INR 72 crore while Delhi Capitals have least at INR 47.50 to be used at the mega auction.

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KL Rahul, Rashid Khan and Hardik Pandya are among the big names that haven’t been retained by their franchises as BCCI unveiled the retention lists on Tuesday ahead of the mega action. The three players along with other released players will now be in the pool from which the two new IPL teams, Ahmedabad and Lucknow will have up to three picks each (2 Indian, 1 foreign).

Expectedly, the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and Rishabh Pant were retained by their respective teams. Jadeja was the first pick for CSK being retained for INR 16 crore ahead of MS Dhoni (INR 12 crore). Among foreign players, Glenn Maxwell, Jos Buttler, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell and Anrich Nortje were retained. Allrounder Kieron Pollard made the cut for Mumbai Indians whereas Moeen Ali was chosen over the likes of Sam Curran, Faf du Plessis and Dwayne Bravo at Chennai Super Kings.

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Here is the list of players retained by each teams along with salary offered to players, Retention deduction and Salary purse available for the upcoming mega auction.

*If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player exceeds the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to that higher League Fee shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap. If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player is less than the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to the relevant prescribed amount shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap.

“We wanted to retain him (KL Rahul),” PBKS head coach Anil Kumble told while announcing the retentions. “That was the reason we chose him as the captain, as the fulcrum of the team two years ago but he decided to go into the auction. We respect that, it’s the player’s prerogative.” On Rashid Khan, the CEO of Sunrisers Hyderabad, K Shammi, said: “If a player wants to be in the auction because of the price, we respect his decision. We will try and match him and see if we can pick him in the auction for the right price.”

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Mohammed Siraj by RCB, Ruturaj Gaikwad by CSK, Yashasvi Jaiswal by RR and Venkatesh Iyer by KKR stood out as decisions made keeping the future in mind. Pant was the first pick for DC, who went for all-rounder Axar Patel as their second pick ahead of Prithvi Shaw and Anrich Nortje. The South African pacer was picked over his fellow countryman Kagiso Rabada. At MI, there was a surprise in store with Suryakumar Yadav getting retained ahead of allrounder Hardik and wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan.

Sanju Samson, the RR captain in the 2021 season, was also retained by the franchise. Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer were among the players released by RR. At SRH, Williamson was picked as the first player, something that Rashid was looking at too as a second pick costs INR 4 crore less. But SRH ruled in favour of captain Williamson and have also gone ahead and retained all-rounder Abdul Samad and fast bowler Umran Malik who made his debut in the last season.

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Overall, MI, CSK, DC and KKR retained 4 players each, the maximum allowed. Punjab Kings retained only two players, the least out of all the eight teams. KKR were the only team to retain two foreign players.

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