IPL 2021 Auction: Retained Squad Players List for all 8 Teams

Sunrisers Hyderabad retained the most number of players ahead of the IPL 2021 Auction. 

Update: Here’s the final updated squad for all the teams for IPL 2021.

With January 20, 2021, set as the deadline, all the teams have released their retained squad list ahead of the IPL 2021 Auction. Even with this not being a Mega Auction, the teams have been very prudent in terms of the amount some players were getting vis-a-vis the value they were adding. The release of these players only makes the purse of teams heavier. 

The list of released players includes some very big overseas names in the form of Steve Smith, Sheldon Cottrell, Aaron Finch, Alex Carey, Glenn Maxwell, Chris Morris, Lasith Malinga, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, etc. The Indian players who carried big price tag being released in the Auction include Kedar Jadhav, Shivam Dube, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, K Gowtham, and Karun Nair. 

While most of the teams have retained their core of players, Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore seem the only two teams to not have a good XI from the list of retained players. Overall, Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained the most number of players with 22, and Royal Challengers have retained the least number of players with 12 (+2 Traded).

Meanwhile, in terms of available purse amount, Kings XI Punjab have the maximum amount left with INR 53.2 Cr. They are followed by RCB at INR 35.7 Cr. (To be confirmed after Trade) and Rajasthan Royals with INR 34.9 Cr. Whereas SRH have the least amount, i.e INR 10.75 Cr.

So, based on the changes in the squad, let’s look at the retained squad list of all the teams ahead of the IPL 2021 Auction. 

Chennai Super Kings: 

Total Retained Players: 19 // Total Purse Available: INR 22.9 Cr. 

CSK’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction: 

Batsmen: Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, MS Dhoni (C&WK), N Jagadeesan (WK), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa (WK), and Suresh Raina.

All-rounders: Dwayne Bravo, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, and Sam Curran.

Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Imran Tahir, Josh Hazlewood, Karn Sharma, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, R Sai Kishore, and Shardul Thakur.

Delhi Capitals:

Total Retained Players: 17 // Total Purse Available: INR 12.8 Cr. (To be confirmed)

DC’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction: 

Batsmen: Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant (WK), Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, and Shreyas Iyer (C),

All-rounders:  Axar Patel, Chris Woakes, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Bowlers: Amit Mishra, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, and Pravin Dubey.

Kings XI Punjab:

Total Retained Players: 16 // Total Purse Available: INR 53.2 Cr. (To be confirmed)

KXIP’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction: 

Batsmen: KL Rahul (C&WK), Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Prabsimran Singh, and Sarfaraz Khan

All-rounders: Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, and Harpreet Brar

Bowlers: Arshdeep Singh, Chris Jordan, Ishan Porel, Mohammed Shami, Murugan Ashwin, and Ravi Bishnoi

Kolkata Knight Riders:

Total Retained Players: 17 // Total Purse Available: INR 10.85 Cr.

KKR’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction: 

Batsmen: Dinesh Karthik (C&WK), Eoin Morgan, Nitish Rana, Rahul Tripathi, Rinku Singh, Shubman Gill, and Tim Seifert 

All-rounders: Andre Russell and Sunil Narine

Bowlers: Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, and Varun Chakravarthy.

Mumbai Indians: 

Total Retained Players: 18 // Total Purse Available: INR 15.35 Cr. (To be confirmed)

MI’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction: 

Batsmen: Aditya Tare (WK), Anmolpreet Singh, Chris Lynn, Ishan Kishan (WK), Quinton de Kock (WK), Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, and Saurabh Tiwary. 

All-rounders: Anukul Roy, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, and Krunal Pandya.

Bowlers: Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohsin Khan, Rahul Chahar, and Trent Boult.

Rajasthan Royals:

Total Retained Players: 16 // Total Purse Available: INR 34.85 Cr. (To be confirmed)

RR’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction: 

Batsmen: Anuj Rawat (WK), David Miller, Jos Buttler (WK), Manan Vohra, Sanju Samson (WK), and Yashasvi Jaiswal

All-rounders: Ben Stokes, Mahipal Lomrar, and Riyan Parag

Bowlers: Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Jofra Archer, Kartik Tyagi, Mayank Markhande, Rahul Tewatia, and Shreyas Gopal.

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

Total Players: 14 // Total Purse Available: INR 35.7 Cr. (To be confirmed)

RCB’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction: 

Batsmen: Ab de Villiers (WK), Devdutt Padikkal, Joshua Philippe (WK), and Virat Kohli (C).

All-rounders: Harshal Patel, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmad, and Washington Sundar.

Bowlers: Adam Zampa, Daniel Sams, Kane Richardson, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, and Yuzvendra Chahal

Sunrisers Hyderabad:

Total Retained Players: 22 // Total Purse Available: INR 10.75 Cr. (To be confirmed)

SRH’s Retained Squad ahead of IPL 2021 Auction:

Batsmen:  David Warner (C), Jonny Bairstow (WK), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Shreevats Goswami (WK), Virat Singh, and Wriddhiman Saha (WK).

All-rounders: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Jason Holder, Mitchell Marsh, Mohammad Nabi, and Vijay Shankar.

Bowlers: Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddharth Kaul, and T Natarajan.

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