IPL 2019 Auction: Full list of players retained, released and traded by teams

Mumbai Indians have retained 18 players including their skipper Rohit Sharma but released some top international stars like JP Duminy and fast bowling duo of Pat Cummins and Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman. The franchise has also released 10 players which include one capped, five uncapped and four international cricketers. Mumbai Indians have also released domestic players like Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, Mohsin Khan and Kerala's MD Nidheesh. Rohit, the most successful captain in IPL, will continue to lead the team next season.

Salary cap available: Rs 11.15 crore

Available slots: 7 (Indian 6, Overseas 1)

Traded In: Quinton de Kock

Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff.

Released Players: Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya

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Rajasthan Royals released the costliest Indian player in IPL 2018 auction Jaydev Unadkat but retained their another million dollar buy Ben Stokes. Unadkat was picked up by Rajasthan last time around for Rs 11.5 crore. Steve Smith has been retained after missing the 2018 IPL due to the suspension. Apart from Unadkat, the Royals have released nine other players, which include 5 international players.

Salary cap available: Rs 20.95 crore

Available slots: 9 (Indian 6, Overseas 3)

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

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

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MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings has retained most of the winning squad of 2019 and released just three players - Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma. Wood played only one game last season for CSK and conceded 49 runs in four overs. Both Kanishk Seth and Kshitiz Sharma are uncapped players. New Zealand allrounder Mitchell Santner, who missed the 2018 season due to a knee injury has been retained along with his replacement David Willey.

Salary cap available: Rs 8.40 crore

Available slots: 2 (Indian 2, Overseas 0)

Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Billings, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi.

Released Players: Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma

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Delhi Capitals (earlier Delhi Daredevils) have gone for a complete overhaul for another new season. Gautam Gambhir has been released after a poor showing last season. Apart from Gambhir, Delhi also released Jason Roy, Junior Dala, Liam Plunkett, Mohammed Shami, Sayan Ghosh, Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh Mann and Naman Ojha. They have been boosted by the inclusion of local boy Shikhar Dhawan. They traded Dhawan, who is valued at Rs 5.2 crore, from Sunrisers Hyderabad and in return gave them allrounder Shankar (Rs 3.2 crore), under-19 batsman Abhishek Sharma (Rs 55 lakh), and left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (Rs 3.2 crore). 

Salary cap available: Rs 25.50 crore

Available slots: 10 (Indian 7, Overseas 3)

Traded In: Shikhar Dhawan

Traded Out: Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem

Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan

Released Players: Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Gurkeerat Mann, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Shami, Dan Christian, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett, Junior Dala, Naman Ojha

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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) released Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who missed the previous two seasons. They also released Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles and veteran pacer Vinay Kumar. However, Kamlesh Nagarkoti kept his place despite not playing a single game in IPL 2018. His replacement Prasidh Krishna has also been retained.

Salary cap available: Rs 15.20 cr

Available slots: 12 (Indian 7, Overseas 5)

Retained Players: Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna

Released Players: Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles, Ishank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhade, Vinay Kumar

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Royal Challengers Bangalore were traded South African wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock to Mumbai Indians for a cash deal worth Rs 2.8 crore. They also traded batsman Mandeep Singh to Kings XI Punjab for Australian all-rounder Marcus Stoinis. Brendon McCullum was the biggest name among the players released by the Virat Kohli-led side. 

Salary cap available: Rs 18.15 crore

Available slots: 10 (Indian 8, Overseas 2)

Traded In: Marcus Stoinis

Traded Out: Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh

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

Released Players: Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson, Sarfraz Khan

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Sunrisers Hyderabad have made some big changes to their squad going into the auction next month. Apart from trading Shikhar Dhawan, Sunrisers have dumped injured Wriddhiman Saha along and West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite. They also bid farewell to opener Alex Hales who was the replacement for David Warner. Former captain Warner, who is serving a one-year ban due to ball-tampering charges, is still part of the Sunrisers squad.

Salary cap available: Rs 9.70 crore

Available slots: 5 (Indian 3, Overseas 2)

Traded In: Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem

Traded Out: Shikhar Dhawan

Retained Players: David Warner, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda.

Released Players: Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan

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Yuvraj Singh was released by Kings XI Punjab ahead of the Indian Premier League auction next month. KXIP made the maximum number of changes to the existing squad during the transfer window. The Priety Zinta-owned side retained only ten players from last season. Yuvraj, who last played for India in June 2017, was bought by KXIP at a base price of Rs 2 crore at the mega auction held in January. Chris Gayle, who too was lapped up by KXIP at his base price of Rs 2 crore, has been retained. 

Salary cap available: Rs 36.20 crore

Available slots: 15 (Indian 11, Overseas 4)

Traded In: Mandeep Singh

Traded Out: Marcus Stoinis

Retained Players: Chris Gayle, David Miller, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb ur Rahman

Released Players: Axar Patel, Aaron Finch, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar

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