IPL 2021 is upon us and the eight teams will be announcing the release and retentions for the upcoming season of the lucrative league
A new year, and a new season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) beckons. After the successful completion of the IPL 2020 season in the times of COVID in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the new season begins with the announcements of the release and retentions by the eight IPL teams on Wednesday. While Mumbai Indians, two-time defending champions looks the most settled side, Chennai Super Kings (CSK), on the other hand, will be looking ahead for the future by releasing some of their main players.
Here are the live updates from the IPL 2021 Player Retention:
January 20, 18.29: Delhi release Keemo Paul, Lamichhane, Alex Carey, Mohit Sharma, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel
January 20, 18.20: MI releases Malinga, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell McClenaghan, Sherfane Rutherford
January 20, 18.10: Sanju Samson made RR captain, RR release Steve Smith, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron
January 20, 18.08: CSK release six players - Monu Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay and Piyush Chawla
1. Chennai Super Kings
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CSK release six players - Monu Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay and Piyush Chawla.
CSK now have a purse of INR 22.9 crores remaining with one overseas slot left.
Updated Squad: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Karn Sharma, N. Jagdeesan, KM Asif, Sai Kishore, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Imran Tahir, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood.
2. Mumbai Indians
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Mumbai Indians release 7 players - Lasith Malinga, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McClenaghan, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Digvijay Deshmukh
Updated Squad: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Aditya Tare, Krunal Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn.
3. Royal Challengers Bangalore
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Royal Challengers Bangalore release 10 players - Chris Morris, Moeen Ali, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Dale Steyn, Parthiv Patel, Isuru Udana, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Shivam Dube
IPL 2020 Squad: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmad, AB de Villiers, Josh Philippe, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson.
4. Kolkata Knight Riders
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Kolkata Knight Riders release 5 players - Tom Banton, Chris Green, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, M Siddharth
Updated Squad: Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Eoin Morgan, Chris Green, Tim Seifert.
5. Delhi Capitals
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Delhi Capitals released 6 players - Mohit Sharma, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Jason Roy and Tushar Deshpande
Updated Squad: Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Anrich Nortje, Chris Woakes.
6. Rajasthan Royals
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Rajasthan Royals release 8 players - Steve Smith, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Shashank Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot; Sanju Samson named captain
Updated Squad: Sanju Samson, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Robin Uthappa, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, David Miller, Andrew Tye.
7. Sunrisers Hyderabad
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Sunrisers Hyderabad release five players - Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav and Prithvi Raj Yarra
Updated Squad: David Warner, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Sreevats Goswami, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Basil Thampi, T. Natarajan, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
8. Kings XI Punjab
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Kings XI Punjab release 9 players - Glenn Maxwell, Karun Nair, Hardus Viljoen, Jagadeesha Suchith, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, Jimmy Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Tajinder Singh.
KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Mandeep Singh, Sarfraz Khan, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Chris Jordan.
