IPL 2023: Full list of players retained, released and traded, auction date, purse value of all franchises

Ahead of the IPL 2023 auction which is on December 23, franchises released their list of retained players and released other players to free up their slots. Kieron Pollard was released by the Mumbai Indians, Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran by  SunRisers Hyderabad, Dwayne Bravo by Chennai Super Kings, and Mayank Agrawal by Punjab Kings.

After the player retention deadline, SRH was left with the most money to do business in the IPL auction 2023, while Rajasthan Royals had the least.

There are no restrictions on the number of players who can be released or retained.

Here is the complete list of retained, released and traded players ahead of IPL 2023 -

Mumbai Indians

Current Squad- Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Verma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal

Released Players- Kieron Pollard, Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills

Traded in: Jason Behrendorff (from RCB)

Remaining Purse: INR 20.55 crore

Punjab Kings

Current Squad- Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Bhanuka Rajapaksha, Jitesh Sharma, Prabhsimran Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Raj Bawa, Liam Livingston, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baljet Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar and Kagiso Rabada

Released Players: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee

Remaining Purse: INR 32.2 crore

SunRisers Hyderabad

Current Squad- Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik

Released Players: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod

Remaining Purse: INR 42.25 crore

Chennai Super Kings

Current Squad- MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaekwad, Subhranshu Senapati, Mitchel Santner, Dwaine Pretorius, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana and Prashant Solanki

Released Players: Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan

Remaining Purse: INR 20.45 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders

Current Squad- Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Anukul Roy, Venky Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Harshit Rana

Released Players: Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Aman Khan (traded), Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson

Trade ins: Shardul Thakur (from DC), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (from GT), Lockie Ferguson (from GT)

Remaining Purse: INR 7.05 crore

Rajasthan Royals

Current Squad- Sanju Samson, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa

Released Players: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka

Remaining Purse: INR 13.2 crore

Delhi Capitals

Current Squad- Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Rovman Powell, Yash Dhull, Ripal Patel, Mitchell Marsh, Sarfaraz Khan, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal and Aman Khan

Released Players: Shardul Thakur (traded), Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Mandeep Singh

Trade ins: Aman Khan (from KKR)

Remaining Purse: INR 19.45 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Current Squad- Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Dinesh Karthik, Mahipal Lomror, Finn Allen, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Suyash Prabhudesai, Harshal Patel, Siddharth Kaul, Mohammad Siraj, Akash Deep, Josh Hazelwood, Karn Sharma

Released Players: Jason Behrendorff (traded), Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford

Remaining Purse: INR 8.75 crore

Lucknow SuperGiants

Current Squad- KL Rahul, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi

Released Players: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem

Remaining Purse: INR 23.35 crore

Gujarat Titans

Current Squad- Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad

Released Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (traded), Lockie Ferguson (traded), Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron

Remaining Purse: INR 19.25 crore

It is to be noted that the mega-auction ahead of IPL 2022 was a two-day event. However, this time around since it is a mini-auction, implying lesser spots up for grabs, the entire proceedings will take place on December 23.

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