IPL 2023 Auction: Complete list of retained, released and traded players of all 10 teams
The wait for the IPL 2023 mini-auction in Kochi on December 23 is finally over. All 10 teams have announced their lists of players retained and released for the new season. A few names have been traded as well.
Gujarat Titans will enter the tournament as the defending champions while teams like Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will look to bounce back after a forgettable IPL 2022 season.
Ahead of the IPL 2023 auction, all 10 teams received an increment of ₹5 crores in their auction purse value. Here is the list of retained and released players of all 10 teams.
Mumbai Indians retained & released players list
Retained Players: Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff (Trade), Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tymal Mills, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Akash Madhwal.
Released Players: Kieron Pollard (Retired), Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Aryan Juyal, Murugan Ashwin, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande and Riley Meredith.
Chennai Super Kings retained & released players list
Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius and Mitchell Santner.
Released Players: Robin Uthappa (Retired), Dwayne Bravo, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif and Narayan Jagadeesan.
Delhi Capitals retained & released players list
Retained Players: Aman Khan (Trade), Kuldeep Yadav, Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Chetan Sakariya, Lalit Yadav, Ripal Patel, Yash Dhull, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Mustafizur Rahman, Rovman Powell, Lungi Ngidi, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel and Anrich Nortje.
Released Players: Shardul Thakur (Trade), Mandeep Singh, KS Bharat, Tim Seifert and Ashwin Hebbar.
Gujarat Titans retained & released players list
Retained Players: Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore and Noor Ahmad.
Released Players: Lockie Ferguson (Trade), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Trade), Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy and Varun Aaron.
Kolkata Knight Riders retained & released players list for IPL 2023
Retained Players: Shardul Thakur (Trade), Lockie Ferguson (Trade), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Trade), Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy and Rinku Singh.
Released Players: Chamika Karunaratne, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Sharma, Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Aman Khan, Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Nabi, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam and Sheldon Jackson.
Lucknow Super Giants retained & released players list for IPL 2023
Retained Players: Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, KL Rahul, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi.
Released Players: Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Andrew Tye and Shahbaz Nadeem.
Punjab Kings retained & released players list for IPL 2023
Retained Players: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar.
Released Players: Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Mayank Agarwal, Sandeep Sharma and Writtick Chatterjee.
Rajasthan Royals retained & released players list for IPL 2023
Retained Players: Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal and KC Cariappa.
Released Players: Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Anunay Singh, Shubham Garhwal and Tejas Baroka.
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained & released players list for IPL 2023
Retained Players: Faf du Plessis, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep, Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed and Harshal Patel.
Released Players: Jason Behrendorff (Trade), Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia and Sherfane Rutherford.
SunRisers Hyderabad retained & released players list for IPL 2023
Retained Players: Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, T Natarajan and Umran Malik.
Released Players: Kane Williamson, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra and Vishnu Vinod.