IPL retention list released: Dhoni retained as uncapped player

IPL retention list released: Dhoni retained as uncapped player, Mumbai retained 5 players including Bumrah

All 10 teams have released the list of player retention for IPL's mega auction-2024. 5-time champion Chennai Super Kings has retained 5 players. Former captain MS Dhoni will play for Chennai as an uncapped player.

At the same time, Delhi Capitals have released captain Rishabh Pant and now he will enter the auction. Pant was with Delhi since 2016 and in 2022 he also became the captain of this franchise. Lucknow Super Giants have released KL Rahul and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have released captain Shreyas Iyer.

Heinrich Klaasen was the most expensive retained. Sunrisers Hyderabad retained him in their team for Rs 23 crore.

Gujarat retained 5 players including Rashid, Gill

Gujarat Titans has retained five players and out of these three are capped and two are players. Gujarat retained Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill and Sai Sudarshan as capped. The two uncapped players are Rahul Tewatia and Shahrukh Khan. Now in the auction, Gujarat will have a chance to add a capped player with the Right to Match card.

Sandeep Sharma will play as an uncapped player from RR

Rajasthan Royals (RR) has retained six players. Among them, five capped players Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel and Shimron Hetmyer have been retained. At the same time, Sandeep Sharma has been retained as an uncapped player. Now in the auction, the team will not have a chance to use the Right to Match card. RR has released its star performers Jos Buttler, Yuzvendra Chahal and Ravichandran Ashwin.

Delhi releases captain Pant

Delhi Capitals (DC) has also released captain Rishabh Pant. The team has retained Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs and Abhishek Porel. One of them is uncapped.

Lucknow Super Giants release KL Rahul, retain 5 players

LSG has also retained five players. These include Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, Mohsin Khan and Ravi Bishnoi. Pooran, Mayank and Bishnoi are capped players, while Mohsin and Badoni are uncapped players.

Kolkata releases captain Shreyas

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has released captain Shreyas Iyer. KKR has retained four capped players in the form of Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh and Varun Chakraborty and two uncapped players in the form of Ramandeep Singh and Harshit Rana.

Sunrisers Hyderabad retained 5 players

Sunrisers Hyderabad has retained five players. All are capped players. These include captain Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Abhishek Sharma. In the auction, they will have a chance to add an uncapped player with the Right to Match card.

RCB retained 3 players including Kohli

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has retained three players. The team has retained Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar and Yash Dayal. Players like Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis and Mohammad Siraj have been released.

Punjab retained only two players

Punjab Kings (PBKS) has retained only two players. Punjab has retained Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh. Both these players are uncapped.

Dhoni retained as an uncapped player

5-time champion Chennai Super Kings has retained 5 players, including former captain MS Dhoni (uncapped), captain Rituraj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey and Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathish Pathirana.

Mumbai Indians retained 5 players

Mumbai Indians, which has won 4 titles, retained franchise captain Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar, Rohit Sharma and Tilak Verma.