IPL 2022: retained players full list ahead of auction

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The Indian Premier League is all set to expand from the next season with the addition of two new teams – Lucknow and Ahmedabad. It will add an extra bit of competitiveness as the previous teams will be fighting against new contenders. The mega auction will happen ahead of the next season which will help the new franchise to get a fair chance in having a quality squad.

Things have heated up further with the addition of the two new franchises who would bid for players for the very first time and as expected – eyes would be on them.

Purse remaining for each team after retentions:

• RCB - 57 crore
• MI - 48 crore
• PBKS - 72 crore
• SRH - 68 crore
• CSK - 48 crore
• DC - 47.5 crore
• KKR - 48 crore
• RR - 62 crore

As per BCCI’s retention policy, franchisees are allowed to retain only four players and the teams are required to submit the final list by November 30.

The retained players are:

• List of players Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained:

1) Virat Kohli - 15 crore
2) Glenn Maxwell - 11 crore
3) Mohammed Siraj - 7 crore


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• The list of players Mumbai Indians have retained:

1) Rohit Sharma - 16 crore
2) Jasprit Bumrah - 12 crore
3) Suryakumar Yadav - 8 crore
4) Kieron Pollard - 6 crore


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• The list of players Punjab Kings have retained:

1) Mayank Agarwal - 14 crore
2) Arshdeep Singh (uncapped) - 4crore


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• The list of players Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained:

1) Kane Williamson - 14 crore
2) Abdul Samad (uncapped) - 4 crore
3) Umran Malik (uncapped) - 4 crore


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• The list of players Chennai Super Kings have retained:

1) Ravindra Jadeja - 16 crore
2) MS Dhoni - 12 crore
3) Moeen Ali - 8 crore
4) Ruturaj Gaikwad - 6 crore


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• The list of players Delhi Capitals have retained:

1) Rishabh Pant - 16 crore
2) Axar Patel - 9 crore
3) Prithvi Shaw - 7.5 crore
4) Anrich Nortje - 6.5 crore


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• The list of players Kolkata Knight Riders have retained:

1) Andre Russell - 12 crore
2) Varun Chakravarthy - 8 crore
3) Venkatesh Iyer - 8 crore
4) Sunil Narine - 6 crore


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• The list of players Rajasthan Royals have retained:

1) Sanju Samson - 14 crore
2) Jos Buttler - 10 crore
3) Yashasvi Jaiswal (uncapped) - 4 crore

For the two new teams, they have a timeframe between 1 December to 25 December to pick three players before the mega auction. And out of 3 two must be Indians.