IPL Released List 2023: Full List of Retained and Released Players, Live Auction
List of Retained and Released Players for IPL 2023: All the franchises of Indian Premier League have announced their retained players list ahead of the mini IPL auction in Kochi on December 23. All the teams were asked to submit their retention/released list after the conclusion of T20 World Cup 2022.
The window for the 10 franchises to retain players for the TATA Indian Premier League 2023 season ended on 15th November 2022. 163 players were retained by the franchises whereas 85 players were released from their existing squads.
Dwayne Bravo, who was one of the main player of Chennai Super Kings from last 11 years was not retained by the franchise. Punjab King’s former captain Mayank Agarwal, Sunriser Hyderabad’s former captain Kane Williamson & Nichlos Pooran were among the prominent players not to be retained by their respective franchises ahead of mini auction.
Sunrisers Hyderabad released maximum 12 players and will be participating in mini auction with highest purse of Rs 42.25 crores.
IPL Mini Auction 2023 Summary
| Tournament | Indian Premier League |
| Year | 2023 |
| IPL 2023 Start Date | April 2023 |
| Ending Date | June 2023 |
| IPL 2023 Mini Auction | 23rd December 2022 |
| Total Teams | 10 Teams |
| List of IPL Franchise | CSK, RCB, MI, KKR, DD, RR, KXIP, GT, LS, SRH |
| IPL Retained Players 2023 | 163 Players |
| Released Players (All 10 Teams) | 85 Players |
| Retained Players List | Click Here |
| Official Website | iplt20.com |
Released and Retained Players Full List
The following players from the 10 franchises were retained & released from the squad: Here’s a full list of released and retained players including remaining purse.
MUMBAI INDIANS
Mumbai Indians released total 13 players and traded Jason Behrendorff. One of the most successful all-rounder in the history of IPL, Kieron Pollard was released from the team and he announced the retirement from the IPL. He was then announced as the batting coach of the most successful franchise in the history of IPL. Here is the List of Retained and Released Players for Mumbai Indians.
| Player Released | 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 |
| Player Retained | Rohit Sharma, Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal. |
| Purse Remaining Value | INR 20.55 crore |
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
One of the most loved team in the IPL released 8 players. There were rumours that Ravindra Jadeja might part his ways, but his retention put the end to all the fake news circulating. Dwayne Bravo was the key release by the franchise. M S Dhoni will be the captain of the side in IPL 2023 as well. Here is the List of Retained and Released Players for Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
| Player Released | Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan |
| Player Retained | MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana |
| Remaining Purse | INR 20.45 crores |
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
Sunrisers Hyderabad released 12 players which include their former captain Kane Williamson and dangerous batsman Nicholas Pooran. Releasing Williamson does not seem to be a wise move, as the franchise released the likes of one of the greatest player in T20 cricket, Rashid Khan and David Warner last year to keep Williamson with the team.
| Player Released | Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod |
| Player Retained | Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik |
| Remaining Purse | INR 42.24 Crore |
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGLORE
RCB just released their 5 players and they are likely to play the same team as last year with one or two changes.
| Player Released | Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford |
| Player Retained | Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep |
| Remaining Purse | INR 8.75 Crore |
GUJARAT TITANS
The defending champions of the tournament have released only six players from their winning squad. Hardik Pandya will be the captain of the side this year as well. Jason Roy and Lockie Ferguson are the top releases.
| Player Released | Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron |
| Player Retained | Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad |
| Remaining Purse | INR 19.25 Crore |
LUCKNOW SUPERGIANTS
The LSG’s have released the likes of Jason Holder who was among the top performers for the team last year. They have four overseas slot remaining and they might bring in one or two experienced middle order batsman as Manish Pandey is also not retained by the franchise.
| Player Released | Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem |
| Player Retained | 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 |
| Remaining Purse | INR 23.35 Crore |
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
The winner of the first edition had a brilliant season last year will look to end the title drought this year. They have released four overseas players and will look to strengthen their batting.
| Player Released | Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka |
| Player Retained | Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa |
| Remaining Purse | INR 13.2 Crore |
DELHI CAPITALS
Delhi Capitals have released all rounder Shardul Thakur and Tim Seifert. Only 5 players were released from the squad.
| Player Released | Shardul Thakur, Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Mandeep Singh |
| Player Retained | Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal |
| Remaining Purse | INR 19.45 Crore |
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
The key release of KKR were Ajinkya Rahane, Aaron Finch and Pat Cummins. Alex Hales will not be available this season has been released as well. In total 16 players were released from the squad. They traded Shardul Thakar, Lockie Ferguson and Gurbaz into the team.
| Player Released | Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Aman Khan, 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 |
| Player Retained | Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh |
| Remaining Purse | INR 7.05 Crore |
PUNJAB KINGS
Their major release were the former captain Mayank Agarwal and Odean Smith. They have three overseas slot remaining. Shikhar Dhawan has been announced as the new captain for the team.
| Player Released | Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee |
| Player Retained | Shikhar Dhawan, Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar |
| Remaining Purse | INR 32.2 Crore |
IPL Media Advisory
| IPL Retention List 2023 | Check Here |
| IPL Released Players List 2023 | Check Here |
IPL 2023/ Squad Size / Salary Cap / Available Slots
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| CSK | 18 | 6 | 74.55 | 20.45 | 7 | 2 |
| DC | 20 | 6 | 75.55 | 19.45 | 5 | 2 |
| GT | 18 | 5 | 75.75 | 19.25 | 7 | 3 |
| KKR | 14 | 5 | 87.95 | 7.05 | 11 | 3 |
| LSG | 15 | 4 | 71.65 | 23.35 | 10 | 4 |
| MI | 16 | 5 | 74.45 | 20.55 | 9 | 3 |
| PBKS | 16 | 5 | 62.8 | 32.2 | 9 | 3 |
| RCB | 18 | 6 | 86.25 | 8.75 | 7 | 2 |
| RR | 16 | 4 | 81.8 | 13.2 | 9 | 4 |
| SRH | 12 | 4 | 52.75 | 42.25 | 13 | 4 |
| Total | 163 | 50 | 743.5 | 206.5 | 87 | 30 |
