IPL 2023: MI drop 13 players, SRH release captain Williamson
The existing 10 teams in the Indian Premier League (IPL) have revealed the final list of players retained and released. Five-time champions Mumbai Indians have released 13 players from their roster, including Kieron Pollard, who has retired from the IPL. Meanwhile, Chennai Super Kings let go of star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo. In a surprising move, Sunrisers Hyderabad have released their captain, Kane Williamson.
MI drop 13 players
Current squad of MI
Current squad of MI: Rohit Sharma (captain), 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. They acquired Australian pacer Jason Behrendorff through a trade from Royal Challengers Bangalore. Remaining purse: Rs. 20.55 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 3
Pollard retires from IPL
West Indian all-rounder Pollard has announced his retirement from IPL. Pollard, who served Mumbai Indians as a premier all-rounder for over a decade, called time on his IPL career on Tuesday. He was involved in each of the five title-winning campaigns of MI (2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020). Pollard will now take up the role of batting coach with them.
CSK release DJ Bravo!
Released: Dwayne Bravo, Adam Milne, Chris Jordan, N Jagadeesan, Chari Nishaanth, K Bhagat Varma, KM Asif, Robin Uthappa. Retained: MS Dhoni (captain, wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Matheesha Pathirana, Subhranshu Senapati. Purse: Rs. 20.45. Overseas slots remaining: 2.
SRH release 13 players, including Williamson
Players 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. 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. Remaining purse: Rs. 42.25 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 4.
DC retain Rishabh Pant, David Warner
Players released by DC
Players released by DC: Shardul Thakur, Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, KS Bharat, and Mandeep Singh. They had acquired Aman Khan through a trade from Kolkata Knight Riders. Notably, KKR traded in Thakur from DC. Purse remaining: Rs. 19.45 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 2.
Here are the players retained by RR
RR release Rassie van der Dussen
Players released by RR: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka. RR acquired no players in the trading window. Purse remaining: Rs. 13.2 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 4.
List of players retained by RCB
RCB release Sherfane Rutherford
Players released by RCB: Jason Behrendorff, Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, and Sherfane Rutherford. RCB acquired no players in the trading window. Purse remaining: Rs. 8.75 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 2.
LSG release Jason Holder, Manish Pandey
Players released: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem. Players retained: KL Rahul (captain), 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. Notably, LSG traded no players. Purse remaining: Rs. 23.35 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 4.
KKR retain Shreyas Iyer as captain
Players retained by KKR: Shreyas Iyer (captain), 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 Players acquired through trades: Shardul Thakur,Rahmanullah Gurbaz,Lockie Ferguson. Purse remaining: Rs. 7.05 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 3.
KKR release Rahane, Finch
A look at the players released by KKR: 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.
Defending champions GT retain their core
Players released: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron.
Players retained: Hardik Pandya (captain), 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.
Purse remaining: Rs. 19.25
Overseas slots remaining: 3
PBKS release Indian batter Mayank Agarwal
Players released: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee. Players retained: Shikhar Dhawan (captain), 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. Purse remaining: Rs. 32.2 crore. Overseas slots remaining: 3.
Dhawan replaces Agarwal as PBKS captain
Indian opener Dhawan has replaced Agarwal as PBKS captain for the 2023 IPL season. As per ESPNcricinfo, Kings head coach Trevor Bayliss backed Dhawan's appointment as captain. Dhawan was picked by the Kings at the 2022 IPL mega auction for Rs. 8.25 crore. Meanwhile, Agarwal was appointed their skipper ahead of IPL 2022. His poor form with the bat resulted in his ouster.
