Sunday was the deadline for IPL’s player retention. While the player auction is set for December 19, the trading window will be active till December 12. So there are still chances of franchises swapping players. But as of now, here’s how the teams look:
Chennai Super Kings
Key players retained: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana
Key players released: Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorious, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala
Gujarat Titans
Key players retained: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Key players released: Alzarri Joseph, Odean Smith, Dasun Shanaka, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi
Lucknow Super Giants
Key players retained: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq
Key players released: Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat
Traded: Out — Romario Shepherd, Avesh Khan; In — Devdutt Padikkal
Mumbai Indians
Key players retained: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Jasprit Bumrah, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorf
Key players released: Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier Traded: In — Hardik Pandya, Romario Shepherd
Rajasthan Royals
Key players retained: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, R. Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna
Key players released: Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, M. Ashwin Traded: Out — Devdutt Padikkal; In — Avesh Khan
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Key players retained: Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley
Key players released: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell
Traded: Out — Shahbaz Ahmed; In — Cameron Green, Mayank Dagar
Kolkata Knight Riders
Key players retained: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Andre Russel, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy
Key players released: Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Mandeep Singh, N. Jagadeesan, David Wiese, Litton Das, Johnson Charles, Shakib Al Hasan
Punjab Kings
Key players retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Matthew Short, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar
Key players released: Shahrukh Khan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Delhi Capitals
Key players retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Key players released: Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sarfaraz Khan, Priyam Garg
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Key players retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande
Key players released: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein
Traded: Out — Mayank Dagar; In — Shahbaz Ahmed
