IPL RETENTION OF ALL 8 TEAMS.
Who is staying with whom?
CSK: All four players retained, INR 48 crore left at auction
CSK official retention figures
Ravindra Jadeja (16 crore)
MS Dhoni (12 crore)
Moeen Ali (8 crore)
Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 crore)
L Balaji says all three of Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, and Moeen Ali are difficult to replace and it that’s why they’ve been retained. Says it was very difficult to leave out guys like Faf, Rayudu, and Bravo.
Ravindra Jadeja: Jadeja is yellow again.
MI: All four players retained, INR 48 crore left at auction
MI official retention figures
Rohit Sharma (16 crore)
Jasprit Bumrah (12 crore)
Suryakumar Yadav (8 crore)
Kieron Pollard (6 crore)
Rohit Sharma: It was going to be the toughest retention for Mumbai this year. We’ve had absolutely gu players and to release them is heartbreaking.
RCB: Three players retained, INR 57 crore left at auction
Royal Challengers official retention figures
Virat Kohli (15 crore)
Glenn Maxwell (11 crore)
Mohammed Siraj (7 crore)
Virat Kohli: The journey continues. When I was contacted, I had no doubts. Three more years with this franchise means so much to me.
RR: Three players retained, INR 62 crore left at auction
Rajasthan official retention figures
Sanju Samson (14 crore)
Jos Buttler (10 crore)
Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 crore)
K Sangakkara: We couldn’t ascertain the nature and extent of Jofra’s injury.
DC: All four players retained, INR 47.5 crore left at auction
Delhi Capitals official retention figures
Rishabh Pant (16 crore)
Axar Patel (9 crore, 12 crore deducted from purse)
Prithvi Shaw (7.5 crore, 8 crore deducted from purse)
Anrich Nortje (6.5 crore)
Parth Jindal, owner: It’s not fair that you build a team, you groom them, and they play for their countries and you lose them in the end.
SRH: Three players retained, INR 68 crore left at auction
SRH official retention figures
Kane Williamson(14 crore)
Abdul Samad (4 crore)
Umran Malik (4 crore)
Sunrisers’ CEO K Shanmugam says Rashid Khan wanted to be in the auction and they will try and pick him up there.
KKR: All four players retained, INR 48 crore left at auction
KKR official retention figures
Andre Russell(12 crore, 16 crore deducted from purse)
Varun Chakravarthy (8 crore, 12 crore deducted from purse)
Venkatesh Iyer (8 crore)
Sunil Narine (6 crore)
PBKS: Two players retained, INR 72 crore left at auction.
PBKS official retention figures.
Mayank Agarwal(12 crore, 14 to be deducted from purse). Arshdeep Singh (4 crore).
Anil Kumble: We wanted to retain Rahul, but he decided to go into the auction. We respect that, we honour that decision. It’s the player’s prerogative.
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