Full List of Retained Players in IPL 2022

IPL 2022 is set to begin in April. There are a lot of changes made for the upcoming edition. 2 new teams of Ahmedabad and Lucknow are a new addition to the tournament. This is the second time in IPL's history that 10 teams participated in the tournament. However, apart from the addition of these 2 teams, what makes IPL 15 special is the mega auction.

All the teams were asked to retain a maximum of 4 players. Either 3 Indians or 1 foreigner or 2 Indians and 2 foreigners. The rest of the players will be released and will go under the hammer in the mega auction that will take place in the first week of January 2022.

Last night, all franchises released their list and it includes, a lot of shockers as well as surprises. The list of the players retained is as follows.

Chennai Super Kings

Chennai Super Kings used their maximum limit of retention and retained 4 players.

Each team’s purse limit Is 90 Cr, and if a team retains 4 players, then a total of 42 Cr gets deducted. Hence CSK’s purse going into the mega auction is 48 Crores.  They have released the likes of Suresh Raina, Dwane Bravo, and Faf Du Plessis.

Delhi Capitals

Delhi Capitals followed the same path as CSK and they too retained 4 players.

Delhi Capital’s purse budget while going into the mega auction is 48 Crores. They have released their former captain Shreyas Iyer and star batsmen Shikhar Dhawan.

Kolkata Knight Riders

KKR retained 4 players. KKR is the only team to retain 2 foreigner players.

KKR’s remaining purse value is 48 Crores. They retained their future star, Venkatesh Iyer. What came as a shock is they let go of Shubhman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, and Eoin Morgon. This means that KKR is left without a captain and a new face is expected to lead the side.

Mumbai Indians

Mumbai Indians retained 4 players and their purse value going into the auction is 48 Crores.

Quoting the words of Zaheer Khan, retaining Rohit, Bumrah and Pollard was an easy choice, but they had to scratch their heads while picking their 4th option. Eventually, SKY made the list which means that the likes of Pandya Brothers have been released by the Indians.

Punjab Kings

Unlike other teams, Punjab Kings retained only 2 players from their squad. Which means that they have the highest purse of 66 Crores going to the auction.

The biggest shock of the day came from the Punjab Kings camp when it was learned that KL Rahul has been released by the franchise. As the news spread like fire on social media, Anil Kumble cleared the news that KL Rahul wanted to not renew his contract. Hence KL Rahul will be seen playing for a new franchise this year.

Rajasthan Royals

The Royals retained 3 players from their squad. Their purse value going to the auction is 57 Crores.

Rajasthan Royals let go the likes of Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

RCB retained 3 players and their purse value for the mega auction is 57 crores.

RCB has been giving shocking news to cricket fans over a course of time. Firstly, Virat left the captaincy, then AB De Villiers retired, and now they released their star spin bowler Yuzvendra Chahal, purple cap holder Harshal Patel.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Similar to RCB and Rajasthan Royals, Sunrisers retained 3 players. Their total purse value going to the auctions is 57 crores.

If there is another franchise apart from the Punjab Kings, who surprised the fans a lot, then it has to be the Sunrisers. They released T20 World Cup player of the tournament David Warner, T20 spinner of the decade Rashid Khan. Unlike KL Rahul’s reason, the explanation for Rashid’s exit has not been cleared by the riser’s camp.