Ahead of the 2021 season of the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday released 10 players. The mini auction will be held on February 11.

One other decision that made headlines was Rajasthan Royals releasing skipper Steve Smith. The franchise, which finished last in the last season, has named wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson as their captain for IPL 2021.

Kings XI Punjab released five players, including major overseas names like Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell and Mujeeb ur Rahman. 

Chennai Super Kings Full squad

Players retained: MS Dhoni (captain), Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Mithcell Santner, Shardul Thakur, Ruturaj Gaikwad, N Jagadeesan, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, R Sai Kishore.

Players released: Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh

Kolkata Knight Riders Full squad

Players retained: Dinesh Karthik (Captain), Shubman Gill, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy, Lockie Ferguson, Kuldeep Yadav, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Prasidh Krishna, Harry Gurney, Sandeep Warrier.

Players released: M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Chris Green, Tom Banton

Delhi Capitals Full squad

Players released: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Harshal Patel, Daniel Sams, Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande.

Players retained: Shreyas Iyer (captain), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Daniels Sams, Anrich Nortje

Royal Challengers Bangalore Full squad

Players retains: Virat Kohli (captain), AB de Villiers, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson

Players released: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel

Sunrisers Hyderabad Full squad

Squad: David Warner (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh

Players released: Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep, Yarra Prithviraj