Just after the ICC men’s T20 cricket World Cup concluded on November 13, 2020, 10 Indian Premiere League franchise announced their retention lists to the Board of Cricket Council in India (BCCI). This action comes ahead of the mini-auction for IPL 2023 on December 23 in Kochi.
Kolkata Knight Riders released Australian ODI Pat Cummings and English batter Sam Billings. Both the players decided to skip IPL 2023.
Sunrisers Hyderabad has the largest purse value, standing at Rs. 42.25 crore. The franchise has the released 12 players.
On the other hand, Kolkata Knight Riders will head into the auction with the least purse value of Rs 7.05 crore.
There is no restriction as to how many players should be retained or released.
Also read: IPL 2023: List of retained players announced
Here’s a list of released players
Gujrat Titans released players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron
Kolkata Knight Riders released players: 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
Mumbai Indians released players: Kieron Pollard, Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills
Also read: Australian speedster Pat Cummins to miss 2023 IPL
Chennai Super Kings Released Players: Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan
Royal Challengers Bangalore Released Players: Jason Behrendorff (traded), Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
Sunrisers Hyderabad released players: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod
Rajasthan Royals released players: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka
Also read: Kieron Pollard announces IPL retirement, to continue as Mumbai Indians coach
Delhi Capitals released players: Shardul Thakur (traded), Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Mandeep Singh
Punjab Kings released players: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee
Lucknow Super Giants released players: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem
