85 players were released by the 10 IPL franchises as the 2023 season of the tournament is now officially in motion, with the transfer window closing on 15 November.
The released players can either choose to re-enter the auction pool for the 23 December 'mini auction' or else, like Pat Cummins and Alex Hales, just entirely pull out of the upcoming season.
Among those that will most likely go under the hammer are two captains from the 2022 season with Kane Williamson and Mayank Agarwal being released by SRH and Punjab Kings.
The franchises have a combined total spending power of Rs 206.5 crore in the auction with just Punjab and Hyderabad having a total purse of almost Rs 75 crore. As many as 87 spots are up for grabs.
Here's the complete lowdown on the retentions, releases and buying power of the 10 IPL franchises:
IPL 2023: Chennai Super Kings
Players released: Dwayne Bravo (Rs 4.4 crore), Robin Uthappa (Rs 2 crore), Adam Milne (Rs 1.9 crore), Hari Nishaanth (Rs 20 lakh), Chris Jordan (Rs 3.6 crore), Bhagath Varma (Rs 20 lakh), KM Asif (Rs 20 lakh), Narayan Jagadeesan (Rs 20 lakh)
Players acquired via trades: None
Purse remaining: Rs 20.45
Overseas slots remaining: 2
Current squad: MS Dhoni (capt), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
IPL 2023: Delhi Capitals
Players released: Shardul Thakur (Rs 10.75 crore), Tim Seifert (Rs 50 lakh), Ashwin Hebbar (Rs 20 lakh), Srikar Bharat (Rs 2 crore), Mandeep Singh (Rs 1.1 crore)
Players acquired via trades: Aman Khan
Purse remaining: Rs 19.45 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 2
Current squad: Rishabh Pant (C), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal
IPL 2023: Gujarat Titans
Players released: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Rs 50 lakh), Lockie Ferguson (Rs 10 crore), Dominic Drakes (Rs 1.1 crore), Gurkeerat Singh (Rs 50 lakh), Jason Roy (Rs 2 crore), Varun Aaron (Rs 50 lakh)
Players acquired via trades: None
Purse remaining: Rs 19.25
Overseas slots remaining: 3
Current squad: Hardik Pandya (capt), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad
IPL 2023: Kolkata Knight Riders
Players released: Pat Cummins (Rs 7.25 crore), Sam Billings (Rs 2 crore), Aman Khan (Rs 20 lakh), Shivam Mavi (Rs 7.25 crore), Mohammad Nabi (Rs 1 crore), Chamika Karunaratne (Rs 50 lakh), Aaron Finch (Rs 1.5 crore), Alex Hales (Rs 1.5 crore), Abhijeet Tomar (Rs 40 lakh), Ajinkya Rahane (Rs 1 crore), Ashok Sharma (Rs 20 lakh), Baba Indrajith (Rs 20 lakh), Pratham Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Ramesh Kumar (Rs 20 lakh), Rasikh Salam (Rs 20 lakh), Sheldon Jackson (Rs 20 lakh)
Players acquired via trades: Shardul Thakur, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson
Purse remaining: Rs 7.05 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 3
Current squad: Shreyas Iyer (capt), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh
IPL 2023: Lucknow Super Giants
Players released: Andrew Tye (Rs 1 crore), Ankit Rajpoot (Rs 50 lakh), Dushmantha Chameera (Rs 2 crore), Evin Lewis (Rs 2 crore), Jason Holder (Rs 8.75 crore), Manish Pandey (Rs 4.6 crore), Shahbaz Nadeem (Rs 50 lakh)
Players acquired via trades: None
Purse remaining: Rs 23.35 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 4
Current squad: KL Rahul (capt), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi
IPL 2023: Mumbai Indians
Players released: Kieron Pollard (Rs 6 crore), Anmolpreet Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Aryan Juyal (Rs 20 lakh), Basil Thampi (Rs 30 lakh), Daniel Sams (Rs 2.6 crore), Fabian Allen (Rs 75 lakh), Jaydev Unadkat (Rs 1.3 crore), Mayank Markande (Rs 65 lakh), Murugan Ashwin (Rs 1.6 crore), Rahul Buddhi (Rs 20 lakh), Riley Meredith (Rs 1 crore), Sanjay Yadav (Rs 50 lakh), Tymal Mills (Rs 1.5 crore)
Players acquired via trades: Jason Behrendorff
Purse remaining: Rs 20.55 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 3
Current squad: Rohit Sharma (capt), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal
IPL 2023: Punjab Kings
Players released: Mayank Agarwal (Rs 14 crore), Odean Smith (Rs 6 crore), Vaibhav Arora (Rs 2 crore), Benny Howell (Rs 40 lakh), Ishan Porel (Rs 20 lakh), Ansh Patel (Rs 20 lakh), Prerak Mankad (Rs 20 lakh), Sandeep Sharma (Rs 50 lakh), Writtick Chatterjee (Rs 20 lakh)
Players acquired via trades: None
Purse remaining: Rs 32.2 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 3
Current squad: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar
IPL 2023: Rajasthan Royals
Players released: Anunay Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Corbin Bosch (Rs 20 lakh), Daryl Mitchell (Rs 75 lakh), James Neesham (Rs 1.5 crore), Karun Nair (Rs 1.4 crore), Nathan Coulter-Nile (Rs 2 crore), Rassie van der Dussen (Rs 1 crore), Shubham Garhwal (Rs 20 lakh), Tejas Baroka (Rs 20 lakh)
Players acquired via trades: None
Purse remaining: Rs 13.2 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 4
Current squad: Sanju Samson (capt), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa
IPL 2023: Royal Challengers Bangalore
Players released: Jason Behrendorff (Rs 75 lakh), Aneeshwar Gautam (Rs 20 lakh), Chama Milind (Rs 25 lakh), Luvnith Sisodia (Rs 20 lakh), Sherfane Rutherford (Rs 1 crore)
Players acquired via trades: None
Purse remaining: Rs 8.75 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 2
Current squad: Faf du Plessis (capt), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep
IPL 2023: Sunrisers Hyderabad
Players released: Kane Williamson (Rs 14 crore), Nicholas Pooran (Rs 10.75 crore), Jagadeesha Suchith (Rs 20 lakh), Priyam Garg (Rs 20 lakh), Ravikumar Samarth (Rs 20 lakh), Romario Shepherd (Rs 7.75 crore), Saurabh Dubey (Rs 20 lakh), Sean Abbott (Rs 2.4 crore), Shashank Singh (Rs 20 lakh), Shreyas Gopal (Rs 75 lakh), Sushant Mishra (Rs 20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (Rs 50 lakh)
Players acquired via trades: None
Purse remaining: Rs 42.25 crore
Overseas slots remaining: 4
Current squad: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
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