Jason Behrendorff Returns to Mumbai
The first off-season trade to be officially announced with the return of Australia's left-arm fast bowler Jason Behrendorff to Mumbai Indians.
He was acquired by Royal Challengers Bangalore in the 2022 IPL auction for his base price of Rs 75 lakh, but did not feature in a single game all season.
Behrendorff has previously played for Mumbai in the 2018 and 2019 season. Though he couldn't play in the IPL 2018 due to a back injury, Behrendorff returned for the 2019 title-winning season for MI and picked five wickets in as many matches, averaging 33.00 at an economy rate of 8.68.
IPL 2023: Teams' Remaining Purse
After revealing the list of retained and released players, the Sunrisers had the largest purse (Rs 42.25 crore) for the auction on December 23, followed by Punjab (Rs 32.20 crore).
Lucknow has Rs 23.35 crore) Mumbai (Rs 20.55 crore), Chennai (Rs 20.45 crore), Delhi (Rs 19.45 crore), Gujarat (Rs 19.25 crore), Rajasthan Royals (Rs 13.2 crore), RCB (Rs 8.75 crore) and KKR (Rs 7.05 crore).
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Gujarat Release Jason Roy, Lockie
Champions in their inaugural season, Hardik Pandya's Gujarat Titans will have very little to do at the IPL auction as they've released only six players - Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy and Varun Aaron.
Retained Players: Abhinav Sadarangani, Alzarri Joseph*, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller*, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Matthew Wade*, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad*, Pradeep Sangwan, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan*, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Yash Dayal
SRH Release Kane Williamson
Kane Williamson, who led New Zealand to the semifinals of the T20 World Cup in Australia has been released by his franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.
"Always our Kane Mama!," the franchisee wrote in a post on its social media handle with a thank you note to Williamson.
Williamson has played 76 matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad, scoring 2101 runs at an average of 36.22 and a strike rate of126.03.
Among the players retained by Sunrisers are Abhishek Sharma, South Africa's Aiden Markram, young pace sensation Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips of New Zealand, veteran pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, South African Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Karthik Tyagi, T Natarajan and Afghanistan's Fazalhaq Farooqi.
Delhi Release Just Four Players
Delhi Retentions: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Prithvi Shaw, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Mustafizur Rahman, Mitchell Marsh
Released Players: Tim Seifert, Mandeep Singh, KS Bharat, Ashwin Hebbar
Trade: Shardul Thakur to Kolkata Knight Riders