IPL 2023 Retention: Full List of Players Retained & Traded By All 10 Franchises Ahead of Auction

New Delhi, Nov 14: The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 Auction will be held on December 23 in Kochi. It will be a mini-auction where all ten IPL franchises will be looking to fine-tune their squads for the next edition of the premier T20 league.

Ahead of every edition of the lucrative league, the IPL governing council allows the franchisee an option to trade off players before finalising the list of players they are willing to retain for the new season.

All ten teams will have to submit the list of retained players on November 15, which is the last day of the closure of the transfer window. The retention window deadline is scheduled to close at 5 pm IST on November 15.

Kolkata Knight Riders have been the most active side during the IPL trading window as they've traded some players. The KKR - which was led by Shreyas Iyer in IPL 2022 season - have been the busiest franchise during the trading window.

The two-time champions have acquired the services of New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson and Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz from Gujarat Titans via trade. It was an all-cash deal between the two franchises. Both Ferguson and Gurbaz were part of their respective teams during the just concluded ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia.

The Kolkata-based franchise also acquired the services of India all-rounder Shardul Thakur from Delhi Capitals ahead of IPL 2023 mini-auction. Thakur - the right-handed batter from Mumbai - will offer his services to KKR from the next edition. He was purchased by Delhi Capitals in the IPL 2022 mega-auction for a whopping Rs 10.75 crore but failed to leave an impression on the franchise. He failed to pick up wickets and even leaked runs.

Left-handed Australia pacer Jason Behrendorff will make a return to Mumbai Indians in the next season. He was traded by his existing franchise, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) ahead of IPL 2023. RCB acquired his services during the IPL 2022 auction at his base price of Rs 75 lakh.

Here we take a look at the players retained & traded by all the 10 franchises ahead of the IPL 2023 Auction in Kochi:

Mumbai Indians

Player/s Traded-in: The Champions of the IPL 2020 season have acquired the services of Australian quick Jason Behrendorff during the transfer window.

West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard has meanwhile, announced his retirement as a player from the IPL. Pollard has been appointed the batting coach of the MI franchise.

Players retained: 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.

Chennai Super Kings

The Champions of the IPL 2021 have released veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo ahead of the IPL 2022. Bravo's T20 exploits were on the wane while former India cricketer Robin Uthappa announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Adam Milne and Chris Jordan were the other big players released by CSK.

Retained Players: MS Dhoni (C), 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.

Delhi Capitals

Traded-out: The Delhi Capitals have traded all-rounder Shardul Thakur to Kolkata Knight Riders.

Traded-in: Uncapped India all-rounder Aman Khan (base price Rs 20 lakh) will be joining Delhi Capitals as Shardul Thakur's replacement.

Retained Players: 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.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Traded: Australia pacer Jason Behrendorff traded to Mumbai Indians.

RCB have retained SIX overseas players apart from trading Behrendorff. Sherfane Rutherford will be released.

RCB Players Retained: Faf du Plessis (C), 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.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Traded-in: The Kolkata Knight Riders have acquired the services of Lockie Ferguson (NZ) and Ramnullah Gurbaz (AFG) from Gujarat Titans.

Shardul Thakur joins the franchise from Delhi Capitals ahead of the IPL 2023 Auction.

England wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings and Alex Hales have pulled out of the next season. Australia pace-bowling all-rounder Pat Cummins has also pulled out of the next edition. They will need to find replacements of these big names.

Traded-out: Uncapped Indian player Aman Khan has been traded to Delhi Capitals.

Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer (C), 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.

Gujarat Titans

Traded: The IPL 2022 champions have off loaded New Zealand quick Lockie Ferguson and Afghanistan batter Rahmanullah Gurbaz by trading them off to KKR. They've released only one big player in Jason Roy.

Retained Players: 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

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Sunrisers Hyderabad had a forgettable two seasons and the Orange Army hasn't traded any player from its existing squad during the transfer window. They've released their skipper Kane Williamson from the squad. West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran has also been released by the Hyderabad-based franchise.

Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik.

Lucknow Super Giants

The KL Rahul-led side - which made it to the playoffs in its debut season - hasn't yet traded-in or traded-out any player from its squad.

Retained: KL Rahul (C), 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

Rajasthan Royals

The runners-up from the IPL 2022 edition, Rajasthan Royals haven't traded any player during the transfer window.

Retained: Sanju Samson (C), 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.

Punjab Kings

The Mohali-based franchise took a big decision to appoint senior India cricketer Shikhar Dhawan as the captain of the franchise ahead of IPL 2023 Auction. The team's coaching staff has also been changed.

They've released former skipper Mayank Agarwal and West Indies all-rounder Odean Smith.

Retained: Shikhar Dhawan (C), 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