With the IPL 2023 Auction almost at hand, check out the predicted list of retained and released squad players for each of the 10 IPL teams/franchises
The last date to submit the retained players list for the IPL 2023 auction is November 15, 2022.
IPL 2023 All Teams Predicted Released And Retained Players List And Squad Ahead Of Mini Auction
IPL 2023: Confirmed Retained Squad and Players List pic.twitter.com/Njlnqb8z8I
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Prashant solanki is one of the players retained by the Chennai super kings for the upcoming ipl 2023🤩🙌🥳 #IPL2023 #retained #ChennaiSuperKings pic.twitter.com/89CNz6ZS7c
— Prashant Solanki Fan (@PrashantFan46) October 31, 2022
🚨 REPORTS 🚨
👉 The next season of IPL will begin in the 3rd week of March in 2023 📰
👉 IPL teams are told to submit the list of retained players by November 15 🏆
👉 The auction is set to take place in Istanbul city of Turkey at December 16 📅#Ireland #IREvENG pic.twitter.com/WnlBRYbh3c
— SportsBash (@thesportsbash) October 26, 2022
As each team looks forward to strengthening their squads in the upcoming IPL auction, retaining their star performers is essential.
Predicted Retained Players for All 10 IPL Teams
Check out the predicted retained players for each of the 10 IPL teams.
1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
CSK are looking forward to getting out of bad spell after disappointing performances in their previous runs. Given below is the predicted retained players list:
Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad and C Hari Nishaanth
Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, KM Asif, Maheesha Theekshana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Matheesha Pathirana, Mukesh Chaudhary, Simarjeet Singh, and Tushar Deshpande
Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni (C), Devon Conway, and N Jagadeesan
All-rounders: Dwaine Pretorious, Bhagath Varma, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Moeen Ali, and Shivam Dube
2. Gujarat Titans
Defending champions Gujarat Titans are looking to field a similar squad to their title winning 2022 squad. However, the franchise might release Vijay Shankar, Varun Aaron, Pradeep Sangwan, Gurkeerat Singh, Noor Ahmad, and Dominic Drakes.
Given below is the list of predicted retained squad players for the Gujarat Titans:
Batters: Abhinav Manohar, David Miller, and Shubman Gill
Bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Lockie Ferguson, and Yash Dayal
Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Matthew Wade, and Wriddhiman Saha
All-rounders: Alzarri Joseph, B Sai Sudharshan, Darshan Nalkande, Hardik Pandya (C), Jayant Yadav and Rahul Tewatia
3. Lucknow Super Giants
The Lucknow Super Giants could leave out their expensive players like Avesh Khan and Jason Holder and then buy them again in the auction at a lower price.
Predicted list of retained squad players for the Lucknow Super Giants (LSG):
Batters: Evin Lewis and Manan Vohra
Bowlers: Dushmantha Chameera, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, and Shahbaaz Nadeem
Wicketkeepers: KL Rahul (C) and Quinton de Kock
All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, and Ayush Badoni
4. Punjab Kings
Punjab Kings will expectedly retain their core players for the upcoming season. However, they might leave out some few expensive players like Shahrukh Khan and Odean Smith.
Given below is the list of predicted retained squad players for Punjab Kings (PBKS):
Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, Prerak Mankad, and Mayank Agarwal
Bowlers: Rahul Chahar, Ishan Porel, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis and Arshdeep Singh
Wicketkeepers: Prabsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow and Bhanuka Rajapaksa
All-rounders: Harpreet Brar, Raj Bawa, Liam Livingstone, Vaibhav Arora, Rishi Dhawan, and Writtick Chatterjee
5. Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB currently have just INR 8 crores in their holdings. As such, this could lead them to leave out Karn Sharma and Sherfane Rutherford.
Given below is the list of predicted retained squad players for Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Batters: Faf du Plessis, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, and Virat Kohli
Wicketkeepers: Dinesh Karthik, Finn Allen, Anuj Rawat, and Luvnith Sisodia
All-rounders: David Willey, Mahipal Lomror, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, and Shahbaz Ahmed
Bowlers: Akash Deep, Chama Milind, Harshal Patel, Jason Behrendorff, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, and Siddharth Kaul
6. SunRisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers Hyderabad will expectedly retain 18 of their players. However, the team could possibly get rid of some players like Romario Shephard and Sean Abbott.
Given below is the list of predicted retained squad players for SunRisers Hyderabad:
Batters: Kane Williamson (C), Aiden Markram, Priyam Garg & Rahul Tripathi
Wicketkeepers: Nicholas Pooran and Vishnu Vinod
All-rounders: Abdul Samad, Shashank Singh, Glenn Philips, Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, and Washington Sundar
Bowlers: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kartik Tyagi, Jagadeesha Suchith, T Natarajan, Shreyas Gopal, and Umran Malik
7. Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR could leave out the expensive Shivam Mavi after his poor season this year. If they go ahead with the release, it would possible free up around 17 crores INR which could possibly enable the team to rebuild their squad in the upcoming mini-auction.
Given below is the list of predicted retained squad players for KKR:
Batters: Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, and Shreyas Iyer
Wicketkeepers: Baba Indrajith, and Sheldon Jackson
All-rounders: Aman Khan, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, and Venkatesh Iyer
Bowlers: Rasikh Salam Dar, Pat Cummins, Umesh Yadav, and Varun Chakravarthy
8. Delhi Capitals
DC will expectedly retain their core players while letting go of Lungi Ngidi, Pravin Dubey, Mandeep Singh, and Shardul Thakur.
Check out the list of predicted retained squad players for Delhi Capitals:
Batters: Prithvi Shaw, Ashwin Hebbar, David Warner, and Sarfaraz Khan
Wicketkeepers: KS Bharat, Rishabh Pant and Tim Seifert
All-rounders: Ripal Patel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Marsh, and Yash Dhull
Bowlers: Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Anrich Nortje, and Vicky Ostwal
9. Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals will expectedly release players like Rassie van-der Dussen, Anunay Singh, and Karun Nair. This could potentially leave them with one empty overseas spot.
Given below is the predicted list of retained squad players for Rajasthan Royals:
Batters: Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag, and Yashasvi Jaiswal
Wicketkeepers: Sanju Samson (C), Dhruv Jurel, and Jos Buttler
All-rounders: James Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, and Ravichandran Ashwin
Bowlers: Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Obed McCoy, Kuldip Yadav, Trent Boult, KC Kariappa, Prasidh Krishna, and Yuzvendra Chahal
10. Mumbai Indians
The Mumbai Indians are expected to release players like Tymal Mills, Riley Meredith, Kieron Pollard, and Fabien Allen.
Predicted list of retained squad players for Mumbai Indians:
Batters: Rohit Sharma (C), Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Dewald Brevis, and Suryakumar Yadav
Bowlers: Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Kumar Kartikeya, Jasprit Bumrah, and Murugan Ashwin
Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Aryan Juyal, and Tristan Stubbs
All-rounders: Arjun Tendulkar, Jofra Archer, Daniel Sams, Sanjay Yadav, Hrithik Shokeen, Mohd, Ramandeep Singh, Arshad Khan, Tilak Verma, and Tim David