IPL 2021: Retained and Released Players list of KXIP, RCB, RR, CSK, MI, KKR, SRH and DC

The preparations for the 14th season of the Indian Premier League has begun in full swing. On Wednesday, all IPL teams announced their list of released and retained players before the IPL 2021 auctions. KXIP, RCB, RR, CSK, MI, KKR, SRH and DC made their changes to increase their wallet's money before the IPL auctions in February.

The window for all eight IPL franchises to retain players in the 2021 IPL season has closed today. A total of 139 players were retained, while 57 players were released from their existing teams.

Here is the following list of players retained and released from the eight franchises

Kings XI Punjab Squad

Retained: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Arshdeep Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Mandeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Mayank Agarwal, M Ashwin, Mohd. Shami, Nicholas Pooran, Deepak Hooda, Sarfaraz Khan, Ishan Porel, Chris Jordan, Ravi Bishnoi and Prabhsimran Singh

Released: Glenn Maxwell, Mujeeb Zadran, Sheldon Cottrell, Hardus Viljoen, Krishnappa Gowtham, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Tejinder Singh Dhillon and Jagadeesha Suchith

The mains have been retained!

Khush ho tussi? #IPLRetention #SaddaPunjab pic.twitter.com/oe3kGGRnEe

— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) January 20, 2021

Royal Challengers Bangalore Squad

Retained: Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, AB de Villiers, Md. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Yuzvendra Chahal, Pavan Deshpande, Joshua Phillipe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa

Released: Aaron Finch, Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Dale Steyn, Parthiv Patel, Isuru Udana, Pawan Negi, and Gurkeerat Mann

Retained Royal Challengers

They are back! Introducing the Royal Challengers who will be donning the RCB Red and Gold to #PlayBold again in . #WeAreChallengers #IPLRetention #IPL2021 pic.twitter.com/3p9qAJGAsK

— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 20, 2021

Rajasthan Royals Squad

Retained: Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Riyan Parag, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Robin Uthappa, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Kartik Tyagi, Anuj Rawat and Andrew Tye

Released: Steve Smith, Anirudha Joshi, Akash Singh, Ankit Rajpoot, Shashank Singh, Oshane Thomas, Varun Aaron and Tom Curran

Retained & revealed.

From 2020 to 2021, these Royals are going nowhere. #HallaBol | #RoyalsFamily | #IPL2021 | #IPLRetention pic.twitter.com/fdGwsMAY4D

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) January 20, 2021

Chennai Super Kings Squad

Retained: MS Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, KM Asif, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Sam Curran, N Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Ruturaj Gaikwad and R Sai Kishore

Released: Shane Watson, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, and Monu Singh

Singams for the Super Summer ahead! #Yellove #WhistlePodu pic.twitter.com/nZAbIxgnPW

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) January 20, 2021

Mumbai Indians Squad

Retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Saurabh Tiwary, Jayant Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Mohsin Khan and Anukul Roy

Released: Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell McCleneghan, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai and  James Pattinson

Your retained Champions for #IPL2021 #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/yFjNmZZu9e

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 20, 2021

Kolkata Knight Riders Squad

Retained: Eoin Morgan, Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Lockie Ferguson, Sunil Narine, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Pat Cummins, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Tim Seifert, Sandeep Warrier, Rinku Singh and Prasidh Krishna

Released: Chris Green, M Siddharth, Harry Gurney, Nikhil Naik, Tom Banton and Siddhesh Lad

Meet the Retained Knights for #IPL2021#KKR #Cricket pic.twitter.com/dkW857CWX8

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 20, 2021

Sunrisers Hyderabad Squad

Retained: David Warner, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Jonny Bairstow, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Basil Thampi, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammad Nabi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Mitchell Marsh, Priyam Garg, T Natarajan, Jason Holder, Abhishek Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Abdul Samad, Sandeep Sharma and Virat Singh

Released: Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sandeep Bavanaka, Prithviraj Yarra and Sanjay Yadav

Attention #OrangeArmy #RisersRetained for #IPL2021 #IPLRetention pic.twitter.com/OsPeoLnDy2

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) January 20, 2021

Delhi Capitals Squad

Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Marcus Stoinis, Chris Woakes, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Ishant Sharma, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan, Pravin Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Daniel Sams and Anrich Nortje

Released: Alex Carey, Jason Roy, Mohit Sharma, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane and Tushar Deshpande

RETAINED PLAYERS

Back where they belong

Here is the list of all the DC Stars who'll ROAR with us in #IPL2021 as well #YehHaiNayiDilli #IPLRetention pic.twitter.com/4Z3HusQwaD

— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) January 20, 2021

Updated Remaining Purse of IPL 2021 Auctions

Kings XI Punjab – Rs 53.2cr
Royal Challengers Bangalore – Rs 35.7cr
Rajasthan Royals – Rs 34.85 cr.
Chennai Super Kings – Rs 22.9cr
Mumbai Indians – 15.35cr
Kolkata Knight Riders – Rs 10.85cr
Sunrisers Hyderabad – Rs 10.75cr
Delhi Capitals – Rs 9cr