Today is the last date to retain players for IPL Mega Auction-2024. All the franchises have to submit the list of their respective retained players to the organizing committee before 5 pm.
According to the information received, Rishabh Pant can be released by Delhi Capitals and it is certain that he will enter the auction. Pant has been with Delhi since 2016 and also became the captain of the franchise in 2022. According to the report, talks between Pant and the Delhi Capitals owner were going on for the past few months. The last conversation between the two was held on Wednesday, but no mutual agreement could be reached.
At the same time, Shreyas Iyer's release from Kolkata Knight Riders is almost certain. Whether or not KL Rahul plays for Lucknow Super Giants will depend on the right-to-match card. Read on Which franchises can retain which players…
1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK): Gaikwad, Jadeja, Dubey and Pathirana Named Along with Dhoni 5-time champions Chennai Super Kings can retain 5 players, including former captain MS Dhoni, captain Rituraj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dubey and Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathish Pathirana. Dhoni can be retained as an uncapped player for Rs 4 crore. At least 65 crore rupees will be spent to retain the franchisee.
2. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Shreyas-Russell can be released Kolkata Knight Riders won the IPL title last year. The team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad in the final. This time the franchise has decided to drop Shreyas Iyer, the team's last title-winning captain. Andre Russell may also be released along with it. The franchise can retain Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Harshit Rana and Varun Chakraborty.
3. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG): RTM card on KL Rahul; Pooran can retain Mayank Yadav and Bishnoi Lucknow can use the right-to-match card on their captain KL Rahul. The franchise is set to retain Nicholas Pooran, Mayank Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi. Names of Ayush Badoni and Mohsin Khan are not in the retention list. Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krunal Pandya and Naveen Ul Haq will also be released.
4. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): Big bet on Klaasen; Can retain Pat Cummins, Head, Abhishek and Reddy The Hyderabad franchise can bet big on South Africa's explosive batsman Henrik Klaasen. It is being said that the franchise will retain him for a whopping sum of Rs 23 crores. Names of captain Pat Cummins, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Nitish Reddy could be on the retention list.
5. Gujarat Titans (GT): Can retain Gill, Rashid and Rahul 2022 champion Gujarat Titans team can retain captain Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, B Sai Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia. The team will also have the option of a right-to-match card.
6. Rajasthan Royals (RR): Bet on 4 players including Samson-Jaiswal The Rajasthan Royals franchise has won only one title. This team became the champion in 2008 season. After that the Rajasthan team could not win the trophy.
This time the Rajasthan franchise can retain Sanju Samson, Yashwi Jaiswal and Sandeep Sharma. Jos Buttler and Yuzvendra Chahal are not included in the retention list.
7. Mumbai Indians (MI): Names of Bumrah, Pandya, Rohit and Surya Mumbai Indians who won 4 titles had a bad last season. The team didn't even make it to the playoffs. The franchise wants to retain players like captain Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar, Rohit and Tilak Verma. Ishaan can release Kishan.
8. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): May retain Kohli, Siraj, Dayal, du Plessis not named Bengaluru made a brilliant comeback last season and made it to the playoffs, but failed to win the trophy. The Bengaluru franchise could retain Virat Kohli, Mohammad Siraj and the uncapped Yash Dayal. Captain Faf du Plessis' name is not in this list.
9. Delhi Capitals (DC): Team wants to retain Pant, Kuldeep-Akshar will also be retained. The Delhi franchise wants to retain captain Rishabh Pant, but it remains to be seen if he stays with the retained squad. According to the information they can connect with Chennai. Apart from Pant, Delhi can retain Kuldeep Yadav and Akshar Patel.
10. Punjab Kings (PBKS): Arshdeep to be retained, retained, 5 RTM cards in auction The Punjab franchise has not managed to win a single title so far. The team has reached only one final. This time the Punjab team can retain Arshdeep Singh. Can also release captain Shikhar Dhawan. Teams will be able to use 5 RTM cards in the auction.
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