Many big stars including Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah will not be part of the team. IPL They were reportedly retained by their respective franchises before the auction.
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Four-time IPL winners Chennai Super Kings have retained their legendary captain MS Dhoni, the all-round duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali as well as last season’s Orange Cap winner Ruturaj Gaikwad. espncricinfo Reported on Monday.
Even though Virat Kohli stepped down as their captain, Royal Challengers Bangalore have retained the batting superstar, who has represented them since the league’s inception in 2008. Australia’s Glenn Maxwell along with Kohli are the only two players retained by RCB.
Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians have retained their aggressive captain Rohit Sharma and pacer Jasprit Bumrah. On the other hand, despite enduring a poor IPL 2021 as a team, Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained their captain Kane Williamson.
Kolkata Knight Riders have retained Sunil Narine, Andre Russell along with Varun Chakravarthy and fast-rising Venkatesh Iyer, whose performances in IPL 2021 helped them make their international debut earlier this month.
Delhi Capitals, who have topped the points table this season, have retained opener Prithvi Shaw, all-rounder Axar Patel and South African pacer Enrique Nortje along with their captain Rishabh Pant.
Rajasthan Royals have also retained their captain Sanju Samson who was their leading run-scorer of the season.
According to various reports, Punjab Kings have not retained anyone and are expected to revive their squad in the IPL 2022 mega auction.
The purse for each franchise up for auction has been increased to 90 crores and there are plans to expand the league to 10 teams from next year.
As per the guidelines, each franchise can retain a maximum of four players and a maximum of two of them can be foreigners. If they retain four players, their auction purse will reduce by Rs 42 crore, three retentions will cost Rs 33 crore, two retentions will cost Rs 24 crore, while one will cost Rs 14 crore.
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