Chris Morris release frees INR 10 cr. of RCB’s budget.
Royal Challengers Bangalore has released 10 players, including 5 foreigners and five Indians ahead of the 2021 IPL auctions. The team led by Virat Kohli will also not feature Parthiv Patel, who has retired from IPL, and Dale Steyn, who he has skipped the tournament this season.
Meanwhile, both Adam Zampa and the player he replaced last season, Kane Richardson, have been retained by RCB.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Released: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel
Team: Virat Kohli (c), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Philippe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson
Remaining wallet: INR 35.7 cr
Remaining slots:13 (4 abroad)
Hyderabad sunrises
SRH, who finished third at IPL 2020, has only released five players from his team ahead of the auction. Billy Stanlake and Fabian Allen, neither of whom played a game for the franchise last season, have been released, while among the Indians, Yarra Prithviraj, Sanjay Yadav and B Sandeep did not get an extension with the franchise. Prithviraj had arrived as a replacement for Bhuvneshwar Kumar last season after the veteran marker suffered an injury early in the tournament.
Released: Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep, Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Yarra Prithviraj
Team: David Warner (c), Abhishek Sharma, Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow, Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleeliman Samed, Taytara Shankar , Abdul Samad, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh
Remaining wallet: INR 10.75 cr.
Remaining slots: 3 (1 abroad)
Capitals of Delhi
Delhi Capitals have released five players from their team that reached the final last season, which includes three foreigners and two Indians. With Alex Carey released, they only have one goalkeeper, Rishabh Pant, held on the side.
Released: Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Tushar Deshpande, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy
Team: Shreyas Iyer (c), Ajinkya Rahane, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Lalit Yadav, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Daniels Samserer , Anrich Nortje, Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes
Remaining wallet: INR 12.8 cr.
Remaining slots: 6 (2 abroad)
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR will enter the auction with a 17-member squad now available after releasing just five players from the squad. The two-time champions have left Tom Banton and Chris Green among the foreign players and Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik and M Siddharth among the Indians. They will go to the next auction with a 17-member team already available.
Released: M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Chris Green, Tom Banton
Team: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Eoin Morgan (c), Pat Cummins, Rahul, Khanthivarthi , Tim Seifert
Remaining wallet: INR 10.85 cr.
Remaining slots:7 (1 abroad)
Sanju Samson has been named new captain of Rajasthan Royals
Royals of Rajasthan
Sanju Samson will lead the Royals after the franchise chose to release Steve Smith ahead of the 2021 IPL auction, allowing them to add INR 12.5 Crore to their portfolio for the auction. Meanwhile, Kumar Sangakkara will join the franchise as Cricket Director.
Even when they have released eight players, with a 17-member core retained, they are unlikely to be too busy at the auction.
Released: Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi, Shashank Singh
Team: Sanju Samson (c), Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra , Robin Uthappa
Remaining wallet: 34.85 INR cr.
Remaining slots:8 (3 abroad)
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