IPL 2023 Auction is done and dusted in Kochi on Friday. On the same note, we present the list of the complete squad of the ten participating teams.
The preparations for the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL) got underway on Friday with the all-important Mini-Auction that took place at the Grand Hyatt in Kochi. After all the participating sides confirmed their retained and released players a couple of months later, they shaped their squad for the upcoming season. IPL 2023 is expected to return to its traditional home-and-away format, moving away from the COVID-forced neutral venue systems. With the return of the home advantage, teams have built their squads tactically. Consequently, on the same note, we present the complete squad of all ten franchise post auction.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Auction buys: Bhagath Varma (₹20 lakh), Ajay Mandal (₹20 lakh), Kyle Jamieson (₹1 crore), Nishant Sindhu (₹60 lakh), Shaik Rasheed (₹20 lakh), Ben Stokes (₹16.25 crore) and Ajinkya Rahane (₹50 lakh).
Retained: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki and Maheesh Theekshana.
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Auction buys: Rilee Rossouw (₹4.6 crore), Manish Pandey (₹2.4 crore), Mukesh Kumar (₹5.5 crore), Ishant Sharma (₹50 lakh) and Phil Salt (₹2 crore).
Retained: Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey and Vicky Ostwal.
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Auction buys: Mohit Sharma (₹50 lakh), Joshua Little (₹4.4 crore), Urvil Patel (₹20 lakh), Shivam Mavi (₹6 crore), KS Bharat (₹1.2 crore), Odean Smith (₹50 lakh) and Kane Williamson (₹2 crore).
Retained: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore and Noor Ahmad.
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Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Auction buys: Shakib Al Hasan (₹1.5 crore), Mandeep Singh (₹50 lakh), Litton Das (₹50 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (₹20 lakh), David Wiese (₹1 crore), Suyash Sharma (₹20 lakh), Vaibhav Arora (₹60 lakh) and N Jagadeesan (₹90 lakh).
Retained: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy and Rinku Singh.
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Auction buys: Yudhvir Charak (₹20 lakh), Naveen-ul-Haq (₹50 lakh), Swapnil Singh (₹20 lakh), Prerak Mankad (₹20 lakh), Amit Mishra (₹50 lakh), Daniel Sams (₹75 lakh), Romario Shepherd (₹50 lakh), Yash Thakur (₹45 lakh), Jaydev Unadkat (₹50 lakh) and Nicholas Pooran (₹16 crore).
Retained: KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav and Ravi Bishnoi.
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Mumbai Indians (MI)
Auction buys: Raghav Goyal (₹20 lakh), Nehal Wadhera (₹20 lakh), Shams Mulani (₹20 lakh), Vishnu Vinod (₹20 lakh), Duan Jansen (₹20 lakh), Piyush Chawla (₹50 lakh), Jhye Richardson (₹1.5 crore) and Cameron Green (₹17.5 crore).
Retained: Rohit Sharma (c), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff and Akash Madhwal.
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Auction buys: Shivam Singh (₹20 lakh), Mohit Rathee (₹20 lakh), Vidwath Kaverappa (₹20 lakh), Harpreet Bhatia (₹40 lakh), Sikandar Raza (₹50 lakh) and Sam Curran (₹18.5 crore).
Retained: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar and Harpreet Brar.
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Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Auction buys: Sonu Yadav (₹20 lakh), Avinash Singh (₹60 lakh), Rajan Kumar (₹70 lakh), Manoj Bhandage (₹20 lakh), Will Jacks (₹3.2 crore), Himanshu Sharma (₹20 lakh) and Reece Topley (₹1.9 crore).
Retained: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul and Akash Deep.
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Auction buys: Joe Root (₹1 crore), Abdul PA (₹20 lakh), Akash Vashisht (₹20 lakh), Murugan Ashwin (₹20 lakh), KM Asif (₹30 lakh), Adam Zampa (₹1.5 crore), Kunal Rathore (₹20 lakh), Donovan Ferreira (₹50 lakh) and Jason Holder (₹5.75 crore).
Retained: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal and KC Cariappa.
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Auction buys: Anmolpreet Singh (₹20 lakh), Akeal Hosein (₹1 crore), Nitish Kumar Reddy (₹20 lakh), Mayank Dagar (₹1.8 crore), Upendra Yadav (₹25 lakh), Sanvir Singh (₹20 lakh), Samarth Vyas (₹20 lakh), Vivrant Sharma (₹2.6 crore), Mayank Markande (₹50 lakh), Adil Rashid (₹2 crore), Heinrich Klaasen (₹5.25 crore), Mayank Agarwal (₹8.25 crore) and Harry Brook (₹13.25 crore).
Retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan and Umran Malik.