Mumbai: Following Friday's deadline for franchises to extend Player Contracts, 127 players, including 35 overseas cricketers were retained by the eight IPL franchises.
Kings XI Punjab (INR 42.70 cr) now have the highest salary cap available going into the auction while Royal Challengers Bangalore (12) have the most number of player slots available (including 6 overseas slots). After today’s deadline, Chennai Super Kings (20) have the largest squad size.
Of the eight franchises, Royal Challengers Bangalore (12) have released the most players while Sunrisers Hyderabad (5) have released the least players from their squad.
Here’s a look at how the franchises stack up post extensions
Released: Sam Billings, David Willey, Mohit Sharma, Dhruv Shorey and Chaitanya Bishnoi.
SunRisers Hyderabad
Released: Shakib al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Martin Guptill, Deepak Hooda and Ricky Bhui.
Mumbai Indians
Released: Evin Lewis, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Beuran Hendricks, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Mayank Markande (Traded out), Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Pankaj Jaswal, Siddhesh Lad (Traded out), Alzarri Joseph.
Kings XI Punjab
Released: David Miller, Sam Curran, Andrew Tye and Varun Chakravarthy.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Released: Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Piyush Chawla, Joe Denly, Yarra Prithviraj, Nikhik Naik, KC Cariappa, Matthew Kelly, Shrikant Mundhe and Carlos Brathwaite.
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Released: Stoinis, Hetymer, Akshdeep, Coulter-Nile, De Grandhomme, Barman, Southee, Khejroliya, Himmat, Klaasen, Milind, Dale Steyn.
Rajasthan Royals
Released: Ashton Turner, Oshane Thomas, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun.
Delhi Capitals
Released: Chris Morris, Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Ankush Bains and Colin Munro.
Here's the pre-season squad composition of all eight franchises
