The wait is finally over for cricket lovers as IPL (Indian Premier League) is slated to begin from 9th April in Chennai with Mumbai Indians, the defending champion, taking on Royal Challengers Bangalore. The playoffs, as well as, the final are going to be held at the newly inaugurated Narendra Modi Stadium. However, with the pandemic not yet over, the 14th edition of the IPL is going to be held behind closed doors. The IPL governing council said that the initial stages of the league will witness empty stadiums, but later, they may allow audiences.
But, there’s no need to lose heart over the news of empty stadiums because you can still become a part of the glam and glitz of IPL without having to leave your home. You can play fantasy cricket on MPL app and find yourself in the middle of all the action. After all, fantasy cricket tries to create a real-life cricketing experience and makes sure that users feel the same rush and thrill that players feel on the ground. Also, the rules of fantasy cricket are the same as the actual game.
Users of the fantasy cricket app get to create a fantasy cricket team consisting of real players. The performance and form of the players play a crucial role when it comes to scoring points. This means that you cannot select any player that you like, but you must do your research and make sure that the player is performing well to be on your virtual cricket team. This is why you need to know the player retention list for IPL 2021 so that you can kick start your research and be prepared.
Before revealing the list of retained players, let’s take a look at the background of IPL this year.
Rules to be followed for the 14th edition of the IPL
The 8 franchises participating in the league have to follow revised rules for IPL 2021, such as:
- No franchise is allowed to purchase a player by going beyond their purse balance
- Each franchise will have to spend 75% of the allotted money
- RTM or the right to match will not be awarded to franchises
- Regardless of the condition, the squad strength cannot exceed 25 Indian players and there should be a minimum of 17 Indian players
- Each squad can have a maximum of eight international players
Now, take a look at the players who were retained by the franchises and the players who were released from their squads.
Delhi Capitals or DC
- Retained list of players
Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Shreyas Iyer, Anrich Nortje, Avesh Khan, Daniel Sams, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Prithvi Shaw, Chris Woakes, Kagiso Rabada, Pravin Dubey, Marcus Stoinis, Rishabh Pant, Lalit Yadav and Shikhar Dhawan.
- Released list of players
Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Jason Roy, and Mohit Sharma.
The remaining purse balance of DC is INR 12.9018 crore.
Chennai Super Kings or CSK
- Retained list of players
Suresh Raina, KM Asif, MS Dhoni, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, Lungi Ngidi, Deepak Chahar, N Jagadeesan, Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Imran Tahir, R Sai Kishore, Karn Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood, Sam Curran and Ruturaj Gaikwad.
- Released list of players
Harbhajan Singh, Shane Watson, Kedar Jadhav, Monu Singh, Piyush Chawla, and Murali Vijay.
The remaining purse of CSK is INR 22.90 crore.
KKR or Kolkata Knight Riders
- Retained list of players
Tim Seifert, Eoin Morgan, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Rahul Tripathi, Dinesh Karthik, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Shivam Mavi, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana, and Sandeep Warrier.
- Released list of players
Chris Green, Tom Banton, Harry Gurney, Nikhil Naik, M Siddharth, and Siddhesh Lad.
The remaining purse balance of KKR is INR 10.75 crore.
KXIP or Kings XI Punjab
- Retained list of players
Chris Gayle, KL Rahul, Harpreet Brar, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Darshan Nalkande, Mayank Agarwal, Sarfaraz Khan, Chris Jordan, Mohd. Shami, Deepak Hooda, Arshdeep Singh, Ishan Porel, and M Ashwin.
- Released list of players
Glenn Maxwell, Mujeeb Zadran, Sheldon Cottrell, Hardus Viljoen, Krishnappa Gowtham, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Tejinder Singh Dhillon, and Jagadeesha Suchith.
The remaining purse balance of KXIP is INR 53.20 crore.
MI or Mumbai Indians
- Retained list of players
Mohsin Khan, Rohit Sharma, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Anukul Roy, Trent Boult, Dhawal Kulkarni, Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Rahul Chahar, Quinton de Kock, Chris Lynn, Suryakumar Yadav, Saurabh Tiwary, and Anmolpreet Singh.
- Released list of players
Mitchell McCleneghan, Digvijay Deshmukh, James Pattinson, Prince Balwant Rai, Sherfane Rutherford, Nathan Coulter-Nile, and Lasith Malinga.
The remaining purse balance of MI is INR 15.35 crore.
RCB or Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Retained list of players
Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Md. Siraj, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Joshua Phillipe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kane Richardson, AB de Villiers, and Adam Zampa.
- Released list of players
Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Dale Steyn, Parthiv Patel, Isuru Udana, Pawan Negi, and Gurkeerat Mann.
The remaining purse balance of RCB is INR 35.90 Crore.
RR or Rajasthan Royals
- Retained list of players
Sanju Samson, Andrew Tye, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Jofra Archer, Mahipal Lomror, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Shreyas Gopal, Robin Uthappa, Riyan Parag, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jaydev Unadkat, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, and Kartik Tyagi.
- Released list of players
Steve Smith, Anirudha Joshi, Akash Singh, Ankit Rajpoot, Shashank Singh, Oshane Thomas, Tom Curran, and Varun Aaron.
The remaining purse balance of RR is INR 34.85 crore.
SRH or Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Retained list of players
David Warner, Basil Thampi, Abhishek Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Manish Pandey, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Shahbaz Nadeem, Siddarth Kaul, T Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed, Vijay Shankar, Virat Singh, Wriddhiman Saha, Priyam Garg, Jason Holder, Mitchell Marsh, and Abdul Samad.
- Released list of players
Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sandeep Bavanaka, Sanjay Yadav, and Prithviraj Yarra.
The remaining purse balance of SRH is INR 10.75 Crore.
So, here is the list of the retained players for IPL 2021 that you need to know. Keep this in mind when creating your fantasy cricket team.
