IPL Franchises Retains 27 Players

by Kheltoday · December 1, 2021

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Of the 27 retained players, 8 are overseas and 4 are uncapped Indians.

Khel Today Bureau

New Delhi:The window for the franchises to retain players for the Indian Premier League 2022 season closed on 30^th November 2021.

With a total salary cap of INR 90 crore available at the mega auction for each team, the eight franchises were eligible to retain up to 4 players with a maximum of 3 Indians, 2 overseas players and 2 uncapped Indians.

Each of the eight franchises used the Player Retention option with Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) opting to retain 4 players each. Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have retained 3 players each while Punjab Kings (PBKS) have retained 2. The PBKS thus have the highest salary purse available with INR 72 crore while Delhi Capitals have least at INR 47.50 to be used at the mega auction.

Of the 27 retained players, 8 are overseas and 4 are uncapped Indians.

A detailed breakup of the players retained, total amount spent, retention deduction and the purse available is provided below.

*Amount in Crores

Franchise	Salary	Retention	Salary Purse Available
Franchise	Salary	Deduction	Salary Purse Available

Chennai Super Kings
Ravindra Jadeja	16	42	48
M S Dhoni	12
Moeen Ali	8
Ruturaj Gaikwad	6
Total	42

Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant	16	42.50	47.50
Axar Patel	9
Prithvi Shaw	7.50
Anrich Nortje	6.50
Total	39

Kolkata Knight Riders
Andre Russell	12	42	48
Varun Chakaravarthy	8
Venkatesh Iyer	8
Sunil Narine	6
Total	34

Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma	16	42	48
Jasprit Bumrah	12
Suryakumar Yadav	8
Kieron Pollard	6
Total	42

Punjab Kings
Mayank Agarwal	12	18	72
Arshdeep Singh	4	18	72
Total	16

Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson	14	28	62
Jos Buttler	10
Yashasvi Jaiswal	4
Total	28

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli	15	33	57
Glenn Maxwell	11
Mohammed Siraj	7
Total	33

Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kane Williamson	14	22	68
Abdul Samad	4
Umran Malik	4
Total	22

*If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player exceeds the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to that higher League Fee shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap. If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player is less than the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to the relevant prescribed amount shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap.