Twenty-four players, including 14 Indians (of which three are uncapped) and ten overseas, were retained as the retention window for the 2014 Pepsi IPL season closed at 1700 hours on Friday.
IPL chairman Ranjib Biswal, said: “The regulations were drafted taking into account franchise, player and fan feedback. Continuity of the core players in the teams is very important and the retention of these 24 players, coupled with the “rights to match” (RTM) to be used in the auction, is a good sign.
“I am very pleased to see three uncapped Indian players in the list of players retained. The IPL is a great platform for young talent.”
The three uncapped players are: Manan Vohra (Kings XI Punjab), Sanju Samson and Stuart Binny (Rajasthan Royals).
Defending champions Mumbai Indians, formidable Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals are three teams that exhausted all their five retentions available.
The retained players:
|
Chennai Super Kings |
Ravichandran Ashwin |
India |
|
Dwayne Bravo |
West Indies |
|
|
MS Dhoni |
India |
|
|
Ravindra Jadeja |
India |
|
|
Suresh Raina |
India |
|
|
Kings XI Punjab |
David Miller |
South Africa |
|
Manan Vohra |
India (uncapped) |
|
|
Kolkata Knight Riders |
Gautam Gambhir |
India |
|
Sunil Narine |
West Indies |
|
|
Mumbai Indians |
Lasith Malinga |
Sri Lanka |
|
Kieron Pollard |
West Indies |
|
|
Ambati Rayudu |
India |
|
|
Rohit Sharma |
India |
|
|
Harbhajan Singh |
India |
|
|
Rajasthan Royals |
Stuart Binny |
India (uncapped) |
|
James Faulkner |
Australia |
|
|
Ajinkya Rahane |
India |
|
|
Sanju Samson |
India (uncapped) |
|
|
Shane Watson |
Australia |
|
|
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
AB De Villiers |
South Africa |
|
Chris Gayle |
West Indies |
|
|
Virat Kohli |
India |
|
|
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
Shikhar Dhawan |
India |
|
Dale Steyn |
South Africa |
Going into the Player Auction, scheduled to be held on February 12-13, at the ITC Gardenia Hotel, Bengaluru, the status for each franchise is as follows:
|
No. of players retained in advance of the Player Auction |
Salary Cap left for the 2014 Player Auction Rs. crore |
No. of RTM for the 2014 Player Auction |
|
|
Chennai Super Kings |
5 |
21 |
1* |
|
Delhi Daredevils |
0 |
60 |
3 |
|
Kings XI Punjab |
2 |
43.5 |
2 |
|
Kolkata Knight Riders |
2 |
38 |
2 |
|
Mumbai Indians |
5 |
21 |
1 |
|
Rajasthan Royals |
5 |
22.5 |
1 |
|
Royal Challengers Bangalore |
3 |
30.5 |
1 |
|
Sunrisers Hyderabad |
2 |
38 |
2 |
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