IPL 2021 Auction Live Updates:
7:00 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders
? Meet the Retained Knights for #IPL2021#KKR #Cricket pic.twitter.com/dkW857CWX8
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 20, 2021
6:56 PM | Mumbai Indians
? Your 1️⃣8️⃣ retained Champions for #IPL2021 ??#OneFamily #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/yFjNmZZu9e
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 20, 2021
6:45 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad retains the full team
Our full list of retained players for #IPL2021!#RisersRetained #IPLRetention #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/JmzYoM2Zvn
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) January 20, 2021
6:42 PM | Chennai Super Kings official update
Players released by CSK are Shane Watson (retired), Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, M Vijay, Monu Singh
All the #Yellove, @JadhavKedar for etching a sweet victory on the dream comeback and the super memories! #WhistlePodu ?? pic.twitter.com/REBUNC9LJ8
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) January 20, 2021
6:32 PM | Kolkata Knight Riders retains Dinesh Kartik
KKR releases Tom Banton, Chris Green, Nikhil Naik, Siddharth M, and Siddhesh Lad
6:28 PM | Delhi Capitals
DC releases Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Keemo Paul, Sandeep Lamichhane, Alex Carey, Jason Roy
06:17 PM | Sunrisers Hyderabad have released Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, B Sandeep, and Y Prithvi Raj
06:10 PM | Kings XI Punjab release Glen Maxwell & five other players
Glenn Maxwell was below par along with Sheldon Cottrell. K Gowtham, Mueeb ur Rahman, Jimmy Neesham, Hardus Viljoen and Karun Nair have also been released by the franchisee who played good cricket in patches last season.
6:05 PM | Chennai Super Kings releases Harbhajan Singh
Thank you for all the #Yellove outings, Bhajju pa! Keep spreading the Pulamai, everywhere you go! #WhistlePodu ??@harbhajan_singh pic.twitter.com/J4xu8dnVZ8
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) January 20, 2021
Sanju Samson will be the captain of Rajasthan Royals.
Rajasthan Royals have released Steve Smith on the last day of making players’ retention list ahead of the IPL 2021 Auction in February. With this Royals have now 12.5 crores in their wallet ahead of the IPL 2021 auction.
Steve Smith interestingly ended his IPL 2020 campaign with 311 runs from 14 games and could not inspire the Royals as captain either in UAE. One-time champions managed just six wins and finished at the bottom of the table.
On another hand three-time champion, Chennai Super Kings retained their top scorer Suresh Raina ahead of much speculations about his not-so-good relations with team management in 2020.
Meanwhile, CSK has released their 3 players and now have a purse of 22.7 crores in their pocket. The three players released were Kedar Jadhav, Piyush Chawla, and Murli Vijay.
Jadhav scored only 62 runs in eight games at a strike-rate of just 93.93. Jadhav takes a massive salary of Rs7.8 crore from the CSK side.
On the other hand, Murli Vijay didn’t hit off with team dynamics as management only gave star opener 3 matches to bat last season. His salary was Rs 2 crore.
Notably, Piyush Chawla was CSK’s most expensive buy at Rs 6.75 crore in the 2019 player auction. With only six wickets in his seven appearances for the CSK side, Chawla’s performance was very mediocre.
