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On Tuesday, all eight franchises annᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚo✤unced the list of retained players ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) auctions 🅷for the 2022 season. There were some obvious choices, while some notable omissions surprised many fans.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) retained 4 players each. Similarly, Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) went with 3 players each. Punjab Kings (PBKS), on the other han♉d, have retained only 2 players.
Now that the retentions are decided, teams will have a task to find the right balance by picking players in the mega auction, which is expected to begin later this month. Each franchise had a purse of INR 90 crore, but some amounts have been deducted after the retention process. On that note, let’s have a look at the budget each franchise has available for the upcoming mega auction:
Kolkata Knight Riders – INR 48 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) retained Andre 🎶Russell (INR 12 crore), Varun Chakravarthy (INR 8 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (INR 8 crore), and Sunil Narine (INR 6 crore).
Rajasthan Royals – INR 62 crore
Rajasthan Royals (RR) ♍retained Sanju Samson (INR 14 crore🎃), Jos Buttler (INR 10 crore), and Yashasvi Jaiswal (INR 4 crore).
Chennai Super Kings – INR 48 crore
Chennai Super Kings 🅘(CSK) retained four✱ players Ravindra Jadeja (INR 16 crore), MS Dhoni (INR 12 crore), Moeen Ali (INR 8 crore) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (INR 6 crore).
Royal Challengers Bangalore – INR 57 crore
Royal Challen🌠gers Bangalore (RCB) retained Virat Kohli (INR 15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (INR 11 crore) and Mohammed Siraj (INR 7 crore).
Delhi Capitals – INR 47.5 crore
Delhi C❀apitals (DC) retained Rishabh Pant (INR 16 crore), Prithvi Shaw (INR 9 crore), Anrich Nortje (INR 7.5 crore) and Axar Patel (INR 6.5 crore).
Mumbai Indians – INR 48 crore
Mumbai Indians (MI) retained Rohit S💝harma (INR 16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (INR 12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (IN🐻R 8 crore), Kieron Pollard (INR 6 crore).
Punjab Kings – INR 72 crore
Punjab Kings only decided to retain two players in the form of 💙Mayank Agarwal (INR 12 cro🥀re) and Arshdeep Singh (INR 4 crore).
Sunrisers Hyderabad – INR 68 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) decided to retain Kane Williamson (INR 14 c🦩rore), Abdul Samad (INR 4 crore) and Umran Malik (INR 4 crore🎉).