20 January 2021, 19:18 PM
Defending champions Mumbai Indians have released seven players from their team. The list includes Sri Lankan great Lasith Malinga, Kiwi quick Mitchell McClenaghan, Australian Nathan Coulter-Nile and his countryman James Pattinson, their Guyanese all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford, uncapped leg-spinner Prince Balwant Rai and fast bowler Digvijay Deshmukh.
Mumbai, who have lifted the IPL trophy for a record five-time, now have 18 players in their squad with seven spots open which can be filled in the mini-auction. This also means that Mumbai are eligible to pick a maximum of four overseas players in the auction, which is scheduled to be held next month.
Your retained Champions for #IPL2021 #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/yFjNmZZu9e
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 20, 2021
20 January 2021, 19:13 PM
The previous edition's runners-up Delhi Capitals released five players from their squad. The list of the players released by the franchise are:
Alex Carey
Keemo Paul
Sandeep Lamichhane
Tushar Deshpande
Mohit Sharma
Jason Roy
RETAINED PLAYERS
Back where they belong
Here is the list of all the DC Stars who'll ROAR with us in #IPL2021 as well #YehHaiNayiDilli #IPLRetention pic.twitter.com/4Z3HusQwaD
— Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) January 20, 2021
20 January 2021, 18:36 PM
Media reports indicate that defending champions Mumbai Indians will be releasing veteran Sri Lanka cricketer Lasith Malinga along with Sherfane Rutherford, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, and Prince Balwant Rai Singh.
The Sri Lanka cricketer, who had emerged as the match-winner for Mumbai in the 2019 finale, didn't take part in the 2020 season and it will be interesting to see where will he go next.
20 January 2021, 18:31 PM
Kolkata Knight Riders have released opener Tom Banton. The Eoin Morgan-led KKR unit also let go of Chris Green, Siddesh Lad, wicketkeeper-batsman Nikhil Naik, and spinner M Siddarth.
However, the captain feels that it would have been "brilliant" if the entire core could have been kept together.
Morgan on KKR’s Retention Wishlist: “Would be brilliant if we could keep everyone together.”
Agree with skipper @Eoin16 about retaining the core?#KKR #IPLRetention pic.twitter.com/YfmFgf5KiR
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 20, 2021
20 January 2021, 18:28 PM
Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained most of their players. The players that have been released by the franchise are Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, B ,Sandeep and Y Prithvi Raj.
20 January 2021, 18:22 PM
Kings XI Punjab retains KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Nicholas Pooran, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Ravi Bishnoi, Prabhsimran Singh, Deepak Hooda, Sarfaraz Khan, Arshdeep Singh, M Ashwin, Darshan Nalkande, Ishan Porel, and Harpreet Singh
#IPL2021 will these Kings play for us again! #SaddaPunjab pic.twitter.com/L3a53VQsw5
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) January 20, 2021
20 January 2021, 18:18 PM
CSK have released a total of six players for the upcoming season. The name of the released players are as follow:
Piyush Chawla
Kedar Jadhav
M Vijay
Harbhajan Singh
Monu Kumar Singh
Shane Watson (retired from all cricket)
20 January 2021, 18:13 PM
Rajasthan Royals co-owner Manoj Badale confirms that Sanju Samson has been appointed as the new captain after the franchise decided to let go of Steve Smith. Samson has been instrumental for the Royals and the team would hope for similar dividends following the new role.
Meanwhile, the team has also appointed Kumar Sangakkara as their new team director.
20 January 2021, 18:01 PM
As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, Delhi Capitals have traded Australian pacer Daniel Sams to RCB. The move comes after Sams returned wicketless in the previous edition. But the good news for RCB is that the Australian has been in fine form in the ongoing Big Bash League and has been contributing with both the bat and the ball.
Sams is currently out of action following an injury but he will be available before the playoffs.
Meanwhile, Harshal Patel will also be traded to Bangalore, a franchise where the Haryana cricketer spent five seasons.
20 January 2021, 17:51 PM
As per a report in ESPNcricinfo, Kings XI Punjab have released star T20 player Glenn Maxwell. The Australian was seen in fine form during the T20 series held against India last year. Meanwhile, the franchise has also released Sheldon Cottrell, K Gowtham, Mueeb ur Rahman, Jimmy Neesham, Hardus Viljoen, and Karun Nair.
20 January 2021, 17:45 PM
List of players that have been retained by Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Virat Kohli
AB de Villiers
Yuzvendra Chahal
Devdutt Padikkal
Washington Sundar
Mohammed Siraj
Navdeep Saini
Adam Zampa
Shahbaz Ahmed
Josh Philippe
Kane Richardson
Pawan Deshpande
IPL Retention Announcement Here’s the news you’ve been waiting for, 12th Man Army. We have retained 12 stars from our 2020 squad. #PlayBold #IPL2021 #WeAreChallengers pic.twitter.com/YkzSV3EUjU
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) January 20, 2021
20 January 2021, 17:41 PM
Rajasthan Royals have released Steve Smith for the upcoming edition of IPL. Under Smith's captaincy, Royals' had finished at the bottom of the eight-team points table.
Forever a Royal...
Some special memories Smudge. #RoyalsFamily | @stevesmith49 pic.twitter.com/esOSQVtAtP
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) January 20, 2021