Ahead of the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), all the eight franchises announced the names of their retained players on January 4. Teams like Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), which are back in the tournament after facing a ban of two years, have created quite a buzz right ahead of the auctions. The IPL council has already laid new rules and regulations including the Right to match (RTM) card which is going to make the upcoming auction event in the last week of January more exciting.
The retention turned out to be a surprise for the Indian cricket fans. The Royal Challengers Bangalore retained Virat Kohli for Rs 17 Cr which made the Indian cricket team captain the most expensive cricketer in the IPL history.
Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders have, shockingly, not retained Gautam Gambhir while Kings Xi Punjab retained only one player – Axar Patel.
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Here’s the complete list of the retained players:
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB): Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan (uncapped)
BREAKING NEWS: The fearless trio of @imVkohli, @ABdeVilliers17 and @sarfankhan97 will continue to stay and slay in the #RCB colours in 2018! #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/V1Z8sPmktf
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) January 4, 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR): Sunil Narine, Andre Russell
Part-time singer, full-time entertainer!
When @Russell12A is on song, there are very few who hit the ball as cleanly as he does.THE VERSATILE ALL-ROUNDER IS A KNIGHT, AGAIN! Welcome back! #AmiKKR #KorboLorboJeetbo #VivoIPLRetention #Retained pic.twitter.com/GqHaYdspDn
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 4, 2018
Accurate with the ball & explosive with the bat!
That’s our very own, @SunilPNarine74 for you! An integral part of the #KnightRiders family for the last 7 years, he will don the #KKR colours once again in @IPL! Welcome back! #AmiKKR #KorboLorboJeetbo #VivoIPLRetention pic.twitter.com/SfAh6Sdxds
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 4, 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH): David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
We have retained our deadly duo , David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar!
We hope you all are as kicked as us, because we’re knocking our socks off!We now also have 3 RTMs to use in the auction. #IPL2018 #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/vWigwP7duS
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) January 4, 2018
Chennai Super Kings (SRH): MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja
.@ChennaiIPL retain their Super Kings at the Vivo #IPLRetention, and here they are! pic.twitter.com/VN96MSDDvm
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) January 4, 2018
Rajasthan Royals (RR): Steven Smith
HE’S BACK!
@stevesmith49
is retained for the #IPL2018!Are you excited or what?!
HALLA BOL!#HallaBol #RoyalRetention #VivoIPLretention #VivoIPLonStar pic.twitter.com/cj6ykgJl87— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) January 4, 2018
Kings XI Punjab (KXIP): Axar Patel
Sheron! Join us in giving a big Punjabi welcome back to @akshar2026, who will continue to Live Punjabi and Play Punjabi in the @IPL! #WelcomeBackAkshar #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi pic.twitter.com/fx5ZCCtmby
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) January 4, 2018
Mumbai Indians (MI): Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya
Paltan, here are the retained champions!@ImRo45, @hardikpandya7 & @Jaspritbumrah93 will continue to entertain you in MI colours. #CricketMeriJaan #VivoIPLretention pic.twitter.com/ZxRGUwDaiL
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 4, 2018
Delhi Daredevils (DD): Chris Morris, Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer
Delhi retains its Daredevils! Here’s a look at @DelhiDaredevils‘ Vivo #IPLRetention showing. pic.twitter.com/CtXfiTAJXU
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) January 4, 2018
Players Retained and their prices:
Virat Kohli (RCB) – Rs. 17 Cr
AB de Villiers (RCB) – Rs. 11 Cr
Sarfaraz Khan (RCB) – Rs. 1.75 Cr
MS Dhoni (CSK) – Rs. 15 Cr
Suresh Raina (CSK) – Rs. 11 Cr
Ravindra Jadeja (CSK) – Rs. 7 Cr
David Warner (SRH) – Rs. 12 Cr
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (SRH) – Rs. 8.5 Cr
Steve Smith (RR) – Rs. 12 Cr
Rohit Sharma (MI) – Rs. 15 Cr
Hardik Pandya (MI) – Rs. 11 Cr
Jasprit Bumrah (MI) – Rs. 7 Cr
Sunil Narine (KKR) – Rs. 8.5 cr
Andre Russell (KKR) – Rs. 7 Cr
Axar Patel (KXIP) – Rs. 6.75 Cr
Rishabh Pant (DD) – Rs. 8 Cr
Chris Morris (DD) – Rs. 7.1 Cr
Shreyas Iyer (DD) – Rs. 7 Cr
RTMs and Purse available with each franchise:
| TEAMS | Available RTMs | Available Purse |
| DD | 2 | Rs 47 Cr |
| KXIP | 3 | Rs 67.5 Cr |
| KKR | 3 | Rs 59 Cr |
| SRH | 3 | Rs 59 Cr |
| CSK | 2 | Rs 47 Cr |
| MI | 2 | Rs 47 Cr |
| RR | 3 | Rs 67.5 Cr |
| RCB | 2 | Rs 49 Cr |
There have been major changes in the coaching department as well. Ashish Nehra and Gary Kirsten have been appointed as the bowling and batting coaches of RCB. Brad Hodge will be appointed as the head coach of KXIP after mentoring Gujarat Lions in the previous edition.
Ricky Ponting has been appointed as the head coach of the Delhi Daredevils.
We are glad to announce our new head coach for IPL 2018 and it is none other than the legend, Ricky Ponting. #DilDilliHai pic.twitter.com/PZtQKoUhMd
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) January 4, 2018
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In case you are wondering what is RTM? Here’s the answer to your query:
A franchise can also retain a player during the auction by matching the highest bid. For instance, let’s say CSK doesn’t retain Ravichandran Ashwin before the auction and let’s assume the highest bid for Ashwin is by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) of Rs 2 crores. In this case, if CSK wants Ashwin, they have the right to match the price of the highest bid and retain him.
RTM will make the IPL 2018 auction interesting as franchises will wait for others to finish the bidding and then retain the player.
As compared to last two years’ salary cap, the purse limit has been increased to Rs 80 crores for this auction. The salary cap will be increased to Rs 82 crore and Rs 85 crore respectively in 2019 and 2020. The minimum amount a franchise has to spend is Rs 60 crore, which is 75 percent of the salary cap.
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