IPL 2021 Auction: Complete List of Players to be Auctioned

When is IPL Auction 2021? On Wednesday, the player auction date and time for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 were announced. According to a tweet on the official IPL website, the auction will take place in Chennai on February 18.

Although UAE was the official location for IPL 2020 on account of the Covid-19 pandemic, BCCI has still not decided if the IPL will take place in India this time. However, Sourav Ganguly, the Board President, said that he will do his best to hold the tournament at home. The board also confirmed that the deadline for player retention closes on January 20 and the trade window closes on February 4.

Ten players were released by RCB, the most out of the eight teams. KXIP has agreed to terminate a nine-player deal. SRH agreed to keep much of its previous season’s roster, allowing five players to go to the auctions. Interestingly, with the biggest purse of Rs 53.2 crore, Kings XI will go through a mini-auction.

Complete Auction Player List IPL 2021

Complete IPL auction player list is as follows

Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell,
Mujeeb Zadran, James Neesham, Alex Carey,
Keemo Paul, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav,
Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma,
Krishnappa Gowtham, Steve Smith, Akash Singh,
Anirudha Joshi, Tejinder Singh Dhillon Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith,
Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth,
Nikhil Naik, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel,
Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton, Ankit Rajpoot,
Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Kedar Jadhav,
Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla,
Monu Singh, Mitchell McCleneghan, Tom Curran,
Varun Aaron, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube,
Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Gurkeerat Mann,
Billy Stanlake, Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh,
Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sandeep Bavanaka,
Fabian Allen, Prithviraj Yarra, Sanjay Yadav,
Hardus Viljoen, James Pattinson and Sherfane Rutherford

Players Retained from IPL Franchises and Released from Squad

The following players were retained from the eight franchises & released from the squad.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)

Players retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Yuzvendra Chahal, Joshua Phillipe, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahmed, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar,

Players released: Shivam Dube, Dale Steyn, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Aaron, Finch Patel, Isuru Udana, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Mann, Chris Morris.

Harshal Patel and Daniel Sams has been traded from Delhi Capitals by an official cash deal

Chennai Super Kings

Players retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, KM Asif, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, N Jagadeesan, Karn Sharma, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Jadeja Ravindra, Gaikwad Ruturaj, Shardul Thakur, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, R Sai Kishore

Players released: Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Shane Watson, Shane Watson

Robin Uthappa has been traded from Rajasthan Royals by an official cash deal

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Players retained: Sandeep Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem Basil Thampi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jonny Bairstow T Natarajan, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Virat Singh, Abdul Samad, Siddarth Kaul, Shreevats Goswami, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Khaleel Ahmed, Abhishek Sharma, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Priyam Garg, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder

Released Players: Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj Yarra, Billy Stanlake

Mumbai Indians

Players Retained: Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Chris Lynn, Trent Boult, Saurabh Tiwary, Rohit Sharma, Mohsin Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Khan Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Hardik Pandya, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar,

Players Released: Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, James Pattinson, Mitchell McCleneghan

Rajasthan Royals

Players retained: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Mahipal Lomror, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye

Players released: Akash Singh, Ankit Rajpoot, Shashank Anirudha Joshi, Oshane Thomas Singh, Varun Aaron, Steve Smith, Tom Curran.

Robin Uthappa has been traded to Chennai Super Kings by an official cash deal

Kings XI Punjab

Players retained: KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh, Chris Gayle, Darshan Nalkande, Harpreet Brar, Mandeep Singh, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Chris Jordan, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohd Shami, M Ashwin.

Players released: Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Rahman, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Gowtham Krishnappa, Nair Karun, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon.

IPL 2021: Player who can fetch 15Cr+ bid in upcoming auction

Knight Kolkata Riders

Players retained: Sandeep Warrier, Nitish Rana, Shivam Mavi, Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Pat Cummins, Varun Chakravarthy, Eoin Morgan, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Prasidh Krishna, Rinku Singh., Rahul Tripathi, Tim Seifert

Players Released: Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Tom Banton.

Delhi Capitals

Players retained: Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kagiso Rabada, Prithvi Shaw, R Ashwin, Avesh Khan, Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Anrich Nortje, Ajinkya Rahane Pravin Dubey, Chris Woakes, Marcus Stoinis, Lalit Yadav, Amit Mishra.

Players Released: Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Mohit Sharma. Jason Roy.

Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel have been traded to RCB by an official cash deal.

It should be noticed that certain occupations have changed the fortunes of franchises in recent times. Therefore, as some of them might turn out to be season-defining in IPL Auction 2021, everyone will keep a close eye on the list of players being traded this time.

Players who are sure to reap big bucks in the upcoming 2021 IPL season

Glenn Maxwell
Steve Smith
Mitchell Starc
Chris Morris
Chris Green
David Malan
Alex Carey
Jason Roy
Alex Hales
Kyle Jamieson
Mujeeb Rahman
Tom Banton
Moeen Ali

IPL 2021 Auction: Who will be the most expensive player?

For all eight franchises, here’s the remaining purse

Rajasthan Royals: Rs 34.85 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Rs 10.75 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders: Rs 10.85 crore

Kings XI Punjab: Rs 53.2 crore

Mumbai Indians: Rs 15.35 crore

Chennai Super Kings: Rs 22.9 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Rs 35.7 crore

Delhi Capitals: Rs 9 crore

The event seems to be attracting considerable attention as the surging Covid-19 pandemic creates a certain degree of uncertainty. This year seems much like the previous years in terms of its performance, and the auction purse is likely to be enhanced by INR 3 crore. The mini-auction seems to be interesting for franchises contending to improve their position for the future.