The IPL 2022 mega auction in is expected to be held in January and all eyes are on the franchises to pick the best teams from among the most talented cricket players from India and across the world.

All eight old teams as well as the two new franchises – Lucknow and Ahmedabad – will have the options to choose from a mammoth pool of players. It is to be noted that old IPL franchises will be allowed to retain upto four players from their current squads before the IPL 2022 mega auction. The deadline to send the player retention list ends on November 30. Take a look at list of players retained, or likely to be retained, by their IPL teams.

Check out IPL Schedule 2022 that consists of 10 teams and 74 matches because of two additional teams.

Mumbai Indians (MI) Players Retained: Skipper Rohit Sharma and fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah are set to be retained by MI. Sources said that Mumbai Indians would also retain West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard, young India batter Ishan Kishan.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Players Retained: Chennai Super Kings will retain their legendary skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Apart from Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaekwad are also set to be retained by CSK. The fourth player could be either England all-rounder Moeen Ali or South African batsman Faf du Plessis.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Players Retained: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Players Retained: KKR have retained their West Indian stars Sunil Narine and Andre Russell. 

Punjab Kings (PBKS) Players Retained: According to sources, PBKS would not retain any player and their skipper KL Rahul is also expected to leave the team.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) Players Retained: RR have retained Sanju Samson. Sources said that the RR would announce other names soon.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Players Retained: SRH are likely to retained Kane Williamson and Rashid Khan.

Delhi Capitals (DC) Players Retained: Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje.

Franchise

Salary

Retention

Deduction

Salary Purse Available 

 

 

 

 

Chennai Super Kings

 

 

 

Ravindra Jadeja

16

42

48

M S Dhoni

12

Moeen Ali

8

Ruturaj Gaikwad

6

Total 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delhi Capitals

 

 

 

Rishabh Pant

16

42.50

47.50

Axar Patel

9

Prithvi Shaw

7.50

Anrich Nortje

6.50

Total 

39

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kolkata Knight Riders

 

 

 

Andre Russell

12

42

48

Varun Chakaravarthy

8

Venkatesh Iyer

8

Sunil Narine

6

Total 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mumbai Indians

 

 

 

Rohit Sharma

16

42

48

Jasprit Bumrah

12

Suryakumar Yadav

8

Kieron Pollard

6

Total 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

Punjab Kings

 

 

 

Mayank Agarwal

12

18

72

Arshdeep Singh

4

Total 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rajasthan Royals  

 

 

 

Sanju Samson

14

28

62

Jos Buttler

10

Yashasvi Jaiswal

4

Total

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore

 

 

 

Virat Kohli

15

33

57

Glenn Maxwell

11

Mohammed Siraj

7

Total 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunrisers Hyderabad

 

 

 

Kane Williamson

14

22

68

Abdul Samad

4

Umran Malik

4

Total

22

 

 

IPL 2022 Retention Rules:

The BCCI has already informed the franchises about retention rules of player for IPL 2022. The BCCI has also informed the franchises that salary purse for all IPL teams would be Rs 90 crore. It may be recalled that the salary purse for IPL 2021 was Rs 85 crore.

As per the retention rules of BCCI, franchises will be charged Rs 16 crore for the first player they retain, Rs 12 crore for the second player, Rs 8 crore for the third player and Rs 6 crore for the fourth player.

From December 1 till December 25, the two new franchises – Lucknow and Ahmedabad – will get the opportunity to pick three players each from the remaining pool of players. Their allotted budget is Rs 33 crore.