With a total salary cap of INR 90 crore available at the mega auction for each team, the eight franchises were eligible to retain up to 4 players with a maximum of 3 Indians, 2 overseas players and 2 uncapped Indians.

Each of the eight franchises used the Player Retention option with Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) opting to retain 4 players each. Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have retained 3 players each while Punjab Kings (PBKS) have retained 2. The PBKS thus have the highest salary purse available with INR 72 crore while Delhi Capitals have least at INR 47.50 to be used at the mega auction. Here is the updated list of IPL teams this year.

Of the 27 retained players, 8 are overseas and 4 are uncapped Indians.

A detailed breakup of the players retained, total amount spent, retention deduction and the purse available is provided below.

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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

 

 

                                                                          *Amount in Crores

*If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player exceeds the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to that higher League Fee shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap. If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player is less than the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to the relevant prescribed amount shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap.

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