IPL player Retention 2023 – IPL Team Squads for 2023
The trophy drought continued for India as they crashed out of the ICC World T20 2022. The Indian fans were heartbroken after a hurtful 10-wicket loss against the eventual winners England. However, the news about IPL retentions came as a breeze of fresh air as IPL franchises turned their focus to IPL 2023.
The teams have announced the lists of retained players for the IPL 2023. A number of players have been released by different franchises to find the right combination for the next year’s Indian Premier League.
IPL Retention Date
The player auction for the 2023 season of the Indian Premier League will take place on 23rd December 2022. Teams will try to finalize their squads for the upcoming season of IPL. Here is the full list of all the player retentions for IPL 2023.
IPL 2022 Retained players list
Chennai Super Kings IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
MS Dhoni (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Subhranshu Senapati, Dwaine Pretorius, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Tushar Deshpande, Ravindra Jadeja, Mukesh Chowdhary, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Prashant Solanki
Released Players:
Dwayne Bravo, Adam Milne, Robin Uthappa, Hari Nishaanth, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Chris Jordan, Narayan Jagadeesan
Mumbai Indians IPL Squad 2023:
Released Players:
Kieron Pollard, Aryan Juyal, Anmolpreet Singh, Basil Thampi, Fabian Allen, Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat, Murugan Ashwin, Mayank Markande, Rahul Buddhi, Sanjay Yadav, Riley Meredith, Tymal Mills
Retained Players:
Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Suryakumar Yadav, Jofra Archer, Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff
Gujarat Titans IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
Hardik Pandya (Captain), David Miller, Shubman Gill, Abhinav Manohar, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Pradeep Sangwan, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore
Released Players:
Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Dominic Drakes, Lockie Ferguson, Gurkeerat Singh, Varun Aaron, Jason Roy
Lucknow Super Giants IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
KL Rahul (captain), Karan Sharma, Ayush Badoni, Manan Vohra, Marcus Stoinis, Quinton de Kock, Krishnappa Gowtham, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi
Released Players:
Andrew Tye, Dushmantha Chameera, Ankit Rajpoot, Evin Lewis, Manish Pandey, Jason Holder, Shahbaz Nadeem
Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
Faf du Plessis (Captain), Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn Maxwell, Shahbaz Ahmed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Karn Sharma, David Willey, Mahipal Lomror, Josh Hazlewood, Mohammed Siraj, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep
Released Players:
Jason Behrendorff, Chama Milind, Aneeshwar Gautam, Sherfane Rutherford, Luvnith Sisodia
Rajasthan Royals IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
Sanju Samson (Captain), Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Trent Boult, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, KC Cariappa
Released Players:
Anunay Singh, Daryl Mitchell, Corbin Bosch, James Neesham, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Karun Nair, Rassie van der Dussen, Tejas Baroka, Shubham Garhwal
Delhi Capitals IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
Rishabh Pant (Captain), Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Rovman Powell, Yash Dhull, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Axar Patel, Chetan Sakariya, Anrich Nortje, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Kuldeep Yadav, Aman Khan, Vicky Ostwal, Praveen Dubey
Released Players:
Shardul Thakur, Ashwin Hebbar, Tim Seifert, Mandeep Singh, KS Bharat
Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Glenn Phillips, Marco Jansen, Abhishek Sharma, Washington Sundar, Kartik Tyagi, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, T Natarajan
Released Players:
Kane Williamson, Jagadeesha Suchith, Nicholas Pooran, Priyam Garg, Romario Shepherd, Ravikumar Samarth, Sean Abbott, Saurabh Dubey, Shashank Singh, Sushant Mishra, Shreyas Gopal, Vishnu Vinod
Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Andre Russell, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh
Released Players:
Pat Cummins, Aman Khan, Sam Billings, Shivam Mavi, Chamika Karunaratne, Mohammad Nabi, Aaron Finch, Abhijeet Tomar, Alex Hales, Ajinkya Rahane, Baba Indrajith, Ashok Sharma, Pratham Singh, Rasikh Salam, Ramesh Kumar, Sheldon Jackson
Punjab Kings IPL Squad 2023:
Retained Players:
Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Shahrukh Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rishi Dhawan, Raj Bawa, Atharva Taide, Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Baltej Singh, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar
Released Players:
Mayank Agarwal, Vaibhav Arora, Odean Smith, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Benny Howell, Prerak Mankad, Writtick Chatterjee, Sandeep Sharma
It would be interesting to see how different IPL teams finalize their squads for IPL 2023.