The Indian Premier League 2021 auction is set to take place in February, which will confirm squads for the eight franchises ahead of the 14th edition of IPL, but there will be plenty of trade news to track before players go under the hammer.
The IPL 2021 trade window is set to go on till February 4, with the main auction expected to be held in the third week of February, although the exact dates haven’t been released, neither has the venue for the tournament been decided.
On Wednesday, January 22, teams announced their list of retained and released players ahead of 2021 IPL auction. On February 11, 292 players were shortlisted to go under the hammer. Below is the trade news from all the eight IPL 2021 franchises so far:
Chennai Super Kings
Transfers in: Robin Uthappa
Transfers out: NA
Released players: Kedar Jadhav, Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Monu Singh, Shane Watson (retired)
Head coach: Stephen Fleming
Captain: MS Dhoni
2020 finish: 7th
Delhi Capitals
Transfers in: NA
Transfers out: Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel
Released players: Jason Roy, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Tushar Deshpande, Keemo Paul, Alex Carey
Head coach: Ricky Ponting
Captain: Shreyas Iyer
2020 finish: 2nd
Kings XI Punjab
Transfers in: NA
Transfers out: NA
Released players: Glenn Maxwell, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sheldon Cottrell, Jimmy Neesham, Hardus Viljoen, Tajinder Singh
Head coach: Anil Kumble
Captain: KL Rahul
2020 finish: 6th
Kolkata Knight Riders
Transfers in: NA
Transfers out: NA
Released players: Tom Banton, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Siddhesh Lad, M Siddharth
Head coach: Brendon McCullum
Captain: Eoin Morgan
2020 finish: 5th
A team containing five World Cup winners, two mystery spinners and the No.3 T20I all-rounder in the world. Not a bad line-up.https://t.co/7PT7ia0WHc
— Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) January 22, 2021
Mumbai Indians
Transfers in: NA
Transfers out: NA
Released players: Lasith Malinga, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell McClenaghan, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Digvijay Deshmukh, Prince Balwant Rai.
Head coach: Mahela Jayawardene
Captain: Rohit Sharma
2020 finish: Winners
Rajasthan Royals
Transfers in: NA
Transfers out: NA
Released players: Steve Smith, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Akash Singh, Varun Aaron, Tom Curran, Anirudha Joshi
Head coach: Andrew McDonald
Captain: Sanju Samson
2020 finish: 8th
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Transfers in: Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel (both from Delhi Capitals)
Transfers out: NA
Released players: Chris Morris, Aaron Finch, Moeen Ali, Isuru Udana, Dale Steyn, Shivam Dube, Umesh Yadav, Pawan Negi, Gurkeerat Mann, Parthiv Patel
Head coach: Simon Katich
Captain: Virat Kohli
2020 finish: 4th
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Transfers in: NA
Transfers out: NA
Released players: Billy Stanlake, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Billy Sandeep, Yarra Prithvi Raj
Coach: Trevor Bayliss
Captain: David Warner
2020 finish: 3rd
