The IPL 2023 auction will see 405 players (273 Indians, 132 overseas) going under the hammer to fill in 87 available slots – here’s the full list of players retained by each IPL team ahead of the auction.
On November 14, IPL announced the list of players retained by teams ahead of the IPL 2023 auction, scheduled to take place on December 23, 2022. The retained players form the core for the teams, who will tap into the auction pool to complete their squads.
Below is the list of retained players for each IPL team ahead of the 2023 auction, along with available slots.
IPL 2023 auction: Find the full list of players in the auction here.
Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2023
List of retained CSK players
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway*, Moeen Ali*, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Ambati Rayudu, Dwaine Pretorius*, Maheesh Theekshana*, Prashant Solanki, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner*, Matheesha Pathirana*, Subhranshu Senapati, Tushar Deshpande
Available slots: 7, overseas: 2
Delhi Capitals in IPL 2023
List of retained DC players
Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner*, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell*, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh*, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje*, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi*, Mustafizur Rahman*, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal
Available slots: 5, overseas: 2
Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023
List of retained GT players
Hardik Pandya (C), Shubman Gill, David Miller*, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade*, Rashid Khan*, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph*, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Jayant Yadav, Darshan Nalkande, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad
Available slots: 7, overseas: 3
Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2023
List of retained KKR players
Shreyas Iyer (C), Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz*, Andre Russell*, Sunil Narine*, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson*, Tim Southee*, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Umesh Yadav
Available slots: 11, overseas: 3
Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2023
List of retained LSG players
KL Rahul (C), Marcus Stoinis*, Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock*, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers*, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood*
Available slots: 10, overseas: 4
Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023
List of retained MI players
Rohit Sharma (C), Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David*, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs*, Dewald Brevis*, Jofra Archer*, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff*, Akash Madhwal
Available slots: 9, overseas: 3
Punjab Kings in IPL 2023
List of retained PBKS players
Shikhar Dhawan (C), Jonny Bairstow*, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone*, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis*, Kagiso Rabada*, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Shahrukh Khan
Available slots: 9, overseas: 3
Royal Challengers Bangalore in IPL 2023
List of retained RCB players
Faf du Plessis (C)*, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell*, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen*, Wanindu Hasaranga*, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey*, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood*, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep
Available slots: 7, overseas: 2
Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2023
List of retained RR players
Sanju Samson (C), Jos Buttler*, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer*, Devdutt Padikkal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult*, Obed McCoy*, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa
Available slots: 9, overseas: 4
Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL 2023
List of retained SRH players
Aiden Markram*, Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik, Glenn Phillips*, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen*, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi*, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan
Available slots: 13, overseas: 4
Players with a (*) next to them are overseas players.