IPL 2021 Auction Date, Schedule, Venue, Teams List, Players List for all IPL Teams
IPL 2021 is still a few months away. However, there is an air of buzz around the tournament as the IPL governing council confirmed the IPL auction date with the event scheduled to be held on February 18 in Chennai.
IPL 2021 Auction Details: Date and Venue
In the IPL governing council virtual meeting held on January 4, a lot was discussed around the upcoming IPL season. While the 2021 IPL auction date was speculated around the second week of February, it has now been confirmed as February 18. It will be a mini-auction as there will be no new teams for the upcoming season as BCCI plans to potentially add two more teams in IPL 2022.
Along with the IPL 2021 auction date, the venue for the event was finalized in Chennai. The mini-auction will take place immediately after the conclusion of the second Test between India and England on February 17 in Chennai. It will be for the first time that an IPL auction will be held in Chennai. Historically, the venue for the IPL auctions has been Bengaluru barring the 2020 IPL auction which was conducted in Kolkata for the very first time.
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IPL 2021 Schedule
The official IPL 2021 schedule hasn't been released yet by the IPL governing council. In likelihood, the 14th edition of IPL will kickstart in the first half of April. The IPL 2021 opener is expected to feature the defending champions Mumbai Indians and last year's finalists Delhi Capitals. With eight teams in 2021, the IPL schedule will be on similar lines as that of IPL 2020.
List of Players Released and Retained by all IPL Teams in 2021
CSK Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- Piyush Chawla
- Harbhajan Singh
- Shane Watson
- Kedar Jadhav
- Monu Kumar
- Murali Vijay
Retained Players:
- MS Dhoni
- Suresh Raina
- Ravindra Jadeja
- Josh Hazlewood
- DJ Bravo
- Sam Curran
- R Sai Kishore
- Ruturaj Gaikwad
- N Jagadeesan
- Shardul Thakur
- Deepak Chahar
- Faf du Plessis
- Mitchell Santner
- KM Asif
- Imran Tahir
- Karn Sharma
- Ambati Rayudu
- Lungi Ngidi
RCB Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- Chris Morris
- Dale Steyn
- Shivam Dube
- Pavan Negi
- Moeen Ali
- Parthiv Patel
- Umesh Yadav
- Gurkeerat Maan Singh
- Isuru Udana
- Aaron Finch
Retained Players:
- Virat Kohli
- AB De Villiers
- Yuzvendra Chahal
- Josh Phillipe
- Devdutt Paddikal
- Adam Zampa
- Shahbaz Ahmed
- Washington Sundar
- Navdeep Saini
- Mohammad Siraj
- Kane Richardson
- Pavan Deshpande
MI Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- Nathan Coulter-Nile
- Lasith Malinga
- Sherfane Rutherford
- Mitchell McClenaghan
- James Pattinson
- Prince Balwant Rai
- Digvijay Deshmukh
Retained Players:
- Rohit Sharma
- Hardik Pandya
- Jasprit Bumrah
- Krunal Pandya
- Kieron Pollard
- Surya Kumar Yadav
- Trent Boult
- Rahul Chahar
- Quinton De Kock
- Ishan Kishan
- Saurabh Tiwary
- Anukul Roy
- Aditya Tare
- Dhawal Kulkarni
- Anmolpreet Singh
- Chris Lynn
- Jayant Yadav
- Mohsin Khan
DC Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- Keemo Paul
- Sandeep Lamichhane
- Mohit Sharma
- Alex Carey
- Keemo Paul
- Tushar Deshpande
Retained Players:
- Shreyas Iyer
- Shikhar Dhawan
- Kagiso Rabada
- Anrich Nortje
- Shimron Hetmyer
- Rishabh Pant
- Axar Patel
- Harshal Patel
- Marcus Stoinis
- Amit Mishra
- Ishant Sharma
- Pravin Dubey
- Daniel Sams
- Ajinkya Rahane
- Prithvi Shaw
- Ravichandran Ashwin
- Lalit Yadav
- Chris Woakes
- Avesh Khan
KXIP Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- James Neesham
- Jagdeesh Suchith
- Hardus Viljoen
- Glenn Maxwell
- Sheldon Cottrell
- K Gowtham
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman
- Karun Nair
- Tajinder Singh Dhillon
Retained Players:
- KL Rahul
- Mayank Agarwal
- Mohammad Shami
- Chris Gayle
- Mandeep Singh
- Chris Jordan
- Arshdeep Singh
- Murugan Ashwin
- Deepak Hooda
- Karun Nair
- Ravi Bishnoi
- Nicolas Pooran
- Sarfaraz Khan
- Prabhsimran Singh
- Harpreet Brar
- Ishan Porel
SRH Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- Fabian Allen
- Billy Stanlake
- Sandeep Bavanaka
- Y Prithvi Raj
- Sanjay Yadav
Retained Players:
- David Warner
- Kane Williamson
- Manish Pandey
- Rashid Khan
- Jonny Bairstow
- Jason Holder
- Abdul Samad
- Priyam Garg
- Khaleel Ahmed
- Sandeep Sharma
- T Natarajan
- Mohammad Nabi
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar
- Vijay Shankar
- Mitchell Marsh
- Basil Thampi
- Siddharth Kaul
- Shahbaz Nadeem
- Abhishek Sharma
- Virat Singh
- Wriddhiman Saha
- Shreevats Goswami
RR Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- Ankit Rajpoot
- Tom Curran
- Oshane Thomas
- Steve Smith
- Varun Aaron
- Shashank Singh
- Aakash Singh
Retained Players:
- Sanju Samson
- Jos Buttler
- Ben Stokes
- Rahul Tewatia
- Jofra Archer
- Jaydev Unadkat
- Shreyas Gopal
- Kartik Tyagi
- Mayank Markande
- Riyan Parag
- Manan Vohra
- Robin Uthappa
- Yashasvi Jaiswal
- Mahipal Lomror
- Anuj Rawat
- David Miller
- Andrew Tye
KKR Players List in IPL 2021
Released Players:
- Siddhesh Lad
- Nikhil Naik
- Harry Gurney
- Tom Banton
- M Siddharth
- Chris Green
Retained Players:
- Andre Russell
- Eoin Morgan
- Shubman Gill
- Sunil Narine
- Dinesh Karthik
- Nitish Rana
- Lockie Ferguson
- Pat Cummins
- Shivam Mavi
- Kamlesh Nagarkoti
- Varun Chakravarthy
- Prasidh Krishna
- Kuldeep Yadav
- Tim Seifert
- Sandeep Warrier
- Rahul Tripathi
- Rinku Singh