Mumbai: The 15th IPL series is scheduled to start on April 2. The new teams are Lucknow and Ahmedabad. This brings the total number of teams to 10. The mega auction for next season is set to take place in the first week of next month. Earlier, the deadline for handing over the list of players to be retained by the teams ended yesterday. Accordingly, Chennai Super Kings have retained Jadeja, Tony, Rudraj and Moin Ali. Of this, Jadeja retains a higher amount (16 crore) than Tony (12 crore). Mumbai Rohit Sharma, Bumra, Suryakumar, Pollard, Delhi Rishabh Punt, Akshar Patel, Prithvi Shah, Unrich Nordje, Kolkata Rasser, Varun Chakraborty, Venkatesh, Narine, Rajasthan Samson, Butler, Jaiswal, , Umranmalik, Punjab retains Mayang Agarwal and Arshdeep Singh.
The Punjab team has a maximum of Rs 72 crore left for the public auction. Hyderabad has Rs 68 crore, Rajasthan Rs 62 crore and Bangalore Rs 57 crore. Players can be taken at public auction for this amount. Newly joined Ahmedabad and Lucknow teams can pick up 4 players before the auction. It is said that Lucknow has taken KL Rahul for Rs 20 crore and Rashid Khan for Rs 16 crore. The two teams are also in talks with some players.
The 8 teams retained a total of 27 players before the public auction. Retained players and salaries for each team are as follows:
Chennai Super Kings: Jadeja Rs. 16 crore, Tony – Rs. 12 crore, Moin Ali Rs. 8 crore Rudraj Kejriwal Rs. 6 crore
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma Rs 16 crore, Bumra Rs 12 crore, Suryakumar Yadav Rs 8 crore, Pollard Rs 6 crore,
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Kohli 15 crore, Maxwell 11 crore, Siraj 7 crore.
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Punt Rs 16 crore, Akshar Patel Rs 9 crore, Prithviraj Shah Rs 7.50 crore, NordJay Rs 6.50 crore
Kolkata Knight Riders: Russell 12 crore, Varun Chakraborty 8 crore, Venkatesh Iyer 8 crore, Narine – Rs. 6 crore
Punjab Kings: Mayang Agarwal 12 crore, Arshdeep Singh – Rs. 4 crore
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson 14 crore, Abdul Samad 4 crore Umran Malik 4 crore.
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson 14 crore, Butler – Rs. 10 crore, Jaiswal 4 crore
20 lakh to 8 crore Venkatesh lucky ”
Venkatesh Iyer, who last time took a base amount of Rs 20 lakh for the KKR team, has been retained for Rs 8 crore this time. This is 40 times more than last time. Similarly, in CSK, Rudraj was paid between Rs 40 lakh and Rs 6 crore, while in the Hyderabad team, Umran Malik was paid between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 10 lakh. 4 crore and Abdul Samad Rs. 20 lakh to Rs. 4 crore.
” KL Rahul’s disappointment: Anil Kumble interview ”
KL Rahul, who has captained the Punjab Kings for the last two seasons, has been unbeaten last season. But he could not be retained by the Punjab team. The Lucknow team has offered him Rs 20 crore. Punjab coach Anil Kumble said it was disappointing that KL Rahul could not be retained. We tried but he wanted to go to auction, he said. Ravindra Jadeja, who has been retained at CSK for Rs 16 crore, said, ‘I am proud and happy to have retained the CSK team. We will do well once again, he said.