On Thursday, 31st October, all the teams have announced the retention and release dates of the players. During this period, some surprising decisions were seen. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) has shown the way to its captain KL Rahul. Nicholas Pooran (Rs 21 crore) has been retained. Along with this, Ravi Bishnoi (Rs 11 crore), Mayank Yadav (Rs 11 crore), Mohsin Khan (Rs 4 crore) and Ayush Badoni (Rs 4 crore) have also been retained.
There will be a wicketkeeper in the auction
Players like Rishabh Pant, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, Jos Buttler and Quinton de Kock have been left out. All these players are known for their excellent batting as well as excellent wicket-keeping. Delhi Capitals has surprised everyone with its decision. Delhi has not retained Rishabh Pant for the upcoming season. In such a situation, money may rain on the wicketkeeper in the auction.
Highest money in Punjab!
Punjab Kings (PBKS) have retained Shashank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh. Punjab Kings bought Shashank Singh for Rs. 5.5 crore and Prabhasimran Singh Rs. Rs 4 crore were kept. This time a total of Rs 120 crore was given in the purse of all the teams, out of which the remaining money after retaining will be used in the auction. In such a situation, Punjab has the highest amount of Rs. Rs 110 crore will be put on the auction table.
Punjab expelled these players
Shikhar Dhawan (captain), Arshdeep Singh, Rishi Dhawan, Harshal Patel, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Jitesh Sharma, Atharva Tayde, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kawarappa, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Prince Choudhary, Tanay Tyagarajan, Ashutosh Sharma, Tanay Thigarajan. Liam Livingstone, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Chris Woakes, Riley Rousseau.