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Updated: Jul 25, 2020 01:59 IST

The IPL auctions for the 13th season of the tournament in 2020 will take place on December 19 this year in Kolkata but before that all 8 franchises – Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad – released the final list of retained, released and traded players on Friday. Franchises like KKR, RCB and RR let go off a bunch of cricketers. A total of 127 cricketers, including 35 overseas ones were retained. Apart from the trimmed squads, one also has to keep an eye on the purses of the franchises as it will determine who will go strong in auctions next month.

Watch | IPL 2020: Full list of players retained, released by teams

Chennai Super Kings: Least number of players released.

Players Retained: 20, Overseas Players: 6, Available Indian Slots: 5, Available Overseas Slots: 2

Amount Spent: 70.40 crore, Available Amount: 14.60 cr

Released: Sam Billings, David Willey, Mohit Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, Scott Kuggeleijn, Chaitanya Bishnoi.

Retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, Ambati Rayudu, M Vijay, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shane Watson, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Monu Kumar, N Jagadeesan, Harbhajan Singh, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif.

Delhi Capitals: Strong squad, need overseas seamer

Players Retained: 14, Overseas Players: 3, Available Indian Slots: 11, Available Overseas Slots: 5

Amount Spent: 57.15 crore, Available Amount: 27.85 cr

Released: Chris Morris, Colin Ingram, Hanuma Vihari, Ankush Bains, Colin Munro, Bandaru Ayyappa, Manjot Kalra, Jalaj Saxena, Nathu Singh.

Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Ishant Sharma, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Kagiso Rabada, Keemo Paul, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, R Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane.

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Kings XI Punjab: The biggest purse

Players Retained: 16, Overseas Players: 4, Available Indian Slots: 9, Available Overseas Slots: 4

Amount Spent: 42.30 crore, Available Amount: 42.70 cr

Released: David Miller, Moises Henriques, Sam Curran, Andrew Tye, Varun Chakravarthy, Prabhsimran Singh, Agnivesh Ayachi.

Retained: KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Karun Nair, Sarfaraz Khan, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, K Gowtham, Mohammed Shami, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Arshdeep Singh, Hardus Viljoen, M Ashwin, J Suchith, Harpreet Brar, and Darshan Nalkande.

Kolkata Knight Riders: In search of quality seamers

Players Retained: 14, Overseas Players: 4, Available Indian Slots: 11, Available Overseas Slots: 4

Amount Spent: 49.35 crore, Available Amount: 35.65 cr

Released: Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Anrich Nortje, Piyush Chawla, Joe Denly, Yarra Prithviraj, Nikhik Naik, KC Cariappa, Matthew Kelly, Shrikant Mundhe and Carlos Brathwaite.

Retained: Dinesh Karthik, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Lockie Ferguson, Nitish Rana, Sandeep Warrier, Harry Gurney, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Siddhesh Lad.

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Mumbai Indians: Released Yuvraj Singh, lowest on purse

Players Retained: 18, Overseas Players: 6, Available Indian Slots: 7, Available Overseas Slots: 2

Amount Spent: 71.95 crore, Available Amount: 13.05 cr

Released: Evin Lewis, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff, Beuran Hendricks, Ben Cutting, Yuvraj Singh, Mayank Markande (Traded out), Barinder Sran, Rasikh Salam, Pankaj Jaswal, Siddhesh Lad (Traded out), Alzarri Joseph.

Retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Kieran Pollard, Quinton de Kock, Mitchell McClenaghan, Jasprit Bumrah, Lasith Malinga, Krunal Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Ishan Kishan, Anukul Roy, Dhawal Kulkarni, Aditya Tare, Sherfane Rutherford, Jayant Yadav.

Rajasthan Royals: In search of Indian batsmen

Players Retained: 14, Overseas players: 4, Available Indian Slots: 11, Available Overseas Slots: 4

Amount Spent: 56.10 crore, Available Amount: 28.90 cr

Released: Ashton Turner, Oshane Thomas, Shubham Ranjane, Prashant Chopra, Ish Sodhi, Aryaman Birla, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Liam Livingstone, Sudheshan Midhun.

Retained: Steve Smith (captain), Sanju Samson, Jofra Archer, Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, Varun Aaron, Manan Vohra, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Ankit Rajpoot.

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Only 2 overseas cricketers retained

Players Retained: 13, Overseas Players: 2, Available Indian Slots: 12, Available Overseas Slots: 6

Amount Spent: 57.10 crore, Available Amount: 27.90 cr

Released: Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetymer, Akshdeep Nath, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Colin De Grandhomme, Prayas Ray Barman, Tim Southee, Kulwant Khejroliya, Himmat Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Chama Milind, Dale Steyn.

Retained: Virat Kohli, Moeen Ali, Yuzvendra Chahal, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Mohammed Siraj, Pawan Negi, Umesh Yadav, Gurkeerat Mann, Devdutt Padikkal, Shivam Dube, Washington Sundar, Navdeep Saini.

Sunrisers Hyderabad: In search of Indian batsman

Players retained: 18, Overseas Players: 6, Available Indian Slots: 7, Available Overseas Slots: 2

Amount Spent: 68 crore, Available Amount: 17 cr

Released: Shakib al Hasan, Yusuf Pathan, Martin Guptill, Deepak Hooda and Ricky Bhui.

Retained: Kane Williamson, David Warner, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddarth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Billy Stanlake, Basil Thampi, T Natarajan.