Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday retained their former captain Virat Kohli while Mumbai Indians predictably retained India's T20 captain Rohit Sharma and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction.
Having retained Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell and Mohammed Siraj, RCB will head into the #IPL2022 Auction with a purse of 57 Crores.
— Royal Challengers Bangalore (@RCBTweets) November 30, 2021#PlayBold #WeAreChallengers #IPLRetention pic.twitter.com/KzRhBwnIqq
India's greatest white ball skipper and Chennai Super Kings talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni is his team's second retention behind all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja while Ruturaj Gaikwad is the fourth name in the list. Moeen Ali has also been retained by CSK.
The @ChennaiIPL retention list is out!
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 30, 2021
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The major names to be released are out of form all-rounder Hardik Pandya and dashing keeper batter Ishan Kishan, who have been a part of Mumbai Indians core while leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and Purple Cap winner Harshal Patel have been released by RCB.
The @mipaltan retention list is out!
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) November 30, 2021
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Punjab Kings released their last year's skipper KL Rahul, while SRH retained Kane Williamson and released star spinner Rashid Khan.