IPL Auction 2021: Full list of sold and unsold players

|| India Correspondent ||

The mini-auction of the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League has taken place in Chennai on February 18. All the eight franchises buy the best of players and try to strengthen their squad as well. To do so, records were broken whereas new players have been added as well.

The auction witnessed fast bowlers stole the limelight this time with the franchises buying the likes of Jhye Richardson, Kyle Jamieson, Riley Meredith and others. Meanwhile, all-rounder Chris Morris became the most expensive player in the history of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as Rajasthan Royals bought him by a record 16.25 Crore.

On the other hand, Krishnappa Gowtham became the most expensive Indian uncapped player as Chennai Super Kings (CSK) bought him with a whopping Rs 9.25 Crore, breaking the record of Mumbai Indians' Krunal Pandya (8 Crore).

However, batting legend Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun Tendulkar, who was a net bowler of Mumbai Indians last year, has earned a place in the squad now.

Mumbai Indians 

Retained players

Rohit Sharma (C), Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Anmolpreet Singh, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Aditya Tare, Krunal Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Saurabh Tiwary, Mohsin Khan.

Players bought

Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, Jimmy Neesham, Yudhvir Charak, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar

Chennai Super Kings

Retained players

MS Dhoni (C), Suresh Raina, Ambati Rayudu, Faf du Plessis, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Robin Uthappa, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Dwayne Bravo, Shardul Thakur, Imran Tahir, Sam Curran, Karn Sharma, N. Jagdeesan, KM Asif, Sai Kishore, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Santner, Josh Hazlewood

Players bought

Moeen Ali, K Gowtham, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Harisankar Reddy, K Bhagath Varma, C Hari Nishaanth

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained players

Virat Kohli (C), AB de Villiers, Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammad Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Pavan Deshpande, Shahbaz Ahamad, Harshal Patel, Josh Philippe, Adam Zampa, Kane Richardson, Daniel Sams

Players bought

Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Kyle Jamieson, Daniel Christian, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat

Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained players

Eoin Morgan (C), Dinesh Karthik, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Tim Seifert, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Kuldeep Yadav, Shivam Mavi, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sandeep Warrier, Prasidh Krishna, Rahul Tripathi, Varun Chakravarthy

Players bought

Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Vaibhav Arora, Harbhajan Singh, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Retained players

Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, David Warner, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Vijay Shankar, Sreevats Goswami, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Wriddhiman Saha, Abhishek Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Siddharth Kaul, Shahbaz Nadeem, Basil Thampi, T. Natarajan, Virat Singh, Priyam Garg, Abdul Samad.

Players bought

Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith

Delhi Capitals

Retained players

Shreyas Iyer (C), Shikhar Dhawan, Rishabh Pant, Prithvi Shaw, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma, Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Avesh Khan, Ravichandran Ashwin, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Chris Woakes.

Players bought

Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Hussain Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings

Rajasthan Royals

Retained players

Sanju Samson (C), Jos Buttler, Manan Vohra, Riyan Parag, Ben Stokes, Shreyas Gopal, Mahipal Lomror, David Miller, Mayank Markande, Rahul Tewatia, Jaydev Unadkat, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, Kartik Tyagi, Jofra Archer, Andrew Tye

Players bought

Shivam Dube, Chris Morris, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh

Punjab Kings

Retained players

KL Rahul (C), Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Mandeep Singh, Nicholas Pooran, Sarfraz Khan, Mohammad Shami, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Darshan Nalkande, Deepak Hooda, Ishan Porel, Ravi Bishnoi, Prabhsimran Singh, Chris Jordan

Players bought

Dawid Malan, Jhye Richardson, Shahrukh Khan, Riley Meredith, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Fabian Allan, Saurabh Kumar

List of the unsold players:

Alex Hales, Sheldon Cotterel, Kusal Perera Alex Carey Glen Philipps, Hanuma Vihari, Aaron Finch, Jason Roy, Evin Lewis, Qais Ahmad, Ayush Badoni, Vivek Singh, Kedar Devdhar, Avi Barot, Rovman Powell Shaun Marsh, Corey Anderson, Devon Conway, Darren Bravo, Rassie Van Dussen, Martin Guptill Sandeep Lamichhane, Pawan Deshpande, Karanveer Singh, Naveen Ul Haq, Billy Stanlake, Mohit Sharma, Oshane Thomas, Varun Aaron, Marnus Labuschagne, Gurkeerat Mann, Rahul Sharma, Karan Sharma, KL Shrijith, G Periyaswamy, Ben Dwarshuis Ben Mcdermott, Matthew Wade, Sean Abbott, Siddhesh Lad, Prerak Mankad, Josh Inglis, Simarjeet Singh, M Hari Shankar reddy, Scott Kuggelejin, George Linde, Chaitanya Bishnoi