IPL 2022: Dhoni, Kohli, Rohit, Bumran retained by their franchise ahead of mega auction, says report

The existing eight franchises have been asked to submit their retention list by November 30.

Leading names such as Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah among others won’t be part of the IPL 2022 mega auction as they have been reportedly retained by their respective franchises.

According to a report published in ESPNcricinfo, defending IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have retained their legendary captain Dhoni along with the all-round duo of Ravindra Jadeja and Moeen Ali and last season’s Orange Cap winner Ruturaj Gaikwad.

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Kohli may have stepped down as Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) captain, but the franchise has retained the batting giant who has represented them since the league’s inception in 2008. Besides Kohli, Australia’s Glenn Maxwell is the only other player to have been retained by RCB.

Five-time IPL champions Mumbai Indians (MI) have retained their captain Rohit Sharma alongside pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have retained their captain Kane Williamson despite finishing the IPL 2021 as the bottom-placed team in the league stage.

As per the same report, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have held on to the Caribbean duo of Sunil Narine and Andre Russell along with Varun Chakravarthy and Venkatesh Iyer, who performed brilliantly in the 2021 edition.

Delhi Capitals (DC), who finished the league stage with most wins this season, have retained skipper Rishabh Pant besides opener Prithvi Shaw, all-rounder Akshar Patel and South African pacer Anrich Nortje.

Rajasthan Royals (RR) too have kept their captain Sanju Samson, who was their highest run-scorer of the season.

As per various reports, Punjab Kings (PBKS) want to rebuild their squad from scratch and, thus, haven’t retained any player ahead of IPL 2022 mega auction.

The purse for each franchise has been increased to INR 90 crore for the auction while the league will feature 10 teams from next year onwards.

As per the retention rules, the existing eight franchises can retain a maximum of 4 players (up to three Indians or utmost two overseas players) from their IPL 2021 squads while the two new teams –Ahmedabad and Lucknow – will be able to acquire three players from the player pool before the mega auction.

If a team retains four players, INR 42 crore will be subtracted from the purse while three retentions will lead to a cut of INR 33 crore and two retentions will result in the reduction of INR 24 crore. In case, a team retains only one player then it will lose INR 14 crore from its purse.

(Inputs from ESPNcricinfo)