All the eight franchises have announced their list of players which they have retained and released before the upcoming auction of IPL 2021. They had to let go of some players who had done well for them, and some who spent the IPL 2020 on the bench due to being surplus.

IPL 2021: Franchise-wise list of all players released and retained

With this being a mini-auction slated to take place in February, the franchises have a limited amount of money in their purse and hence many Indian and foreign players had to be let go, to increase that purse amount. Though many of the released players might find another home in the upcoming IPL 2021 auction, there are some players who might not be so lucky.

TEAM COC takes a look at five such players, who for various reasons, might not get any bid from any of the eight franchises in the upcoming auction and we look at some possible reasons as well.

Check out the 5 released players who might not get a bid in auction