IPL 2022: Kohli and Rohit retained; Rashid & Rahul released ahead of mega-auction (ld).

New Delhi, Nov 30, : Virat Sharma, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh were retained at their respective franchies -- Royal Challengers Bangalore and Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, and Delhi Capitals.

The BCCI revealed the retention lists Tuesday ahead of the IPL mega-auctionKL Rahul and Rashid Khan, Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Dhawan, ShreyasIyer, Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Iyer, Shikhar Dawan, Kagiso Rabada are just a few of the big names that have been dropped by their franchises.

These players will now be in pool from which Ahmedabad and Lucknow will have up to 3 picks each (2 Indians, 1 Foreign).Glenn Maxwell and Jos Buttler were retained, as was Sunil Narine, Anrich Nortje, Jos Russell, Sunil Naine, and Andre Russell.

Allrounder Kieron Pollard was selected for Mumbai Indians, while Moeen Ali was selected over Faf du Plessis and Sam Curran at Chennai Super Kings.CSK retained their captain Dhoni as second retention, behind Ravindra Jadeja, while Moeen Ali (third retention) and Ruturaj Gaikwad (fourth retention).

Five-time champions Mumbai Indians retained Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Kieron pollard for the upcoming IPL season.RCB has decided to keep Virat Kohli and Glenn Maxwell as well as Mohammed Siraj, ahead of the mega-auction.

RCB will need to find a skipper for the next season as Kohli wont continue leading the team.For IPL 2022, Delhi Capitals retained Rishabh Pan, Prithvi Shaw and Axar Patel.

Rajasthan Royals, the first IPL season champions, have retained their captain Sanju Sason ahead of next years mega-auction.Two-time champions KKR kept West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell and mystery spinner Varunchakravarthy, along with young Venkatesh Narine and Sunil Narine, at baySunRisers Hyderabad selected Williamson as the first player.

Rashid was interested in this as a second pick is INR 4 crore cheaper.But SRH ruled in favor of captain Williamson, and they also retained Abdul Samad and Umran Malik, who made their debuts in the last season.

The Punjab Kings have decided that they will retain only two players for the IPL 2022, in opener Mayank Agarwal (left-arm-pacer) and Arshdeep Sing (left-arm-pacer), ahead of the mega-auctions.Eight of the 27 retained players are from overseas, while four Indians are uncapped.

Each franchise used the Player Retention option, with CSK, DC and KKR opting to retain four players each.SRH, RRB, and RCB have each retained 3 players, while PBKS (and SRH) have retained 2.The PBKS have the largest salary pot at INR 72 crore, while Delhi Capitals have only Rs 47.50 cr.The final retention list CSK: Ravindra Jadeja (16 cr), MS Dhoni (12 cr), Moeen Ali (8 cr), Ruturaj Gaikwad (6 cr) KKR: Andre Russell (12 Cr, 16 Cr to be deducted form purse), Varunchakravarthy (8 Cr, 12 Cr to be deducted form purse), VenkateshIyer (8 cr), Sunil Narine (6 Cro) SRH: Kane Williamson (14) cr, Abdul Samad (4 Cr), Umran Malik ((4) cr) MI: Rohit Sharma (16 Cr), Jasprit Bumrah (12 Cr), Suryakumar Yadav (8 cr), Kieron pollard (6 Cr) RCB: Virat Kohli (15 cr), Glenn Maxwell (11 cr), Mohammed Siraj (7 cr) DC: Rishabh Pan (16 cr), Axar Pal (9 cr, 12 Cr to be deducted form purse), Prithvi Shaw (7.5 cr, 8 Crore to be deducted purse), Anrich Nortje (6.35 cr) RR: Sanju Samson (14 cr), Jos Buttler (10 cr), Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 cr) PBKS: Mayank Agarwal (12 crore, 14 crore to deducted from purse), Arshdeep S (4 cr).avn/bs #Kohli #Rohit #Rashid #Rahul #Hyderabad #Delhi #Mumbai #Bangalore #Kannada #Bengaluru #Chennai #Tamil #Kollywood #Cricket #BCCI #ICC #IPL #IPL2022 .