IPL 2015: Mumbai Indians Release Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha; Kings XI Punjab Part Ways With Pujara
Zaheer Khan, who has been out of action since IPL 2014 due to a side strain, was deemed surplus by the Mumbai Indians while Kings XI Punjab parted ways with three players- Cheteshwar Pujara, Lakshmipathy Balaji and Murali Karthik.
- NDTVSports
- Updated: December 15, 2014 10:59 PM IST
India's veteran pacer Zaheer Khan and left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha have been released by the Mumbai Indians, on Monday, ahead of Indian Premier League 2015. (Yuvraj Singh, IPL's costliest buy, released by RCB)
Zaheer had suffered a side strain during IPL 2014 and has been out of action since. He was targetting a return in the Champions League T20 played later in the year, but failed to recover. Zaheer has also been ignored by the national selectors in the 30-man squad for the World Cup 2015. (Delhi Daredevils discard Kevin Pietersen)
Mumbai Indians retained the services of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh but let go of left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha who featured sporadically in the 2013 season and has also lost his national team spot to Ravindra Jadeja.
IPL 2014 finalists Kings XI Punjab parted ways with Cheteshwar Pujara (Rs. 1.9 crore), Lakshmipathi Balaji (Rs. 1.80 crore) and left-arm spinner Murali Kartik (Rs. 1 crore) from their squad for the next season, while retaining the services of Virender Sehwag.
Team-wise list of released players:
Sunrisers Hyderabad (Total Purse: Rs 21 cr): Amit Mishra, Aaron Finch, Darren Sammy, Irfan Pathan, Jason Holder, Y Venugopal Rao, Bernard Taylor, Prashant Parmeshwaran, Aniruddh Srikkanth, Manprit Juneja
Mumbai Indians (Total Purse: Rs 10 cr): Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Jalaj Saxena, CM Gautham, Sushant Marathe, Apurv Wankhede, Krishmar Santokie, Ben Dunk.
Chennai Super Kings (Total Purse: Rs 5 Crore): Ben Hilfenhaus, John Hastings, Vijay Shankar, David Hussey
Delhi Daredevils: (Total Purse: Rs 41 cr): Kevin Pietersen, Murali Vijay, Dinesh Karthik, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Ross Taylor, Jaydev Unadkat, Rahul Sharma, Jimmy Neesham, Siddharth Kaul, Wayne Parnell, Rahul Shukla, HS Sharath, Milind Kumar, Imran Tahir
Kings XI Punjab (Rs 12 crore): Cheteshwar Pujara, L Balaji, Murali Kartik (Retd)
Kolkata Knight Riders (Total Purse: 13 crore): Jacques Kallis (Retd), R Vinay Kumar, Manvinder Bisla, Debabrata Das, Sayan Sekhar Mondal
Rajasthan Royals: (Total Purse: Rs 13 crore): Brad Hodge, Unmukt Chand, Iqbal Abdulla, Kevon Cooper, Ankit Sharma, Amit sharma, Ankush Bains
Royal Challengers Bangalore: (Total Purse: Rs 21.5 crore) Yuvraj Singh, Albie Morkel, Parthiv Patel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Ravi Rampaul, Sachin Rana, Shadab Jakati, Tanmay Mishra.
(With inputs from agencies)