Rajasthan Royals released Steve Smith ahead of the IPL 2021 auction, with Glenn Maxwell and Lasith Malinga let go by the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) and Mumbai Indians (MI) respectively as well. MI further opted to release Nathan Coulter-Nile, Mitchell McClenaghan, Sherfane Rutherford, James Pattinson, Digvijay Deshmukh and Prince Balwant Rai. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) retained 12 players, with Moeen Ali, Aaron Finch, Isuru Udana the big names released by the Bangalore-based franchise. Harbhajan Singh took to Twitter to announce that his contract with the three-time IPL champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) has ended. The Chennai-based franchise released Kedar Jadhav, Piyush Chawla among the other big names barring Harbhajan. Other franchises did not make very noteworthy omissions maintaining an emphasis on retaining the core.Â
Indian Premier League 2021 Player Retention Highlights
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Anil Kumble shares KXIP's mindset behind retention and release of players
Pat Cummins retained by KKR despite being out of touch in IPL 2020
Irfan Pathan shares his opinion after player retention ends
IPL 2021 auction likely on February 11
Piyush Chawla, Harbhajan Singh, Kedar Jadhav amongst players released by CSK
Jason Roy, Alex Carey amongst big names released by Delhi Capitals
SRH release Fabian Allenn, Binny Stanlake amongst the overseas players
Final list of players retained and released by Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Badale confirms appointment of Kumar Sangakkara as team director
Tom Banton released by Kolkata Knight Riders
Lasith Malinga released by Mumbai Indians
Glenn Maxwell released by Kings XI Punjab
Sanju Samson named the new Rajasthan Royals skipper
Scott Styris believes that CSK have a lot of work to do
Mike Hesson explains RCB's Retention Strategy
CSK set to release their list of players retained, released soon
Would be brilliant if we could keep everyone together: Eoin Morgan
Moeen Ali, Aaron Finch, Chris Morris amongst the big names as RCB release 10 players
Harbhajan Singh announces end of IPL contract with CSK
Steve Smith released by Rajasthan Royals
Aakash Chopra believes that RR need a new skipper in IPL 2021
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