For the IPL 2023 season, the Mumbai Indians (MI) have chosen to release veteran Kieron Pollard. Since the 2010 IPL, the seasoned all-rounder has competed for Mumbai. The list is reportedly given to the BCCI. MI has also decided to release Fab Allen and Tymal Mills.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has received the retain and publish player lists from Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings (BCCI). While keeping Ravindra Jadeja, Chennai releases Chris Jordan, Adam Milne, and Mitchell Santner. Kieron Pollard is released by Mumbai. In order to bolster their pace-bowling unit, MI also traded Jason Behrendorff to Royal Challengers Bangalore.
IPL 2023 Auction: Mumbai Indian Retention
The Mumbai Indians, the most prosperous team in IPL history, enjoyed a memorable season in 2022. They were 10th in the standings, which was their poorest showing ever in the IPL despite having five previous championships.
Mumbai has discharged five players and kept a total of 10. Zee 24 Taas reports that the following individuals have been retained: Tilak Verma, Dewald Brewis, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Daniel Sams, Jofra Archer, and Tim David.
According to reports, Fabian Allen, Kieron Pollard, Tymal Mills, Mayank Markande, and Hrithik Shoukin were all freed.
IPL 2023 Auction: Chennai Super Kings Retention
The Yellow Army appointed Jadeja as its new captain before the IPL 2022. Who took the place of the seasoned MS Dhoni. However, CSK struggled under his direction in the opening stages of the competition as Jadeja resigned as captain before getting hurt and being forced to withdraw from the competition altogether.
In the ten games he has played so far, he has only managed 116 runs and five wickets. Out of the 14 games CSK played during the IPL 2022 season, they only managed to win 4 games.
Chennai discharges 4 players while keeping 9 others. For the 16th IPL season, Chennai will continue to field players like Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dubey, Rituraj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Mukesh Chaudhary, Dwayne Pretorius, and Deepak Chahar. Mitchell Santner, Narayan Jagdeeshan, Adam Milne, and Chris Jordan have all been let go.
In addition to the INR 95 crore (about $11.5 million) left over from the last auction and the value of the players that teams release, teams have been given an extra INR 5 crore to spend at this auction.
