Internet Desk: Indian Premier League organised player retention ceremony for the first time where every franchise were present and announced the name of the players whom they will retain. Virat Kohli (17 crore) is the highest paid player to retain by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Chennai Super Kings retain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as they got the chance to play IPL this year after suspension. Kolkata Knight Riders didn’t retain their former captain Ghambir.
Mumbai Indians released Kieron Pollard, Kunal Pandya. GautamGambhir, Manish Pandey, Shakib – Al- Hasan was released by Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings xi Punjab released Aussie batsmen Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh DelhiDaredevils released Sanju Samson, Sunrisers Hyderabad released ShikharDhawan, Rashid Khan. Surprisingly Chennai Super Kings released Ravichandran Ashwin andRajasthan Royals to release Ajinkya Rahane.
Rohit Sharma will get 15 crore from Mumbai Indians which amount is equal to MS Dhoni. While Raina and Jadeja will get 11 crore and 7 crore respectively.
Among the young players Hardik will get 11 crore and Bumrah will receive 7 Crore both from Mumbai Indians Shreyas Iyer will get 7 crore from DD and Rishab Pant for Delhi Daredevils 8 Crore. Surprisingly, RCB retained Sarfaraz for 1.75 Crore. Bhubaneswar Kumar retained by Sun Risers Hyderabad for 8.5 Crore. Axar Patel retained by Kings xi Punjab for 6.75 Crore.
Among the overseas players Australian opener David Warner retained by Sun Risers Hyderabad for 12 crore. While another Aussie Steve Smith will receive same amount of money from his team Rajasthan Royals. Kolkata Knight Riders retained Narine for 8.5 Crore and his national teammate Andre Russell for 7 Crore. De Villiers retained by RCB for 11 Crore and Cris Morris for 7.1 Crore.
sambaran banerje former cricket said, “I am not at all surprised to see Virat getting 17 crores. He is one of the most successful batsman in all format of the game as he knows how to dominate the bowlers and he is the face of RCB. Rohit also played very well this season and also gave two IPL title for Mumbai Indians. SO it was expected. I thought Rahane will be retained by RR as he played very well for Rising Pune Supergiants and he is also a very good player in the shortest format of the game. KKR management knows business very well that is why they didn’t retain their two times title winner Gambhir. They did this with Sourav Ganguly also.