IPL: Kohli, Rohit, MSD retained; Hardik and Rahul released

New Delhi, november 30

Royal Challengers Bangalore today retained their former captain Virat Kohli while Mumbai Indians retained India’s T20 captain Rohit Sharma and pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah ahead of the IPL auction. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is Chennai Super Kings’ second retention behind all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.

The major names to be released are Mumbai Indians’ Hardik Pandya and Ishan Kishan, RCB’s Yuzvendra Chahal and Harshal Patel, and Punjab Kings’ skipper KL Rahul. — PTI

List of retained players

Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Kieron Pollard

Chennai Super Kings: Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Ruturaj Gaikwad

Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Siraj

Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal, Arshdeep Singh

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson, Abdul Samad, Umran Malik

Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler,

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Kolkata Knight Riders: Andre Russell, Varun Chakravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Sunil Narine

Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant, Axar Patel, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje