Number of Players retained in IPL 2023: list of players of each team that are retained

All IPL teams had announced their retained players list for the IPL 2023 auction. The IPL franchises have released some big names for the auction, which took place on December 23rd in Kochi. KKR had been one of the busiest sides, having signed New Zealand pacer Lockie Ferguson, Afghanistan’s explosive opener Rahmatullah Gurbaz, and Indian all-rounder Shardul Thakur. The IPL teams have announced their list of retained players. The list of retained players by respective teams is provided below.

IPL 2023 Retained Players List of All Teams

Through their official social media handles and websites, the teams informed cricket fans about their IPL 2023 Retained players list. The Mumbai Indians retained 16 players, the Chennai Super Kings retained 18, the Punjab Kings retained 16, the Kolkata Knight Riders retained 14, the Gujarat Titans retained 18, the Royal Challengers Bangalore retained 18, the Rajasthan Royals retained 16, the Delhi Capitals retained 20, the Sunrisers Hyderabad retained 12, and the Lucknow Super Giants retained 15.

Speaking of IPL 2023 Retained Players, here is the complete list of IPL Retained Players by team.

Mumbai Indians Retained Players list

Name	Role
Rohit Sharma (capt)	Batsman
Tim David	All Rounder
Ramandeep Singh	Batsman
Tilak Varma	Batsman
Suryakumar Yadav	Batsman
Ishan Kishan	Batsman/ Wicketkeeper
Tristan Stubbs	Wicketkeeper
Dewald Brevis	All Rounder
Jofra Archer	Bowler
Jasprit Bumrah	Bowler
Arjun Tendulkar	Bowler
Arshad Khan	Bowler
Kumar Kartikeya	All Rounder
Hrithik Shokeen	Bowler
Jason Behrendorff	Bowler

Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players list

Name	Role
Shreyas Iyer (capt)	All Rounder
Nitish Rana	Batsman
Rahmanullah Gurbaz	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Venkatesh Iyer	All Rounder
Andre Russell	All Rounder
Sunil Narine	Bowler
Shardul Thakur	Bowler
Lockie Ferguson	Bowler
Umesh Yadav	Bowler
Tim Southee	Bowler
Harshit Rana	Bowler
Varun Chakravarthy	Bowler
Anukul Roy	All Rounder
Rinku Singh	Batsman

Sunrisers Hyderabad Retained Players list

Name	Role
Abdul Samad	Batsman
Aiden Markram	Batsman
Rahul Tripathi	All Rounder
Glenn Phillips	Batsman/ Wicketkeeper
Abhishek Sharma	All Rounder
Marco Jansen	All Rounder
Washington Sundar	All Rounder
Fazalhaq Farooqi	Bowler
Kartik Tyagi	Bowler
Bhuvneshwar Kumar	Bowler
T Natarajan	Bowler
Umran Malik	Bowler

Rajasthan Royals Retained Players list

Name	Role
Sanju Samson (C)	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Yashasvi Jaiswal	Batsman
Shimron Hetmyer	Batsman
Devdutt Padikkal	Batsman
Jos Buttler	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Dhruv Jurel	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Riyan Parag	Batsman
Prasidh Krishna	Bowler
Trent Boult	Bowler
Obed McCoy	Bowler
Navdeep Saini	Bowler
Kuldeep Sen	Bowler
Kuldip Yadav	Bowler
R Ashwin	All Rounder
Yuzvendra Chahal	Bowler
KC Cariappa	Bowler

Gujarat Titans Retained Players list

Name	Role
Hardik Pandya (capt)	All Rounder
Shubman Gill	Batsman
David Miller	Batsman
Abhinav Manohar	All Rounder
Sai Sudharsan	Batsman
Wriddhiman Saha	Batsman/Wicket-keeper
Matthew Wade	Batsman/Wicket-keeper
Rashid Khan	All Rounder
Rahul Tewatia	All Rounder
Vijay Shankar	All Rounder
Mohammed Shami	Bowler
Alzarri Joseph	Bowler
Yash Dayal	Bowler
Pradeep Sangwan	Bowler
Darshan Nalkande	Bowler
Jayant Yadav	Bowler
R Sai Kishore	Bowler
Noor Ahmad	Bowler

Punjab Kings Retained Players list

Name	Role
Shikhar Dhawan (capt)	Batsman
Shahrukh Khan	All Rounder
Jonny Bairstow	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Prabhsimran Singh	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Bhanuka Rajapaksa	All Rounder
Jitesh Sharma	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Raj Bawa	All Rounder
Rishi Dhawan	All Rounder
Liam Livingstone	Batsman
Atharva Taide	Batsman
Arshdeep Singh	Bowler
Baltej Singh	All Rounder
Nathan Ellis	Bowler
Kagiso Rabada	Bowler
Rahul Chahar	Bowler
Harpreet Brar	All Rounder

Lucknow Super Giants Retained Players list

Name	Role
KL Rahul (capt)	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Ayush Badoni	All Rounder
Karan Sharma	Batsman
Manan Vohra	Batsman
Quinton de Kock	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Marcus Stoinis	All Rounder
Krishnappa Gowtham	All Rounder
Deepak Hooda	All Rounder
Kyle Mayers	All Rounder
Krunal Pandya	All Rounder
Avesh Khan	Bowler
Mohsin Khan	Bowler
Mark Wood	Bowler
Mayank Yadav	Bowler
Ravi Bishnoi	Bowler

Chennai Super Kings Retained Players list

Name	Role
MS Dhoni (capt)	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Devon Conway	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Ruturaj Gaikwad	Batsman
Ambati Rayudu	Batsman
Subhranshu Senapati	Batsman
Moeen Ali	All Rounder
Shivam Dube	All Rounder
Rajvardhan Hangargekar	Bowler
Dwaine Pretorius	All Rounder
Mitchell Santner	All Rounder
Ravindra Jadeja	All Rounder
Tushar Deshpande	Bowler
Mukesh Chowdhary	Bowler
Matheesha Pathirana	Bowler
Simarjeet Singh	Bowler
Deepak Chahar	Bowler
Prashant Solanki	Bowler
Maheesh Theekshana	Bowler

Delhi Capitals Retained Players list

Name	Role
Rishabh Pant (C)	Batsman/Wicket-keeper
David Warner	Batsman
Prithvi Shaw	Batsman
Ripal Patel	All Rounder
Rovman Powell	Batsman
Sarfaraz Khan	Batsman
Yash Dhull	All Rounder
Mitchell Marsh	All Rounder
Lalit Yadav	All Rounder
Axar Patel	All Rounder
Anrich Nortje	Bowler
Chetan Sakariya	Bowler
Kamlesh Nagarkoti	Bowler
Khaleel Ahmed	Bowler
Lungi Ngidi	Bowler
Mustafizur Rahman	Bowler
Aman Khan	All Rounder
Kuldeep Yadav	Bowler
Praveen Dubey	Bowler
Vicky Ostwal	Bowler

Royal Challengers Bangalore Retained Players List

Name	Role
Faf du Plessis (capt)	Batsman
Virat Kohli	Batsman
Suyash Prabhudessai	Batsman
Rajat Patidar	Batsman
Dinesh Karthik	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Anuj Rawat	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Finn Allen	Batsman / Wicketkeeper
Glenn Maxwell	All Rounder
Wanindu Hasaranga	All Rounder
Shahbaz Ahmed	All Rounder
Harshal Patel	Bowler
David Willey	All Rounder
Karn Sharma	Bowler
Mahipal Lomror	All Rounder
Mohammed Siraj	Bowler
Josh Hazlewood	Bowler
Siddarth Kaul	Bowler
Akash Deep	Bowler