IPL Mini Auction 2023: List of players released and Retained by CSK and Mumbai Indians

The IPL 2023 Auction is fast approaching, and before the big day, all the 10 teams have announced the list of players who have been retained and released ahead of the auction. All eyes were on five-time champions Mumbai Indians and four-time winners Chennai Super Kings today.

Both franchises are undergoing transition period right now. The Chennai Super Kings lost their star Indian batter Robin Uthappa, who announced his retirement from all formats of the sport. Uthappa has also started to work as a commentator in the English and Hindi languages now.

Meanwhile, earlier today, Mumbai Indians and Kieron Pollard issued a statement that the Caribbean all-rounder will retire from the Indian Premier League. Pollard will work as a batting coach for the Mumbai-based franchise, and he will play for the MI Emirates team in the UAE T20 league.

In this article now, we will look at the full list of players who have been retained and released by the two most successful IPL teams.

List of players retained by CSK before IPL 2023 Auction

Sending all the Yellove! We will cherish the moments we whistled as you roared in the middle! We Yellove You, Singams! 🦁💛#WhistlePoduForever

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 15, 2022

Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana.

List of players released by CSK before IPL 2023 Auction

Robin Uthappa (Retired), Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma KM Asif, Dwayne Bravo and Narayan Jagadeesan.

List of players retained by Mumbai Indians before IPL 2023

Once a part of #OneFamily, always a part of #OneFamily 💙#MumbaiIndians pic.twitter.com/4eTXunUyof

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 15, 2022

Jason Behrendorff (Trade), Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Jofra Archer, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Tilak Varma, Ramandeep Singh, Tim David, Tymal Mills, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tristan Stubbs and Akash Madhwal.

List of players released by Mumbai Indians before IPL 2023

Kieron Pollard, Anmolpreet Singh, Rahul Buddhi, Aryan Juyal, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Basil Thampi, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin and Riley Meredith.