Indian Premier League is one of the most famous cricket league in the cricket world. Indian Premier league 2019 will start in a few months. The auction will start from next month for IPL 2019 so that all franchise has published their retain and release lists of players. For now, total of 130 players have been retaining combined by all teams including 44 foreign players.
MS Dhoni is still with CSK. Virat Kohli who has not performed very impressive as a captain in last IPL season, is still in the same team. CSK was champion in IPL 2018 ,so there is no point of releasing MS Dhoni, as he is captain of CSK. MS Dhoni will get 2.15 Million USD for retaining in CSK. However, Virat will get 2.43 Million USD for retaining in team RCB. Indian team opener Rohit Sharma has retained by Mumbai Indians by giving 2.15 Million USD. The most wonderful price got by Rishabh pant which has been retained by Delhi Daredevils by paying 2.43 Million USD.
Suresh Raina who is not part of the Indian team from many days retained by CSK. He will get 1.58 Million USD for this season. CSK has retained 23 players while released 3 players from his team. England bowler Mark Wood, Kanistha and Chitiz have been released by CSK. Rajasthan Royals has shown his faith in Ben Stokes and Steven Smith. Both of the players will get 1.79 Million USD from Rajasthan Royals. DeVilliers still remain with RCB for 1.58 Million USD. David Warner will play for Hyderabad. He is facing a ban from ICC, so nowadays his full focus on the league and domestic cricket. This season may be going excellent for him. He will get paid 1.79 Million USD for this season.
Yuvraj Singh and Gautam Gambhir have been released by their teams. Gautam Gambhir played for Delhi Daredevils in last season. He was captain in that team but in the mid of the tournament, he leaved the captaincy. Apart from this Shikhar Dhawan has been also released by their team.
IPL 2019 have still 8 teams. No new team will participate in this tournament. After IPL 2019, World cup will start so the schedule is so busy for the Indian team as well as other team players. After all, fans are happy because they know they will get good cricket and entertained.