As expected, India cricket team stars Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni got retained by the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) respectively on Thursday January 4 during the IPL Player Retention event in Mumbai.
India's hitman Rohit Sharma also found his place back at Mumbai Indians.
There has been a shocking omission as the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have not gone ahead to retain their star skipper Gautam Gambhir. Also, Shikhar Dhawan doesn't find his place back at Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Full list of RETAINED players. No Gautam Gambhir in KKR #cricket #IPLRetention pic.twitter.com/2Q82ondXhE
— APRAMEYA .C (@APRAMEYAC) January 4, 2018
Here is the complete list of retained players
Chennai Super Kings
MS Dhoni (Rs 15 crore)
Suresh Raina (Rs 11 crore)
Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 7 crore)
.@ChennaiIPL retain their Super Kings at the Vivo #IPLRetention, and here they are! pic.twitter.com/VN96MSDDvm
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) January 4, 2018
Rajasthan Royals
Steve Smith (Rs 12.5 crore)
HE'S BACK!
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) January 4, 2018
⚡@stevesmith49 ⚡
is retained for the #IPL2018!
Are you excited or what?!
HALLA BOL!#HallaBol #RoyalRetention #VivoIPLretention #VivoIPLonStar pic.twitter.com/cj6ykgJl87
Kolkata Knight Riders
Sunil Narine (Rs 12.5 crore)
Andre Russell (Rs 8.5 crore)
Part-time singer, full-time entertainer! ??
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 4, 2018
When @Russell12A is on song, there are very few who hit the ball as cleanly as he does. ?
THE VERSATILE ALL-ROUNDER IS A KNIGHT, AGAIN! Welcome back! ?#AmiKKR #KorboLorboJeetbo #VivoIPLRetention #Retained pic.twitter.com/GqHaYdspDn
Accurate with the ball & explosive with the bat! ??
— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) January 4, 2018
That's our very own, @SunilPNarine74 for you! An integral part of the #KnightRiders family for the last 7 years, he will don the #KKR colours once again in @IPL! Welcome back! ?#AmiKKR #KorboLorboJeetbo #VivoIPLRetention pic.twitter.com/SfAh6Sdxds
Delhi Daredevils
Chris Morris (Rs 11 crore)
Rishabh Pant (Rs 15 crore)
Shreyas Iyer (Rs 7 crore)
Retained! Our young #DilliBoy @RishabPant777 will be playing for us in IPL 2018. @StarSportsIndia #DilDilliHai pic.twitter.com/BW7mOz6jPM
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) January 4, 2018
You'll get to see more of mighty @Tipo_Morris because we have retained him! #DilDilliHai @StarSportsIndia IPL Retention Event pic.twitter.com/8H8EmOc9O1
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) January 4, 2018
The final retention of the evening for us is the young and talented #ShreyasIyer. #DilDilliHai @StarSportsIndia pic.twitter.com/mxNqDI1N5n
— Delhi Daredevils (@DelhiDaredevils) January 4, 2018
Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (Rs 15 crore)
Hardik Pandya (Rs 11 crore)
Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 7 crore)
Paltan, here are the 3⃣ retained champions!@ImRo45, @hardikpandya7 & @Jaspritbumrah93 will continue to entertain you in MI colours. ?#CricketMeriJaan #VivoIPLretention pic.twitter.com/ZxRGUwDaiL
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 4, 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad
David Warner (Rs 12.5 crore)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Rs 8.5 crore)
Our favorite #Speedster @BhuviOfficial has been retained and we’re super pumped to watch another season of the Purple Cap holder dominate the bowling attack this #IPL2018.
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) January 4, 2018
Let’s welcome our #SwingKing back into the #OrangeArmy! pic.twitter.com/izdEPPwI20
Kings XI Punjab
Akshar Patel (Rs 12.5 crore)
Sheron! Join us in giving a big Punjabi welcome back to @akshar2026, who will continue to Live Punjabi and Play Punjabi in the @IPL! #WelcomeBackAkshar #LivePunjabiPlayPunjabi pic.twitter.com/fx5ZCCtmby
— Kings XI Punjab (@lionsdenkxip) January 4, 2018
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli (Rs 17 crore)
De Villiers (Rs 11 crore)
Sarfaraz Khan (Rs 3 crore)
BREAKING NEWS: The fearless trio of @imVkohli, @ABdeVilliers17 and @sarfankhan97 will continue to stay and slay in the #RCB colours in 2018! #PlayBold pic.twitter.com/hfLmdCv9mA
— Royal Challengers (@RCBTweets) January 4, 2018
