Indian Premier League 2022 Auction: Delhi Capitals Retained & Released Players List: Delhi Capitals (DC) have announced the retained players list for the 2022 edition of the Indian Premier League. The last date for all teams to announce the retain player list is 30th November 2021. All released players will go under the hammer in the upcoming IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
Delhi Capitals will choose a fresh teams with keeping all four best players with himself. They will focus more on young players than the expericense.
IPL 2022 Retention Rules
- A team is set to be allowed to keep up to three Indian (capped/uncapped) and two foreign players with the total number of retentions not exceeding four.
- It has clearly said that a team cannot keep more than two uncapped players.
- As per the conditions, the team management can either retain three Indian players and one overseas player or two Indian players and two overseas players.
- Two New IPL teams can pick any 2 Indian and 1 foreign player from the Mega auction pool before the start of the mega auction 2022.
- Also, new teams can pick only one uncapped player before the auction.
- There will also be no Right to Match (RTM) cards for the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
IPL 2022 Salary Cap
BCCI also explained the salary cap for the retained players based on the team’s decision of the number of players retention.
- If a team retains 4 players, Rs 42 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 3 players, Rs 33 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains 2 players, Rs 24 crore will be cut from the player purse.
- If a team retains only one player, it will lose Rs 14 crore from its purse value.
- Each uncapped player retained will cost Rs 4 crore each.
If a team retains 4 of its player then the salary cap of the four players will be as follows:
*below mentioned will be the player’s annual salary
| Deductions for 4 Players | INR 42 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 16 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 12 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 8 Cr |
| Player 4 | INR 6 Cr |
If a team retains 3 of its player then the salary cap of the three players will be as follows:
| 3 players deduction | INR 33 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 15 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 11 Cr |
| Player 3 | INR 7 Cr |
If a team retains 2 of its player then the salary cap of the two players will be as follows:
| 2 Players deduction | INR 24 Cr(Total) |
| Player 1 | INR 14 Cr |
| Player 2 | INR 10 Cr |
If a team keeps only one player, then the team has to pay a total of INR 14 crores
| 1 Player deduction | INR 14 Cr |
List of retained DC players
- Rishabh Pant – 16 Crore
- Axar Patel – 09 Crore
- Prithvi Shaw – 7.50 Crore
- Anrich Nortje – 6.50 Crore
List of released DC players
- Shimron Hetmyer — Guyana — Batsman — ₹7.75 Crore
- Ravichandran Ashwin — India — Bowler — ₹7.6 Crore
- Shreyas Iyer — India — Batsman — ₹7 Crore
- Ajinkya Rahane — India — Batsman — ₹5.25 Crore
- Shikhar Dhawan — India — Batsman — ₹5.2 Crore
- Marcus Stoinis — Australia — All-Rounder — ₹4.8 Crore
- Kagiso Rabada — South Africa — Bowler — ₹4.2 Crore
- Amit Mishra — India — Bowler — ₹4 Crore
- Chris Woakes — England — All-Rounder ₹1.5 Crore
- Ishant Sharma — India — Bowler — ₹1.1 Crore
- Avesh Khan — India — Bowler — ₹70 Lakh
- Pravin Dubey — India — Bowler — ₹20 Lakh
- Lalit Yadav — India — All-Rounder — ₹20 Lakh
- Tom Curran — South Africa — All-Rounder — ₹5,25,00,000
- Steven Smith — Australia — Batsman — ₹2,20,00,000
- Sam Billings — England — Wicket Keeper — ₹2,00,00,000
- Umesh Yadav — India — Bowler — ₹1,00,00,000
- Ripal Patel — India — All-Rounder — ₹20,00,000
- Vishnu Vinod — India — Wicket Keeper — ₹20,00,000
- Lukman Hussain Meriwala — India — Bowler — ₹20,00,000
- M Siddharth — India — Bowler — ₹20,00,000
Purse Available: 47.5 Cr crores
The remaining player DC can buy from the IPL 2022 Mega Auction. With the available purse DC can surely buy some big names in the IPL 2022 Mega Auction.
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