Contents
- 1 IPL 2018 Headlines, IPL 2018 Team Table With Players
- 1.1 IPL 2018 Headlines
- 1.2 IPL 2018 Team Table With Players
- 1.2.1 CSK, Rajasthan Return
- 1.2.2 Delhi Retain Pant, Morris & Iyer
- 1.2.3 Gambhir Dropped by KKR
- 1.2.4 Dhoni Reunites With Raina and Jadeja
- 1.2.5 Player Retention Announcement
- 1.2.6 Marking the start of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League, all eight franchises will shortly announce the names of their retained players in Mumbai on Thursday, 4 January.
IPL 2018 Headlines, IPL 2018 Team Table With Players
IPL 2018 Headlines
- Two-time title-winning captain Gautam Gambhir has been dropped by Kolkata Knight Riders
- Virat Kohli has come out of the event in Mumbai as the highest-earning player with RCB paying him Rs 17 crore.
- MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja will once again reunite in yellow, with CSK electing to retain all three players in their comeback season.
- Australian skipper Steve Smith who played for Rising Pune Super Giants in IPL 2017 has been retained by Rajasthan Royals for Rs 15 crore.
IPL 2018 Team Table With Players
| Teams | IPL Teams Squad players list |
|---|---|
| Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma (Captain), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Virat Kohli (Captain), AB de Villiers, Sarfaraz Khan |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Andre Russell, Sunil Narine |
| Kings XI Punjab | Axar Patel |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | David Warner (Captain), Bhuvneshwar Kumar |
| Delhi Daredevils | Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris |
| Rajasthan Royals | Steve Smith (captain) |
| Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina (Captain), Ravindra Jadeja |
CSK, Rajasthan Return
Delhi Retain Pant, Morris & Iyer
Gambhir Dropped by KKR
Dhoni Reunites With Raina and Jadeja
Player Retention Announcement
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Marking the start of the 11th season of the Indian Premier League, all eight franchises will shortly announce the names of their retained players in Mumbai on Thursday, 4 January.
BCCI Acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and Rajeev Shukla, Chairman of the IPL’s Governing Council will attend the event, alongwith IPL franchise representatives.
- For Mumbai Indians, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah are second and third retentions.
- The purse that one spends for retention of three capped players is Rs 15 crore for Player 1, Rs 11 crore for Player 2 and Rs 7 crore for Player 3 while for two retentions — it’s Rs 12.5 crore for Player 1 and Rs 8.5 crore for player 2.
- However for Virat Kohli, the retention was Rs 17 crore, which incidentally is his league fee. A single player retention had a deduction of Rs 12.5 crore.