Auction for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023, India’s biggest cricketing festival, is all set to take off on Friday, 23 December. Several players from India and abroad will be trying their luck to grab the franchise of this coveted event.

Meanwhile, all the ten franchises of the IPL have released the list of players that have been retained and those who have been dropped from their respective teams.

Notably, there were a total of five players who switched teams before the deadline during the IPL trade window. Royal Challengers Bangalore were the first to trade Jason Behrendorff to Mumbai Indians.

Also, Gujarat Titans, the defending champions, traded their spearhead Lockie Ferguson and wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Kolkata Knight Riders were more than happy with the deal. Also, GT did not sign any player in return so it completely was a cash deal for Gujarat Titans.

Delhi Capitals also traded Shardul Thakur to Kolkata Knight Riders. In return they signed an uncapped player, Aman Khan from KKR. This adjusted the auction purse of both the teams.

Moreover, there were several players who won’t be part of IPL 2023. KKR’s star all-rounder Pat Cummins has opted out of IPL 2023. Also, their wicket keeper batsman Sam Billings has decided to opt out as he wants to focus on the longer format.

The IPL 2023 will also miss some legendary players on the field. Mumbai Indians’ charismatic Caribbean all-rounder Kieron Pollard has announced retirement from IPL. Also, Chennai Super Kings’ star batter Robbin Uthhapa will also not be part of IPL.

Meanwhile, teams are all set to get into the mini auction battle on the coming Friday. All the ten franchises will be looking forward to bidding on the best players keeping their purse and vacant slots in mind. The most important point which will be a matter of concern for all the franchises will be their team combination.

So, here is the list of the teams with their remaining purse, their updated squad and also the number of slots left vacant.

1) Mumbai Indians

Remaining purse: INR 20.55 crore

Total slots available: 9

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs (SA).

Batters: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tim David (AUS),Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis (SA) Ramandeep Singh.

Bowlers: Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer (ENG), Jason Behrendorff (AUS), Kumar Kartikeya, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal.

2) Chennai Super Kings

Remaining Purse: INR 20.45 crore

Total slots available: 7

Overseas slots available: 2

Wicketkeepers: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway (NZ).

Batters: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati.

All-rounders: Moeen Ali (ENG), Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner (NZ) Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius (SA).

Bowlers: Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana (SL), Mukesh Choudhary, Simarjeet Singh, Matheesha Pathirana (SL), Tushar Deshpande, Prashant Solanki.

3) ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

Remaining purse: INR 8.75 crore

Total slots available: 7

Overseas slots available: 2

Wicketkeepers: Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat.

Batters: Virat Kohli, Faf du Plessis (SA), Finn Allen (NZ), Rajat Patidar, Suyash Prabhudessai.

All-rounders: Glenn Maxwell (AUS), Wanindu Hasaranga (SL), Shahbaz Ahmed, Mahipal Lomror.

Bowlers: Josh Hazlewood (AUS), Mohammed Siraj, Harshal Patel, Akash Deep, David Willey (ENG), Karn Sharma, Siddarth Kaul.

4) GUJARAT TITANS

Remaining purse: INR 19.25 crore

Total slots available: 7

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Matthew Wade (AUS), Wriddhiman Saha,.

Batters: David Miller (SA), Abhinav Manohar, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan.

All-rounders: Hardik Pandya, Rashid Khan (AFG), Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar.

Bowlers: Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph (WI), Noor Ahmad (AFG), Darshan Nalkande, R. Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Pradeep Sangwan, Yash Dayal.

5) LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS

Remaining purse: INR 23.35 crore

Total slots available: 10

Overseas slots remaining: 4

Wicketkeepers: Quinton de Kock (SA), Manan Vohra.

Batters: KL Rahul, Ayush Badoni.

All-rounders: Marcus Stoinis (AUS), Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, Krishnappa Gowtham, Kyle Mayers (WI), Karan Sharma.

Bowlers: Mark Wood (ENG), Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav.

6) KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

Purse remaining: INR 7.05 crore

Total slots available: 11

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG).

Batters: Shreyas Iyer, Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana,.

All-rounders: Andre Russel (WI), Venkatesh Iyer, Anukul Roy, Shardul Thakur.

Bowlers: Lockie Ferguson (NZ), Umesh Yadav, Sunil Narine (WI), Tim Southee (NZ), Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy.

7) RAJASTHAN ROYALS

Remaining purse: INR 13.2 crore

Total slots available: 9

Overseas slots available: 4

Wicketkeepers: Jos Buttler (ENG), Sanju Samson, Dhruv Jurel.

Batters: Shimron Hetmyer (WI), Devdutt Padikkal, Riyan Parag Yashasvi Jaiswal.

All-rounders: Ravichandran Ashwin.

Bowlers: Trent Boult (NZ), Prasidh Krishna, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, KC Cariappa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Obed McCoy (WI).

8) DELHI CAPITALS

Purse remaining: INR 19.45 crore

Total slots available: 5

Overseas slots available: 2

Wicketkeepers: Rishabh Pant (c).

Batters: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner (AUS), Yash Dhull, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell (WI),

All-rounders: Mitchell Marsh (AUS), Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav.

Bowlers: Lungi Ngidi (SA), Anrich Nortje (SA), Khaleel Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman (BAN), Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Aman Hakim Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Vicky Ostwal.

9) SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

Purse remaining: INR 42.25 crore

Total slots available: 13

Overseas slots available: 4

Wicketkeepers: Glenn Phillips (NZ).

Batters: Aiden Markram (SA), Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad.

All-rounders: Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma.

Bowlers: Bhuveshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi (AFG), Marco Jansen (SA), Kartik Tyagi,

10) PUNJAB KINGS

Purse remaining: INR 32.2 crore

Total slots available: 9

Overseas slots available: 3

Wicketkeepers: Jonny Bairstow (ENG), Jitesh Sharma Prabhsimran Singh.

Batters: Shikhar Dhawan, M. Shahrukh Khan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa (SL), Atharva Taide.

All-rounders: Liam Livingstone (ENG), Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan.

Bowlers: Kagiso Rabada (SA), Arshdeep Singh, Rahul Chahar, Nathan Ellis (AUS), Baltej Singh, Harpreet Brar.