The IPL 2023 mini-auction is scheduled to take place on 23 December in Kochi and all the teams have submitted their list of retained players to the IPL governing body. The last date for all the IPL franchises to notify their list of final-retention players was 16 November. The following sections contain the name of all the players that each team has retained along with the amount they will have to spend on acquiring new players.
Chennai Super Kings
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| MS Dhoni (Captain), Ruturaj Gaikwad, Devon Conway, Ambati Rayudu, Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Moeen Ali, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Deepak Chahar, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana | 20.45 cr | 02 |
Delhi Capitals
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Rishabh Pant (Captain), Sarfaraz Khan, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Mustafizur Rahman, Rovman Powell, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Yash Dhull, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Aman Khan, Praveen Dubey, Kuldeep Yadav, Vicky Ostwal | 19.45 cr | 04 |
Gujarat Titans
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Hardik Pandya (Captain), Matthew Wade, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Rashid Khan, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad | 23.35 cr | 04 |
Kolkata Knight Riders
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Shreyas Iyer (Captain), Tim Southee, Nitish Rana, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Varun Chakravarthy, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Harshit Rana, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh | 7.05 cr | 03 |
Lucknow Supergiants
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| KL Rahul (captain), Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Mark Wood, Karan Sharma, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi | 23.35 cr | 04 |
Mumbai Indians
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Rohit Sharma (Captain), Suryakumar Yadav, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Ishan Kishan, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Tristan Stubbs, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff | 20.45 cr | 02 |
Punjab Kings
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Shikhar Dhawan (Captain), Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan, Prabhsimran Singh, Arshdeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar | 32.2 cr | 03 |
Rajasthan Royals
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Sanju Samson (Captain), Devdutt Padikkal, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Trent Boult, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, R Ashwin, KC Cariappa | 13.2 cr | 04 |
Royal Challengers Bangalore
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Faf du Plessis (Captain), Dinesh Karthik, Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Anuj Rawat, Shahbaz Ahmed, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Harshal Patel, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Siddarth Kaul, Josh Hazlewood, Akash Deep | 8.75 cr | 02 |
Sunrisers Hyderabad
| Retained Players | Purse Value (In INR) | Remaining Overseas Slot/s |
| Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Aiden Markram, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Kartik Tyagi, T Natarajan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umran Malik | 42.25 cr | 04 |
Which Big Names were Released by IPL Teams This Year?
The big surprise this year came when so many IPL teams decided to let go of big players. These exclusions were shocking considering all of them remained impactful players for their teams. It can be seen as a strategy of these teams where they can pick some former players at a low cost.
Here is the name of big players who were released by their respective franchises –
- Dwayne Bravo (CSK)
- Keiron Pollard (MI) – Retd
- Kane Williamson and Nicholas Pooran (SRH)
- James Neesham (RR)
- Jason Holder, Evin Lewis and Manish Pandey (LSG)
- Lockie Ferguson (GT) – Traded to KKR
- Pat Cummins (break), Sam Billings (break), Sivam Mavi (KKR)
- Mayank Agarwal and Odean Smith (PBKS)