IPL 2023 Auction Updates, Date, Time, Venue, and Players List: It has been quite some time since Gujrat Titans won the 2022 IPL. Now it’s the turn of IPL 2023 for which all the cricket fans are eagerly waiting.
IPL Auction of 2023 is going to start after only a few days of waiting. The IPL 2023 auction will be held on December 23 (Friday) in Kochi. Now all 10 IPL franchises are gearing up to fight for their favorite players during the auction.
Although the IPL 2023 auction will be a mini-auction, around 650 players are expected to go under the hammer. Currently, a total of 991 players have registered themselves for the IPL 2023 auction. However, only a maximum of 87 slots will be selected during the auction.
This year only 10 franchises will participate in the auction. The total salary cap for each franchise for the IPL 2023 auction is Rs. 95 crores. However, each team retained some players in their squad and therefore, used some of their salary caps. With that remaining salary cap, each team will jump into the auction to get their favorite players.
IPL Auction 2023 Venue, Date, and Time:
The IPL 2023 auction is scheduled to be held on December 23, 2022 (Friday). The venue of the event is fixed in Kochi, Kerala. The auction will start at 11 am IST.
| Date | Venue | Time |
| Dec 23 (Friday) | Kochi, Kerala | 11 AM IST |
IPL Auction 2023 Teams and Their Remaining Salary cap:
Every team has a total salary cap of Rs. 95 crores for the IPL auction 2023. Sunrisers Hyderabad has the maximum salary cap available at Rs. 42.25 crores. Kolkata Knight Riders have the least salary cap available at Rs. 7.05 crores. During the retentions, the 10 teams retained 163 players in their squad. Now, there are 87 slots available overall during IPL 2023 auction.
| IPL 2023 Auction Teams | Total Money Spent | Remaining Salary |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Rs. 52.75 Cr | Rs. 42.25 Cr |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Rs. 62.80 Cr | Rs. 32.20 Cr |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | Rs. 75.75 Cr | Rs. 19.25 Cr |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Rs. 87.95 Cr | Rs. 7.05 Cr |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | Rs. 71.65 Cr | Rs. 23.35 Cr |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | Rs. 74.45 Cr | Rs. 20.55 Cr |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Rs. 81.80 Cr | Rs. 13.20 Cr |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | Rs. 86.25 Cr | Rs. 8.75 Cr |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | Rs. 74.55 Cr | Rs. 20.45 Cr |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Rs. 75.55 Cr | Rs. 19.45 Cr |
IPL Auction 2023 Available Slots of All 10 Teams:
During IPL 2023 retentions, all 10 teams released some players from their squad and retained some in their squad. As all teams can only pick 25 players in their squads, many have only a few spots left in their squads. Below are the available slots for all teams in the 2023 IPL auction.
| Team | Total Players | Available Slots | Overseas Slots Available |
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | 20 | 5 | 2 |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | 18 | 7 | 3 |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | 14 | 11 | 3 |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | 15 | 10 | 4 |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | 18 | 7 | 2 |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | 16 | 9 | 4 |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | 12 | 13 | 4 |
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IPL 2023 Retained and Released Player Lists:
1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK):
Retained Players: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ambati Rayudu, Subhranshu Senapati, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Dwaine Pretorius, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Chowdhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana
Released Players: Dwayne Bravo, Robin Uthappa, Adam Milne, Hari Nishaanth, Chris Jordan, Bhagath Varma, KM Asif, Narayan Jagadeesan
2. Royal Challengers Bangalore:
Retained Players: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Suyash Prabhudessai, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Anuj Rawat, Finn Allen, Glenn Maxwell, Wanindu Hasaranga, Shahbaz Ahmed, Harshal Patel, David Willey, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Mohammed Siraj, Josh Hazlewood, Siddarth Kaul, Akash Deep
Released Players: Jason Behrendorff (traded), Aneeshwar Gautam, Chama Milind, Luvnith Sisodia, Sherfane Rutherford
3. Mumbai Indians:
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (c), Tim David, Ramandeep Singh, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Jofra Archer, Jasprit Bumrah, Arjun Tendulkar, Arshad Khan, Kumar Kartikeya, Hrithik Shokeen, Jason Behrendorff, Akash Madhwal
Traded in: Jason Behrendorff (from RCB)
Released Players: Kieron Pollard, Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills
4. Kolkata Knight Riders:
Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh
Traded in: Shardul Thakur (from DC), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (from GT), Lockie Ferguson (from GT)
Released Players: Pat Cummins, Sam Billings, Aman Khan (traded), Shivam Mavi, Mohammad Nabi, Chamika Karunaratne, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Abhijeet Tomar, Ajinkya Rahane, Ashok Sharma, Baba Indrajith, Pratham Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Rasikh Salam, Sheldon Jackson
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5. Sunrisers Hyderabad:
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Released Players: Kane Williamson, Nicholas Pooran, Jagadeesha Suchith, Priyam Garg, Ravikumar Samarth, Romario Shepherd, Saurabh Dubey, Sean Abbott, Shashank Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Sushant Mishra, Vishnu Vinod
6. Rajasthan Royals:
Retained Players: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Devdutt Padikkal, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Obed McCoy, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, KC Cariappa
Released Players: Anunay Singh, Corbin Bosch, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Karun Nair, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Rassie van der Dussen, Shubham Garhwal, Tejas Baroka
7. Delhi Capitals:
Retained Players: Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Mustafizur Rahman, Aman Khan, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal
Released Players: Shardul Thakur (traded), Tim Seifert, Ashwin Hebbar, Srikar Bharat, Mandeep Singh
Trade ins: Aman Khan (from KKR)
8. Punjab Kings:
Released Players: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee
Retained Players:Â Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar
9. Gujarat Titans:
Released Players: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (traded), Lockie Ferguson (traded), Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron
Retained Players:Â Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Pradeep Sangwan, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad
10. Lucknow Super Giants:
Released Players: Andrew Tye, Ankit Rajpoot, Dushmantha Chameera, Evin Lewis, Jason Holder, Manish Pandey, Shahbaz Nadeem
Retained Players:Â KL Rahul (c), Ayush Badoni, Karan Sharma, Manan Vohra, Quinton de Kock, Marcus Stoinis, Krishnappa Gowtham, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Krunal Pandya, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi
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Registered Players List For IPL 2023 Auction With Base Price:
A total of 991 players (714 Indians and 277 foreigners) are part of the preliminary long list that the IPL shared with 10 franchises on Thursday. The IPL will narrow it down based on input from the franchises, who have until December 9 to get back to the tournament authorities.
A maximum of 87 players can be bought in the auction (each squad has 25 players) of which 30 can be foreign names. The auction is scheduled to be held in Kochi on December 23.
2 Crore Base Price: Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Tom Banton, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Jamie Overton, Craig Overton, Adil Rashid, Phil Salt, Ben Stokes, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Kane Williamson, Riley Rossouw, Rassie van der Dusen, Angelo Matthews, Nicholas Pooran, Jason Holder
1.5 Crore Base Price: Sean Abbott, Riley Meredith, Jai Richardson, Adam Zampa, Shakib Al Hasan, Harry Brook, Will Jacks, David Malan, Jason Roy, Sherfan Rutherford
1 Crore Base Price: Mayank Agarwal, Kedar Yadav, Manish Pandey, Mohammad Nabi, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Moses Henriques, Andrew Tye, Joe Root, Luke Wood, Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Heinrich Klaasen, Tabrez Shamsi, Kusal Perera, Roston Chase, Rakhim Cornwall, Shai Hope, Aqeel Hussain, David Wiese.
