But, a team may hold onto a maximum of four players prior to a major auction. Teams are only permitted to keep two foreign players or three Indian players. There is a two-player retention cap for uncapped players. The IPL deducts Rs 42 crore from a team's total revenue of Rs 90 crore if they choose to keep four players.
The IPL deducts Rs 42 crore from a team's total revenue of Rs 90 crore if they choose to keep four players. The following is a breakdown of player costs:
- First-choice player: Rs 16 crore
- Second-choice player: Rs 12 crore
- Third-choice player: Rs 8 crore
- Fourth-choice player: Rs 6 crore
| Match No | Fixture | Date | Venue | Time |
| 1. | CSK vs RCB | March 22 | Chennai | 7:30 PM IST |
| 2. | PBKS vs DC | March 23 | Mohali | 3:30 PM IST |
| 3. | KKR vs SRH | March 23 | Kolkata | 7:30 PM IST |
| 4. | RR vs LSG | March 24 | Jaipur | 3:30 PM IST |
| 5. | GT vs MI | March 24 | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 6. | RCB vs PBKS | March 25 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST |
| 7. | CSK vs GT | March 26 | Chennai | 7:30 PM IST |
| 8. | SRH vs MI | March 27 | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 9. | RR vs DC | March 28 | Jaipur | 7:30 PM IST |
| 10. | RCB vs KKR | March 29 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST |
| 11. | LSG vs PBKS | March 30 | Lucknow | 7:30 PM IST |
| 12. | GT vs SRH | March 31 | Ahmedabad | 3:30 PM IST |
| 13. | DC vs CSK | March 31 | Visakhapatnam | 7:30 PM IST |
| 14. | MI vs RR | April 1 | Mumbai | 7:30 PM IST |
| 15. | RCB vs LSG | April 2 | Bengaluru | 7:30 PM IST |
| 16. | DC vs KKR | April 3 | Visakhapatnam | 7:30 PM IST |
| 17. | GT vs PBKS | April 4 | Ahmedabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 18. | SRH vs CSK | April 5 | Hyderabad | 7:30 PM IST |
| 19. | RR vs RCB | April 6 | Jaipur | 7:30 PM IST |
| 20. | MI vs DC | April 7 | Mumbai | 3:30 PM IST |
| 21. | LSG vs GT | April 7 | Lucknow | 7:30 PM IST |
➽Chennai super Kings
Retained Players:
Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande
Released players:
Akash Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorius, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Subhranshu Senapat
➽Delhi capitals
Retained players:
Abhishek Porel, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull
Released players:
Aman Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Manish Pandey, Mustafizur Rahman, Phil Salt, Priyam Garg, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan
➽Gujarat Titans
Retained players:
Abhinav Sadarangani, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha
Released players:
Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, K.S. Bharat, Odean Smith, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Yash Dayal
➽Kolkata knight riders
Retained players:
Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Jason Roy, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz , Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer
Released players:
Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Johnson Charles, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Mandeep Singh, N. Jagadeesan, Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav
➽Lukhnow super giants
Retained players:
Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal (T), K. Gowtham, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul Haq, Nicholas Pooran, Prerak Mankad, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Charak
Released players:
Arpit Guleria, Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Suryansh Shegde, Swapnil Singh
➽Mumbai Indians
Retained players:
Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd (T), Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod
Released players:
Chris Jordan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jhye Richardson, Jofra Archer, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Ramandeep Singh, Roley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier, Tristan Stubbs
➽Punjab Kings
Retained players:
Arshdeep Singh, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Bhatia, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Shikhar Dhawan, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Vidwath Kaverappa
Released players:
Baltej Dhanda, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Matthew Short, Mohit Rathee, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan
➽Rajasthan Royals
Retained players:
Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan (T), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Jos Buttler, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Rathore, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal
Released players:
Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder, Joe Root, K.C Cariappa, K.M. Asif, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Obed Mccoy
➽Royal challengers Banglors
Retained players:
Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (T), Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Reece Topley, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Will Jacks
Released players:
Avinash Singh, David Willey, Finn Allen, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Siddharth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell
➽Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained players:
Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Anmolpreet Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Mayank Agarwal, Mayank Markande, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad (T), T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Upendra Singh Yadav, Washington Sundar
Released players:
Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Harry Brook, Kartik Tyagi, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma
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