[caption id="attachment_765919" align="alignnone" width="628"]<a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IPL-Trophy-PTI.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-765919" alt="IPL Trophy. @ PTI" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/IPL-Trophy-PTI.jpeg" width="628" height="314" /></a> IPL Trophy. @ PTI[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>Thursday, November 15 was the last date for <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/indian-premier-league">Indian Premier League</a> franchises to release their list of retained and released players for Season 12 next year and ahead of the IPL Auction reportedly in the third week of December. <p></p> <p></p>Tainted Australian cricketers <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/steven-smith/">Steve Smith</a> and <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/players/david-warner/">David Warner</a>, currently serving suspensions for their involvement in the <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/ball-tampering">ball-tampering scandal</a> during the Cape Town Test in March this year, will return to the Indian Premier League Season 12, their franchises, <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/rajasthan-royals">Rajasthan Royals</a> and <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/sunrisers-hyderabad">Sunrisers Hyderabad</a>, announced respectively on Thursday. <p></p> <p></p>Kings XI Punjab parted way with 2011 World Cup-winning member Yuvraj Singh, while Delhi Daredevils let go of Gautam Gambhir. The duo have been sent back to the auction pool. Shikhar Dhawan will be playing for Delhi Daredevils after a gap of six seasons. <p></p> <p></p><strong>Here's the full list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL Auction 2019.</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Kings XI Punjab</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded in:</strong> Mandeep Singh <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded out:</strong> Marcus Stoinis <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> Chris Gayle, David Miller, Karun Nair, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul, R Ashwin, Ankit Rajpoot, Andrew Tye, Mujeeb ur Rahman <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> Axar Patel, Aaron Finch, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Dwarshuis, Manoj Tiwary, Akshdeep Nath, Pardeep Sahu, Mayank Dagar, Manzoor Dar <p></p> <p></p><strong>Royal Challengers Bangalore</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded in:</strong> Marcus Stoinis <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded out:</strong> Quinton de Kock, Mandeep Singh <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Parthiv Patel, Washington Sundar, Pawan Negi, Moeen Ali, Colin de Grandhomme, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Siraj, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Kulwant Khejroliya, Nathan Coulter-Nile <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> Brendon McCullum, Chris Woakes, Corey Anderson, Sarfraz Khan <p></p> <p></p><strong>Kolkata Knight Riders</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Chris Lynn, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Prasidh Krishna <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Tom Curran, Cameron Delport, Javon Searles, Ishank Jaggi, Apoorv Wankhade, Vinay Kumar <p></p> <p></p><strong>Delhi Daredevils</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded in:</strong> Shikhar Dhawan <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded out:</strong> Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Chris Morris, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Harshal Patel, Amit Mishra, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Sandeep Lamichhane, Avesh Khan <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Gurkeerat Mann, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammad Shami, Dan Christian, Sayan Ghosh, Liam Plunkett, Junior Dala, Naman Ojha <p></p> <p></p><strong>Chennai Super Kings</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Faf du Plessis, M Vijay, Shane Watson, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, David Willey, Dwayne Bravo, Kedar Jadhav, Ambati Rayudu, Sam Billings, Harbhajan Singh, Deepak Chahar, KM Asif, Lungi Ngidi, Imran Tahir, Karn Sharma, Dhruv Shorey, N Jagadeesan, Shardul Thakur, Monu Kumar, Chaitanya Bishnoi. <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> Mark Wood, Kanishk Seth, Kshitiz Sharma <p></p> <p></p><strong>Sunrisers Hyderabad</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded in:</strong> Vijay Shankar, Abhishek Sharma, Shahbaz Nadeem <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded out:</strong> Shikhar Dhawan <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> David Warner, Yusuf Pathan, Rashid Khan, Shakib Al Hasan, Billy Stanlake, Kane Williamson, Mohammad Nabi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, T Natarajan, Ricky Bhui, Sandeep Sharma, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Khaleel Ahmed, Basil Thampi, Deepak Hooda. <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> Sachin Baby, Tanmay Agarwal, Wriddhiman Saha, Chris Jordan, Carlos Brathwaite, Alex Hales, Bipul Sharma, Syed Mehdi Hasan <p></p> <p></p><strong>Rajasthan Royals</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> Ajinkya Rahane, Krishnappa Gowtham, Sanju Samson, Shreyas Gopal, Aryaman Birla, S Midhun, Prashant Chopra, Stuart Binny, Rahul Tripathi, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mahipal Lomror, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Steve Smith, Jofra Archer and Ish Sodhi <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> D Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Heinrich Klaasen, Dane Paterson, Zahir Khan, Dushmantha Chameera, Jaydev Unadkat, Anureet Singh, Ankit Sharma and Jatin Saxena <p></p> <p></p><strong>Mumbai Indians</strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Traded in:</strong> Quinton de Kock <p></p> <p></p><strong>Retained players:</strong> Rohit Sharma (captain), Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Krunal Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Mayank Markande, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Siddhesh Lad, Aditya Tare, Quinton de Kock, Kieron Pollard, Ben Cutting, Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jason Behrendorff. <p></p> <p></p><strong>Released players:</strong> Saurabh Tiwary, Pradeep Sangwan, Mohsin Khan, MD Nidheesh, Sharad Lumba, Tajinder Singh Dhillon, JP Duminy, Pat Cummins, Mustafizur Rahman, Akila Dananjaya
