IPL 2013: Pune Warriors release Smith, Clarke; Mumbai retains Harbhajan

Australian captain Michael Clarke and South Africa39s Test captain Graeme Smith and hardhitting New Zealander Jesse Ryder have returned to the auction pool as Pune Warriors decided to retain six foreign players who were there with the franchise during last edition While Clarke had a oneyear contract and had to return to the auction pool Smith who doesn39t play international T20 anymore wasn39t a very viable option for the Warriors Ryder who hasn39t played any competitive cricket since IPL was also left out Jesse Ryder who hasn39t played any competitive cricket since IPL was also left out PicAFP The media release sent by the IPL committee also proved that speculations in some quarters regarding Mumbai Indians39 decision to release Harbhajan Singh and Chennai Super Kings getting rid of their 39Million Dollar Baby39 Ravindra Jadeja were baseless Both are very much there with their respective franchises New owners of Hyderabad franchise Sun TV have decided to release Australian allrounder Dan Christian who fetched a whopping USD 900000 during the January 2011 auctions Sun TV have retained 20 players who represented Deccan Chargers in IPL 2012 The cricketers include captain Kumar Sangakkara South African pacer Dale Steyn Indian fastbowler Ishant Sharma and Australia39s Cameron White According to the initial squads confirmed by the IPL teams for next year Rajasthan Royals have retained the least number of players 14 and ended up with a salary cap balance of Rs 8423261 the highest among the nine IPL franchises Mumbai Indians on the other hand have retained the maximum number of players 27 and has the least available salary cap balance Contrary to speculations that outofform Harbhajan Singh would be dumped by the franchise the offspinner prominently feature in Mumbai39s lineup Australia39s T20 captain George Bailey has been released by CSK PicAFP Defending champion Kolkata Knight Riders meanwhile have retained 22 players while Kings XI Punjab has retained 19 players and has the second highest salary cap balance Rs 7219565 Delhi Daredevils have retained 18 players including all its seven foreign recruits but dumped Rajasthan batsman Robin Bist as he is considered totally unsuitable for the shortest format Each franchise has a salary cap of up to US 125m to spend on their 2013 squad for up to 33 players of whom a maximum of 11 can be from overseas Only four overseas players can figure in the starting eleven for any match The trading window will open on Monday November 19 Thereafter the franchises will be able to sign new uncapped Indian players including the 52 whose contracts were not extended RCB has returned pacer Dirk Nannes to the auction pool PicAFP From November 1 the franchises also have the option of resigning the players who they took as temporary replacements in IPL 2012 Some of the notable players whose contracts haven39t been renewed are Chennai Super Kings George Bailey Joginder Sharma Scott Styris Abhinav Mukund Suraj Randiv Doug Bollinger Deccan Chargers Darren Bravo Daniel Christian Manpreet Gony Daniel Harris Delhi Daredevils Glenn Maxwell Venugopal Rao Travis Birt Colin Ingram Aaron Finch Doug Bracewell Robin Bist Kings XI Punjab James Faulkner Romesh Powar Stuart Broad Abhishek Nayar Kolkata Knight Riders Jaydev Unadkat Mumbai Indians Clint McKay Thissara Perera Dwayne Smith Richard Levi Davy Jacobs Pune Warriors India Michael Clarke Callum Ferguson Nathan McCullum Jesse Ryder Steve Smith James Hopes Tamim Iqbal Graeme Smith Royal Challengers Bangalore Johan Botha Paul Collingwood Owais Shah Dinesh Chandimal Luke Pomersbach Mohammad Kaif Squads with retained players Kolkata Knight Riders 22 players 10 overseas 21 million purse left Overseas Brad Haddin Brendon McCullum Brett Lee Eoin Morgan Jacques Kallis James Pattinson Marchant de Lange Ryan ten Doeschate Shakib Al Hasan Sunil Narine Indian Debabrata Das Gautam Gambhir Iqbal Abdulla L Balaji Laxmi Ratan Shukla Manoj Tiwary Manvinder Bisla Pradeep Sangwan Rajat Bhatia Sarabjit Ladda Shami Ahmed Yusuf Pathan u00a0 Chennai Super Kings 15 players 6 overseas 31 million purse left Overseas Albie Morkel Ben Hilfenhaus Dwayne Bravo Faff du Plessis Michael Hussey Nuwan Kulasekara Indian MS Dhoni Murali Vijay R Ashwin Ravindra Jadeja Shadab Jakati Anirudha Srikkanth S Badrinath Suresh Raina Wriddhiman Saha wk Delhi Daredevils 18 players 7 overseas 16 million purse left Overseas Andre Russell David Warner Kevin Pietersen Mahela Jayawardene Morne Morkel Roelof van der Merwe Ross Taylor Indian Ajit Agarkar Irfan Pathan Manpreet Juneja Naman Ojha Pawan Negi Shahbaz Nadeem Umesh Yadav Unmukt Chand Varun Aaron Virender Sehwag Yogesh Nagar Kings XI Punjab 19 players 6 overseas 72 million purse left Overseas Adam Gilchrist Azhar Mahmood David Hussey David Miller Dimitri Mascarenhas Shaun Marsh Indian Bhargav Bhatt Bipul Sharma Gurkeerat Singh Harmeet Singh Mandeeo Singh Nitin Saini Parwinder Awana Paul Valthaty Piyush Chawla Praveen Kumar R Sathish Siddharth Chitnis Sunny Singh Indian Mumbai Indians 27 players 7 overseas 18 million purse left Overseas players Aiden Blizzard Herschelle Gibbs James Franklin Kieron Pollard Lasith Malinga Mitchell Johnson Robin Peterson Indian Abu Nechin Aditya Tare Ambati Rayudu Amitoze Singh Apoorv Wankhade Dhawal Kulkarni Dinesh Karthik Harbhajan Singh Kuldeep Yadav Munaf Patel Pawan Suyal Pragyan Ojha Rahul Shukla Rohit Sharma RP Singh Sachin Tendulkar Suryakumar Yadav Sushant Marathe T Suman Yuzvendra Chahal Pune Warriors India 24 players 6 overseas 39 million purse left Overseas Alfonso Thomas Angelo Mathews Luke Wright Marlon Samuels Mitchell Marsh Wayne Parnell Indian Ali Murtuza Anustup Majumdar Ashish Nehra Ashok Dinda Bhuvneshwar Kumar Dheeraj Jadhav Eklavya Dwivedi Harpreet Singh Krishnakant Upadhyay Mahesh Rawat Manish Pandey Mithun Manhas Murali Kartik Rahul Sharma Raiphi Gomez Robin Uthappa Shrikant Wagh Yuvraj Singh Rajasthan Royals 14 players 5 overseas 84 million purse left Overseas Brad Hodge Brad Hogg Kevon Cooper Shane Watson Shaun Tait Indian Ajinkya Rahane Ajit Chandila Ankeet Chavan Ashok Menaria Rahul Dravid Sreesanth Shreevats Goswami Siddharth Trivedi Stuart Binny Royal Challengers Bangalore 20 players 6 overseas 27 million purse left Overseas AB de Villiers Andrew McDonald Chris Gayle Daniel Vettori Muttiah Muralitharan Tillakaratne Dilshan Indian Abhimanyu Mithun Arun Karthik Cheteshwar Pujara Harshal Patel KP Appanna Karun Nair Mayank Agarwal R Vinay Kumar Sreenath Aravind Saurabh Tiwary J Syed Mohammed Vijay Zol Virat Kohli Zaheer Khan Team Hyderabad 20 players 6 overseas 7 million purse leftu00a0 Overseas Cameron White Chris Lynn Dale Steyn JP Duminy Rusty Theron Kumar Sangakkara Indian Abhishek Jhunjhunwala Akash Bhandari Akshath Reddy Amit Mishra Anand Rajan Ankit Sharma Ashish Reddy Bharat Chipli Biplab Samantray Ravi Teja Ishant Sharma Parthiv Patel Shikhar Dhawan Veer Pratap Singh