IPL 2021 UPDATES, PLAYERS AUCTION, AND IPL RECAP 

The wait is over as IPL 2021 is announced after a few months of IPL 2020. It has been in the news for various reasons. Some of the key reasons include Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s retirement and fans will see him again as CSK skipper. Many big names opt out from the game that include Dale Steyn who announced not playing in the IPL by commenting that IPL is more focused on money than the cricket. Or just high bids for Australian players in IPL 2021.

Here, we answer a few most asked questions about IPL 2021. Get your facts straight about the cricket.

IPL Auction 2021 is completed and there are many significant changes in the squad. Internet memers have jokes about selling people at auctions but who cares. It is pretty legal this way where eight teams engaged in a day-long tussle to fill their squads, picking from a list of 292 players shortlisted on the basis of their recent performances. Here’s the complete list of sold players.

In case you missed out on the auction, we assure that you get the full details in minutes we prepared regarding IPL auctions. These 292 players came from 11 different countries out of which 164 are from India. Once the IPL retentions released last month, everyone was shocked about star players like Glenn Maxwell and Chris Morris. Also, a few players were traded in and out during the trading window.

It was a ‘mini auction’ by definition, as teams furiously outbid each other to claim their player of choice. At the end, it was South Africa’s Chris Morris who broke the box office, registering a bumper sum of INR 16.25 crore, the most any team has spent on a player in the history of the IPL auction.

There were plenty of other buys:

IPL 2021: Full list of sold players in IPL 2021 in alphabetical order.

Player	Team	Sold Price
Adam Mine	Mumbai Indians	INR 3.2 crore
Akash Singh	Rajasthan Royals	INR 20 lakh
Arjun Tendulkar	Mumbai Indians	INR 20 lakh
Ben Cutting	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 75 lakh
Bhagath Verma	Chennai Super Kings	INR 20 lakh
C Hari Nishaanth	Chennai Super Kings	INR 20 lakh
Chetan Sakariya	Rajasthan Royals	INR 1.2 crore
Cheteshwar Pujara	Chennai Super Kings	INR 50 lakh
Chris Morris	Rajasthan Royals	INR 16.25 crore
Dan Christian	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 4.80 crore
Dawid Malan	Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab)	INR 1.5 crore
Fabian Allen	Punjab Kings (KXIP)	INR 75 lakh
Glenn Maxwell	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 14.25 crore
Harbhajan Singh	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 2 crore
Harishankar Reddy	Chennai Super Kings	INR 20 lakh
J Suchith	Sunrisers Hyderabad	INR 30 lakh
Jalaj Saxena	Punjab Kings (KXIP)	INR 30 lakh
James Neesham	Mumbai Indians	INR 50 lakh
Jhye Richardson	Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab)	INR 14 crore
Karun Nair	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 50 lakh
KC Cariappa	Rajasthan Royals	INR 20 lakh
Kedar Jadhav	Sunrisers Hyderabad	INR 2 crore
Krishanppa Gowtham	Chennai Super Kings	INR 9.25 crore
KS Bharat	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 20 lakh
Kuldip Yadav	Rajasthan Royals	INR 20 lakh
Kyle Jamieson	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 15 crore
Liam Livingstone	Rajasthan Royals	INR 75 lakh
Lukman Meriwala	Delhi Capitals	INR 20 lakh
M Siddharth	Delhi Capitals	INR 20 lakh
Marco Jansen	Mumbai Indians	INR 20 lakh
Moeen Ali	Chennai Super Kings	INR 7 crore
Mohammad Azharuddeen	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 20 lakh
Moises Henriques	Punjab Kings (KXIP)	INR 4.20 crore
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	Sunrisers Hyderabad	INR 1.5 crore
Mustafizur Rahman	Rajasthan Royals	INR 1 crore
Nathan Coulter-Nile	Mumbai Indians	INR 5 crore
Pawan Negi	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 50 lakh
Piyush Chawla	Mumbai Indians	INR 2.40 crore
Rajat Patidar	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 20 lakh
Riley Meredith	Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab)	INR 8 crore
Ripal Patel	Delhi Capitals	INR 20 lakh
Sachin Baby	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 20 lakh
Sam Billings	Delhi Capitals	INR 2 crore
Saurabh Kumar	Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab)	INR 20 lakh
Shahrukh Khan	Punjab Kings (Kings XI Punjab)	INR 5.25 crore
Shakib Al Hasan	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 3.20 crore
Sheldon Jackson	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 20 lakh
Shivam Dube	Rajasthan Royals	INR 4.4 crore
Steve Smith	Delhi Capitals	INR 2.2 crore
Suyash Prabhudessai	Royal Challengers Bangalore	INR 20 lakh
Tom Curran	Delhi Capitals	INR 5.25 crore
Umesh Yadav	Delhi Capitals	INR 1 crore
Utkarsh Singh	Punjab Kings (KXIP)	INR 20 lakh
Vaibhav Arora	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 20 lakh
Venkatesh Iyer	Kolkata Knight Riders	INR 20 lakh
Vishnu Vinod	Delhi Capitals	INR 20 lakh
Yudhvir Charak	Mumbai Indians	INR 20 lakh

IPL 2021 Venue

The IPL 2021 Venue has not been finalized by the BCCI officially yet. However, members from the board have openly said that the first priority to conduct the IPL will always be in India. Notably, the 2020 edition of the tournament had to be shifted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) because of the COVID-19 virus outbreak. There were assumptions that the IPL 2021 venue can be UAE once again.

However, BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal had rubbished all such claims and stated that the BCCI’s has no plan to stage the tournament in UAE. In fact, Sourav Ganguly has also confirmed that the IPL 2021 venue will remain to be in India. With the IPL 2021 auction set to light the cricketing world with loads of cash once again, the IPL 2021 auction is expected to be none short of a blockbuster. Now, the eyes are all set on the IPL 2021 auction as to who bags the highest deal and which big player doesn’t even get the base price bid in the IPL 2021 auction.

IPL 2021 Team List and Complete Squads Of All The Teams

Chennai Super Kings

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction:

MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Faf Du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Josh Hazlewood, Deepak Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Narayanan Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, R Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, KM Asif.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: 

Krishnappa Gowtham, Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth. Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Faf Du Plessis, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Narayanan Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, R Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, KM Asif, Krishnappa Gowtham, Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth.

Delhi Capitals

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction:

Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes.

Traded: Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel to Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction:

Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings. Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: 

Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction:

Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Harbhajan Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction:

Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Harbhajan Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.

Mumbai Indians

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction:

Rohit Sharma, Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Chris Lynn, Amolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction:

Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Singh, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction:

Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Chris Lynn, Amolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Singh, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.

Punjab Kings

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction:

KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction:

Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Fabian Allen.

Complete squad in the IPL 2021 auction:

KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Fabian Allen.

Rajasthan Royals

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction:

Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra.

Traded: Robin Uthappa to Chennai Super Kings.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction:

Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction:

Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction:

Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction:

Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Daniel Christian, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction:

Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Daniel Christian, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat.

SunRisers Hyderabad

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction:

David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction:

Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith. Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith.

FAQs About IPL 2021

Will IPL 2021 happen?

Yes, IPL 2021 is all set to begin in the month of April in India. It is reported that the tournament will start from the second week of April and schedule for 60 matches including leagues as well as playoffs and finals.

What is the date of IPL 2021?

Although the IPL 2021 date hasn’t been released by the BCCI, media reports have emerged stating that the tournament will start from April 11.

Is MS Dhoni playing IPL 2021?

Yes, MS Dhoni will be playing in IPL 2021. Once again, he will represent Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2021. He made the announcement last year that he will continue playing in the IPL despite his international retirement. For the record, the CSK team starting their practice sessions from 9th March.

Who is king of IPL?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni or MS Dhoni is widely regarded as the king of IPL. Under his leadership, Chennai Super Kings have won three IPL titles so far and have also made it to the playoffs in the 9 out of 10 seasons.

Is IPL 2021 mega auction?

No, IPL 2021 did not witness a mega auction. The mega auction will take place for the IPL 2022 season and it has been confirmed by the BCCI that there will be 10 teams in the league matches from IPL 2022.