IPL 2022: Full list of players retained by all 8 franchises – On November 30, 2021, the opportunity for franchises to retain players for the Indian Premier League 2022 season concluded.
The eight teams were eligible to retain up to four players, with a total pay limit of INR 90 crore available at the mega auction for each team, with a maximum of three Indians, two abroad players, and two uncapped Indians.
Each of the eight franchises used the Player Retention option with Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Delhi Capitals (DC), Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Mumbai Indians (MI) opting to retain 4 players each. Rajasthan Royals (RR), Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) have retained 3 players each while Punjab Kings (PBKS) have retained 2. The PBKS thus have the highest salary purse available with INR 72 crore while Delhi Capitals have least at INR 47.50 to be used at the mega auction.
Of the 27 retained players, 8 are overseas and 4 are uncapped Indians.
A detailed breakup of the players retained, total amount spent, retention deduction and the purse available is provided below.
*Amount in Crores
| Franchise | Salary | Retention
Deduction |
Salary Purse Available |
| Chennai Super Kings | |||
| Ravindra Jadeja | 16 | 42 | 48 |
| M S Dhoni | 12 | ||
| Moeen Ali | 8 | ||
| Ruturaj Gaikwad | 6 | ||
| Total | 42 | ||
| Delhi Capitals | |||
| Rishabh Pant | 16 | 42.50 | 47.50 |
| Axar Patel | 9 | ||
| Prithvi Shaw | 7.50 | ||
| Anrich Nortje | 6.50 | ||
| Total | 39 | ||
| Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| Andre Russell | 12 | 42 | 48 |
| Varun Chakaravarthy | 8 | ||
| Venkatesh Iyer | 8 | ||
| Sunil Narine | 6 | ||
| Total | 34 | ||
| Mumbai Indians | |||
| Rohit Sharma | 16 | 42 | 48 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 12 | ||
| Suryakumar Yadav | 8 | ||
| Kieron Pollard | 6 | ||
| Total | 42 | ||
| Punjab Kings | |||
| Mayank Agarwal | 12 | 18 | 72 |
| Arshdeep Singh | 4 | ||
| Total | 16 | ||
| Rajasthan Royals | |||
| Sanju Samson | 14 | 28 | 62 |
| Jos Buttler | 10 | ||
| Yashasvi Jaiswal | 4 | ||
| Total | 28 | ||
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| Virat Kohli | 15 | 33 | 57 |
| Glenn Maxwell | 11 | ||
| Mohammed Siraj | 7 | ||
| Total | 33 | ||
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | |||
| Kane Williamson | 14 | 22 | 68 |
| Abdul Samad | 4 | ||
| Umran Malik | 4 | ||
| Total | 22 |
*If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player exceeds the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to that higher League Fee shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap. If the League Fee agreed with a Retained Player is less than the relevant prescribed amount, then an amount equal to the relevant prescribed amount shall be deducted from the relevant Franchisee’s Salary Cap.