IPL Auctions 2023: Retained players, balance, and available slots to fill for Gujarat Titans

Indian Premier League (IPL) released the list for the upcoming auction, which will take place in Kochi on December 23. A total of 405 cricket players will be auctioned off. The 10 franchises initially selected 369 players from the list of 991 players who had signed up for the IPL’s 2023 season. A total of 405 players will be offered at the IPL 2023 Auction after the franchises later requested the addition of 36 players, who were included in the final list.

Out of those 405 players in the list, 273 are Indians, 132 are overseas players while four are from associate nations. Meanwhile, 119 of those 405 players are capped international players while 282 are uncapped.

Defending champions Gujarat Titans will be aiming for winning the title once again with Hardik Pandya as a leader again. GT’s plan to release six players have given the franchise a door for choosing overseas players as four of six released players were foreign players.. Jason Roy and Dominic Drakes were released by the team, and Lockie Ferguson and Rahmanullah Gurbaz were traded to the Kolkata Knight Riders. Additionally, players Varun Aaron and Gurkeerat Singh were let go.

Retained players for GT – Shubman Gill, David Miller, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudarshan, Hardik Pandya (c), Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, R Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav, Mohammad Shami, Alzarri Joseph, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad, Darshan Nalkande, Pradeep Sangwan

Released Players for GT – Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Lockie Ferguson, Dominic Drakes, Gurkeerat Singh, Jason Roy, Varun Aaron

The Right to Match (RTM) option will not be available in the IPL auction of 2023. Each team may select a squad of no more than 25 players. The team can only select a maximum of 8 foreign players from among these. 75% of each franchise’s total salary cap must be used. Beyond the salary cap, there can be no purchases made. In the IPL auction 2023, each team is subject to a total salary cap of Rs. 95 crores. 5 crores more than the previous auction, to be exact. After retentions, Hardik Pandya’s team will still have 19.75 crore INR in the bank. Additionally, it can fill up to three international slots.