IPL 2022: Kohli, Sharma, MSD Retained; Chahal, Thakur Released

The list of retained players for the Indian Premiere League 2022 was released on November 30. Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Rohit Sharma among many others are to be retained by their respective franchises. However, key players like Ben Stokes, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur were released. Moreover, CSK, MI, KKR and DC retained four players. RR, RCB, SRH retained three, while Punjab Kings retained only two.