Punjab Kings' full list of retained, released players & remaining purse ahead of IPL 2023

Punjab Kings have revealed their players retained for the upcoming auction and also the ones who have been released from the squad.

Surprisingly, Mayank Agarwal the captain of the Punjab Kings in IPL 2022, Odean Smith and Sandeep Sharma are among the nine other players that have been released.

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With Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone & Arshdeep Singh among the 16 players retained by Punjab, they have a purse of ₹32.2 crore remaining. And with 3 overseas slots remaining, one can expect Punjab to go big in the upcoming IPL mini-auction.

Here is the full list of players released and retained.

Purse left: ₹32.2 crore

Overseas slots remaining: 3

Players released: Mayank Agarwal, Odean Smith, Vaibhav Arora, Benny Howell, Ishan Porel, Ansh Patel, Prerak Mankad, Sandeep Sharma, Writtick Chatterjee

Players retained: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jitesh Sharma, Raj Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar