With the IPL4 auctions starting in November, I will put-in my list of players, who will be retained by the clubs. The new rule suggests that, each of the initial 8 IPL teams, can retain 4 of their existing players, which includes 3 Indians and 1 foreigner. The list was made upon my belief that, each of these players, are almost guaranteed to have a starting place, in any of the IPL teams. Here is the list:
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Praveen Kumar
- Robin Uthappa or Virat Kohli
- Anil Kumble
- Ross Taylor or Jaques Kallis
Mumbai Indians
- Sachin Tendulkar
- Zaheer Khan
- Harbhajan Singh
- Lasith Malinga or Kieron Pollard
Chennai Super Kings
- Mahender Singh Dhoni
- Suresh Raina
- R Ashwin
- Albie Morkel or Michael Hussey
Deccan Chargers
- Pragyan Ojha
- Rohit Sharma
- RP Singh
- Adam Gilchrist
Delhi Daredevils
- Goutam Gambhir
- Virender Sehwag
- Ashish Nehra
- Dirk Nannes
Kings XI Punjab
- Irfan Pathan
- Yuvraj Singh
- PP Chawla
- Kumar Sangakkara or Mahela Jayawardene
Rajasthan Royals
- Yousuf Pathan
- Munaf Patel
- SK Trivedi
- Shane Watson or Shane warne
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Sourav Ganguly
- Murali Kartik
- Ishant Sharma
- Chris Gayle or Brendon McCullum
There are some players who are too good to be ignored. In those cases, I have added them in the “or” option. Come this November, let us see what percentage of players I have got correctly…. 🙂
prasanna raghavan p 
dravidaayanamaha 😛
Would have been nice to see the match rate if the player retention was compulsory.. :PFinal list:MI – Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Kieron Pollard and Lasith Malinga.CSK – MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, M Vijay and Albie MorkelRR – Shane Warne and Shane WatsonDD – SehwagBRC – KohliKXIP – NoneDC – NoneKKR – None