ipl 2021 schedule
KEY HIGHLIGHTSIPL :- 2021 retention ceremony is set to take place on January 20thThe event will have a live telecast on TV and will be streamed onlineSteven Smith, Glenn Maxwell and few other highly-paid players are expected to be released
The road to the Indian Premier League IPL 2021 will officially kick of today (January 20) when the 8 franchises will submit the list off retained or released players to the BCCI. Off course, the board has completed the process or only an official announcement regarding it is remaining.
There will be some automatic releases as well. Royal Challengers Bangalore's Parthiv Patel has retired from professional cricket or will not available. Dale Steyn has pulled out off IPL 2021. Shane Watson has also retired or will be on the list off Chennai Super Kings' released players.
Some big names, including Steven Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Glenn Maxwell, Piyush Chawla or others are highly expected to be back into the auction pool.
Smith, who led Rajasthan Royals, had a poor season or his team finished at the last spot. Karthik also had a poor run as captain, which saw him hand over the charge to Eoin Morgan.
Piyush Chawla, the highest Indian pick in IPL 2020 auction, couldn't leave an impact or was also dropped from the playing XI. Maxwell, who returned to Kings XI Punjab, also struggled but was only dropped for the final league stage game.
Defending Champions Mumbai Indians will have to take a call on Lasith Malinga. He missed IPL 2020 due to personal reasons or might be back in the auction pool if the team management doesn't release an overseas pacer. The rest off the franchises are not expected to make many changes.
Before that, Harbhajan Singh has confirmed his exit from Chennai Super Kings. The veteran spinner had first joined the Yellow Army in 2018 and played two seasons for them he had pulled out off IPL 2020.
