Times of Sports(TOS) listed the full list of players available for the IPL 2021 Auction. Days before on January 20 BCCI set the deadline for the IPL teams to announce their released players and retained players names.
RCB released 10 players, the most out of the eight teams. KXIP decided to end the contract for nine players. SRH had decided to retain a majority of its previous season’s squad, letting on five players go for auctions.
Some big names would be up for grabs at the auction that will take place in Chennai on February 18 after the second Test against England.
Players like Jason Roy and Steve Smith would be up for auctions along with stars like Glenn Maxwell and Tom Banton. While some players would in all probability fetch big, some will go unsold. That is the nature of the sport.
Franchises slots and Purse Value for IPL 2021
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| CSK | 18 | 7 | 62.1 | 22.9 | 7 | 1 |
| DC | 19 | 6 | 72.0982 | 12.9018 | 6 | 2 |
| KXIP | 16 | 3 | 31.8 | 53.2 | 9 | 5 |
| KKR | 17 | 6 | 74.25 | 10.75 | 8 | 2 |
| MI | 18 | 4 | 69.65 | 15.35 | 7 | 4 |
| RR | 17 | 5 | 50.15 | 34.85 | 8 | 3 |
| RCB | 12 | 4 | 49.1 | 35.9 | 13 | 4 |
| SRH | 22 | 7 | 74.25 | 10.75 | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 139 | 42 | 483.39 | 196.6 | 61 | 22 |
Players Available for IPL 2021 Auction
Kedar Jadhav, Murali Vijay, Piyush Chawla, Monu Singh, Alex Carey, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Sandeep Lamichhane, Mohit Sharma, Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell, Sheldon Cottrell, Mujeeb Zadran, Hardus Viljoen, James Neesham, Krishnappa Gowtham, Karun Nair, Jagadeesha Suchith, Tejinder Singh Dhillon, Chris Green, Harry Gurney, M Siddharth, Nikhil Naik, Siddhesh Lad, Tom Banton, Prince Balwant Rai, Digvijay Deshmukh, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Pattinson, Sherfane Rutherford, Mitchell McCleneghan, Steve Smith, Akash Singh, Anirudha Joshi, Ankit Rajpoot, Oshane Thomas, Shashank Singh, Tom Curran, Varun Aaron, Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Aaron Finch, Umesh Yadav, Moeen Ali, Parthiv Patel, Pawan Negi, Isuru Udana, Gurkeerat Mann, Billy Stanlake, Sandeep Bavanaka, Fabian Allen, Sanjay Yadav, Prithviraj Yarra.
The venue and dates for the tournament are not known as yet. BCCI has confirmed that it will try its best to make the tournament take place in India. IPL 13 took place in UAE after the pandemic did not allow the lucrative tournament to take place in India.
