Pietersen, Negi released by IPL franchises

Kevin Pietersen, the Rising Pune Supergiants batsman, and Pawan Negi, the Delhi Daredevils allrounder, were among the high profile players released by the IPL franchises during the transfer window that ended on December 15.

Rising Pune Supergiants

Players released (11) Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Thisara Perera, RP Singh, Scott Boland, M Ashwin, Peter Handscomb, Saurabh Tiwary, Albie Morkel, George Bailey

Players retained (16) MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Steven Smith, Faf du Plessis, Mitchell Marsh, Ashok Dinda, Ankush Bains, Rajat Bhatia, Ankit Sharma, Ishwar Pandey, Adam Zampa, Jaskaran Singh, Baba Aparajith, Deepak Chahar, Usman Khawaja

Purse spent INR 469,000,000

Purse remaining INR 191,000,000

Gujarat Lions

Players released (8) Dale Steyn, Paras Dogra, Eklavya Dwivedi, Sarabjit Ladda, Pravin Tambe, Umang Sharma, Amit Mishra, Akshdeep Nath,

Players retained (16) Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Aaron Finch, Dwayne Smith, Dinesh Karthik, Dhawal Kulkarni, Praveen Kumar, Andrew Tye, Ishan Kishan, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivil Kaushik, Shadab Jakati, Jaydev Shah

Purse spent INR 516,500, 000

Purse remaining INR 143,500,000

Kings XI Punjab

Players released (4) Mitchell Johnson, Rishi Dhawan, Kyle Abbott, Farhaan Behardien

Players retained (19) David Miller, Manan Vohra, Axar Patel, Glenn Maxwell, Gurkeerat Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul …

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