A total of 27 players were retained by the eight franchises. Here is the complete list:
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (16 crore), Jasprit Bumrah (12 crore), Suryakumar Yadav (8 crore), Kieron Pollard (6 crore)
Chennai Super Kings: Ravindra Jadeja (16 crore), MS Dhoni (12 crore), Ruturaj Gaikwad (8 crore), Moeen Ali (6 crore)
Delhi Capitals: Rishabh Pant (16 crore), Axar Patel (9 crore), Prithvi Shaw (7.5 crore), Anrich Nortje (6.5 crore)
Kolkata Knight Riders: Andre Russell (12 crore), Varun Chakaravarthy (8 crore), Venkatesh Iyer (8 crore), Sunil Narine (6 crore)
Rajasthan Royals: Sanju Samson (14 crore), Jos Buttler (10 crore) , Yashasvi Jaiswal (4 crore)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Virat Kohli (15 crore), Glenn Maxwell (11 crore), Mohammed Siraj (7 crore)
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Kane Williamson (14 crore), Abdul Samad (4 crore), Umran Malik (4 crore)
Punjab Kings: Mayank Agarwal (14 crore), Arshdeep Singh (4 crore)
Among the big names released are David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal and Rashid Khan. Here is a list of prominent names released from each franchise:
Chennai Super Kings: Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Suresh Raina, Deepak Chahar
Delhi Capitals: Shreyas Iyer, Avesh Khan, R Ashwin, Kagiso Rabada
Kolkata Knight Riders: Eoin Morgan, Shubman Gill, Dinesh Karthik, Lockie Ferguson
Mumbai Indians: Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar
Punjab Kings: KL Rahul, Ravi Bishnoi, Nicholas Pooran
Rajasthan Royals: Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Devdutt Padikkal, Harshal Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal
Sunrisers Hyderabad: David Warner, Jonny Bairstow, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar
--By A Cricket Correspondent