IPL 2017: Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen among big names without contracts

IPL 2017: Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen among big names without contracts

TNN | Dec 19, 2016, 01.45 PM IST

HIGHLIGHTS
In all, 63 cricketers, of which 28 are overseas players, have been released by the eight IPL franchises for the 2017 season
The board also confirmed that 140 players, including 44 overseas cricketers, have been retained
Rising Pune Supergiants released the maximum players (11), while Kings XI Punjab released the least (four)

NEW DELHI:

Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Eoin Morgan and Corey Anderson are among the big-ticket players to be without contracts ahead of the tenth season of the lndian Premier League (IPL).
In all, 63 cricketers, of which 28 are overseas players, have been released by the eight IPL franchises for the 2017 season, the BCCI confirmed in a release on Monday. The board also confirmed that 140 players, including 44 overseas cricketers, have been retained.
Rising Pune Supergiants released the maximum players (11), including Pietersen, Ishant Sharma and Irfan Pathan. Kings XI Punjab released the least (four), but one of those was Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson.

Pawan Negi, who made headlines at this year's player auction when he Delhi Daredevils snapped him up for a whopping Rs 8.5 crore from a base price of 30 lakh, has been released too.
The deadline for franchises to announce their squads and who they were offloading ahead of IPL 10 was December 16.

The following West Indians were retained by their franchises:

C Gayle,S Badree,D Bravo,S Narine, K Pollard,L Simmons ,A Russel, D Smith,C Brathwaite.

Players released were 

Jason Holder,  Jerome Taylor.

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