IPL 2018: Twitter Reacts To IPL Player Retention
Updated - 04 Jan 2018, 08:46 PM
The much-awaited player retention ahead of this month’s mega-auction for the Indian Premier League finally took place on Thursday (January 4).
Well, retentions were pretty on the expected lines, but there were also some big surprises from the eight franchises as they look to build a strong squad ahead of the eleventh season of the tournament. Defending champions Mumbai Indians have retained Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, and Jasprit Bumrah while Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained their talismanic skipper David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. The Hyderabad-based franchise, however, sprung a big surprise by not retaining their star opener Shikhar Dhawan.
VIVO #IPLRetention – @SunRisers retain @davidwarner31 and @BhuviOfficial #SRH #IPL pic.twitter.com/ho9QICsar1
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Similarly, Kolkata Knight Riders have surprisingly not retained Gautam Gambhir who led them to two IPL titles. Instead, the two-time winners have retained their highest wicket-taker Sunil Narine and Andre Russell who could not play the last season due to the ban he was serving for a doping violation.
VIVO #IPLRetention – @KKRiders retain @SunilPNarine74 and @Russell12A #KKR #IPL pic.twitter.com/lvehcf46LP
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals have retained just one player in the form of Australia skipper Steve Smith who had led Rising Pune Supergiant to the final last season. Kings XI Punjab have also retained only one player – Axar Patel. Chennai Super Kings, on the other hand, have retained MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, and Ravindra Jadeja while Delhi Daredevils have retained Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, and Shreyas Iyer.
VIVO #IPLRetention – @lionsdenkxip retain @akshar2026 #KXIP #IPL pic.twitter.com/cUiiBAQT9B
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
VIVO #IPLRetention – @ChennaiIPL retains @msdhoni, @ImRaina & @imjadeja #CSK #IPL pic.twitter.com/oReFnWRkPI
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
VIVO #IPLRetention – @mipaltan retains @ImRo45, @hardikpandya7 & @Jaspritbumrah93 #MI #IPL pic.twitter.com/PlrJ4qPDEy
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
VIVO #IPLRetention – @RCBTweets retain @imVkohli, @ABdeVilliers17 & Sarfaraz Khan #RCB #IPL pic.twitter.com/yq5D3Mb0ss
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
VIVO #IPLRetention – @rajasthanroyals retain @stevesmith49 #RR #IPL pic.twitter.com/ZSvwtpj9hy
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Some notable names who missed out on being retained are hard-hitting Australian Chris Lynn, Chris Gayle, Brendon McCullum, Yuzvendra Chahal among many others. Well, the team will have the option to buy some of their players at the auction with Right To Match (RTM) cards. According to the retention policy, the franchises can retain a maximum of five players by a combination of player retention and right-to-match (RTM) cards (during the auction).
Meanwhile, Twitter was quick to react to the player retention. Here are some of the reactions:
https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/948912100465717249
I am just happy that Delhi has retained Chris Morris. Plus, Ponting as coach is sone pe suhaga.
Now waiting for Gambhir's comeback to his home franchise as captain ?
— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) January 4, 2018
RCB retain Sarfaraz over Jadhav/Chahal. They think sarfaraz is gonna get more than 7cr in auction. Typical RCB ???
— ? (@LogicalBakwaas) January 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/The_Sleigher/status/948910794145644545
https://twitter.com/AllTimeBakchod/status/948909272628322305
https://twitter.com/AllTimeBakchod/status/948908751376936961
https://twitter.com/firkiii/status/948908953198456832
RCB not retaining Chris Gayle proves that only one pair of huge lips can be in Kohli's life at a time.
— billoo (@MohitParmarr) January 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/SmokingSkills_/status/948916527717330944
Shahrukh be Gautam Gambhir ki KKR leli.
— Kachra Peti (@kachra_peti) January 4, 2018
Sarfraz is a BIG surprise. Especially after he didn’t feature in a lot of games last season. #IPLRetention #RCB
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) January 4, 2018
Juhi Chawla: Is baar Gautam Gambhir ka kya karna hai?
Shahrukh: Uski to KKR lenge.
— Kachra Peti (@kachra_peti) January 4, 2018
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