IPL 2021: Schedule, Tickets, Starting Date, Auction, Teams, Venues, And Latest News

In this article, we enlist IPL 2021 schedule, IPL 2021 tickets, IPL 2021 starting date, IPL 2021 auction, IPL 2021 teams, IPL 2021 venues, and all the latest IPL 2021 news.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Sunday, released the IPL 2021 schedule wherein the tournament is slated to start from April 9 this year with the final taking place on May 30. For the entire tournament, a total of six venues have been shortlisted which will act as centres rather than venues.

• IPL 2021 Schedule With PDF
• IPL 2021 Tickets
• IPL 2021 Auction
• IPL 2021 Starting Date
• IPL 2021 Teams
• IPL 2021 Venues

All the games will be played behind closed doors as stated by the BCCI in its official press release. It has been informed by the BCCI that the board will only take a final decision on the entry of crowds in IPL 2021 in the latter stage of the tournament.

It has also been informed that there will be no home and away ground in IPL 2021 for any of the teams. The first match of the tournament will take place between Mumbai Indians (MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Chennai. The six venues that have been finalized are Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, and Kolkata.

The entire playoff and the final will take place in the newly-built world’s largest Cricket Stadium, the Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad. Out of the 56 league matches, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata & Bengaluru will host 10 matches each while Ahmedabad and Delhi will host 8 matches each.

11 doubleheader games will take place in total with the afternoon game starting at 3:30 pm IST and the evening game starting at 7:30 pm IST.

IPL 2021 Schedule With PDF

The IPL 2021 schedule has been released by the BCCI. As per the official IPL 2021 schedule, the tournament is all set to start from April 9 this year with the first match of the tournament taking place between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

The final of the tournament will take place on May 30. The Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad will host the IPL 2021 playoffs and the IPL 2021 final.

Find the complete IPL 2021 schedule below:

Here is the complete IPL 2021 schedule PDF.

Below is the complete team-wise IPL 2021 schedule:

Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Capitals

Kolkata Knight Riders

Mumbai Indians

Punjab Kings

Rajasthan Royals

Royal Challengers Bangalore

SunRisers Hyderabad

IPL 2021 Tickets

The IPL 2021 tickets will not be on sale initially in IPL 2021. It has been informed by the BCCI that their first priority will be players’ safety and hence they have opted to conduct IPL 2021 behind closed doors initially.

The BCCI has also informed that any decision regarding the entry of fans will be taken at a later stage of the tournament. However, with the recent outburst of COVID-19 cases in the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2021), which eventually led to its suspension, the BCCI is likely to keep the entire IPL 2021 behind closed doors and hence the IPL 2021 tickets will not go on sale.

IPL 2021 Auction

The IPL 2021 auction took place in a grand fashion on February 18 this year in Chennai. A total of 1114 players had sent in their name for the IPL 2021 auction out of which, the BCCI finalized a total of 292 names for the auction this year.

On the auction day, a total of 130 players were called out in the IPL 2021 auction, out of which 57 players were sold while 73 players remained unsold. Chris Morris grabbed the highest-ever IPL auction bid as the Rajasthan Royals bought him for INR 16.25 Crores.

Below is the complete list of players who were finalized by the BCCI for the IPL 2021 auction:

• Aaron Finch
• Alex Hales
• Evin Lewis
• Karun Nair
• Jason Roy
• Steve Smith
• Hanuma Vihari
• Shakib Al Hasan
• Moeen Ali
• Shivam Dube
• Kedar Jadhav
• Dawid Malan
• Glenn Maxwell
• Chris Morris
• Sam Billings
• Alex Carey
• Kusal Perera
• Glenn Phillips
• Sheldon Cottrell
• Nathan Coulter‐Nile
• Adam Milne
• Mustafizur Rahman
• Jhye Richardson
• Umesh Yadav
• Qais Ahmad
• Piyush Chawla
• Mujeeb Ur Rahman
• Adil Rashid
• Rahul Sharma
• Harbhajan Singh
• Ish Sodhi
• Sachin Baby
• Rahul Gahlaut
• C.Hari Nishaanth
• Rajat Patidar
• Himanshu Rana
• Himmat Singh
• Vishnu Solanki
• Ayush Badoni
• K Gowtham
• Venkatesh Iyer
• Shahrukh Khan
• Ripal Patel
• Atit Sheth
• Vivek Singh
• Mohammed Azharuddeen
• Avi Barot
• Kedar Devdhar
• Sheldon Jackson
• Vishnu Vinod
• Tushar Deshpande
• Riley Meredith
• Lukman Hussain Meriwala
• Ankit Singh Rajpoot
• Chetan Sakariya
• KuldeepSen
• Mujtaba Yousuf
• Tejas Baroka
• K.C Cariappa
• Sandeep Lamichhane
• M Siddharth
• Karanveer Singh
• Jagadeesha Suchith
• Midhun Sudhesan
• Corey Anderson
• Darren Bravo
• Devon Conway
• Martin Guptill
• Shaun Marsh
• Rovman Powell
• Cheteshwar Pujara
• Rassie Van Der Dussen
• Tom Curran
• Ben Cutting
• Moises Henriques
• Kyle Jamieson
• Marnus Labuschagne
• Pawan Negi
• Gurkeerat Singh
• Mitchell McClenaghan
• Varun Aaron
• Jason Behrendorff
• Mohit Sharma
• Billy Stanlake
• Oshane Thomas
• Finn Allen
• Harpreet Bhatia
• Shivam Chauhan
• Naushad Shaikh
• Pratham Singh
• Apoorv Wankhade
• Atharva Ankolekar
• Prayas Barman
• Jalaj Saxena
• Karan Sharma
• Utkarsh Singh
• R Sonu Yadav
• Dhruv Jurel
• Arun Karthick
• Nikhil Naik
• Smit Patel
• K.L Shrijith
• Wesley Agar
• Vaibhav Arora
• Akash Deep
• Ben Dwarshuis
• Ali Khan
• Kulwant Khejroliya
• Arzan Nagwaswalla
• G Periyasamy
• Akash Singh
• Prithviraj Yarra
• Noor Ahmad Lakanwal
• Karthik Meiyappan
• Prince Balwant Rai
• Pardeep Sahu
• Sagar Udeshi
• Kushaal Wadhwani
• Akshay Wakhare
• Fabian Allen
• Daniel Christian
• Colin De Grandhomme
• Liam Livingstone
• Thisara Perera
• Mohammad Shaifuddin
• David Willey
• Matthew Wade
• Ben Duckett
• Sean Abbott
• Matt Henry
• Chemar Holder
• Alzarri Joseph
• Obed Mccoy
• Liam Plunkett
• Tim Southee
• Rajesh Bishnoi
• Abhimanyu Easwaran
• Rohan Kadam
• Amandeep Khare
• Siddhesh Lad
• Mohammed Taha
• Khrievitso Kense
• Prerak Mankad
• Shams Mulani
• Ansh Patel
• Suyash Prabhudessai
• Parth Sahani
• Ankit Sharma
• Dhruv Shorey
• K.S Bharat
• Josh Inglis
• Aryan Juyal
• Sadiq Kirmani
• Rohit Sharma
• Sandeep Kumar Tomar
• Stephen Cheepurupalli
• Aniket Choudhary
• Mukesh Choudhary
• Nathan Ellis
• Sayan Ghosh
• Ronit More
• M Nidheesh
• M Harisankar Reddy
• Simarjeet Singh
• Kuldip Yadav
• Zeeshan Ansari
• Jon Russ Jaggesar
• Kevin Koththigoda
• Tanveer Sangha
• Maheesh Theekshan
• Vijayakanth Viyaskanth
• Lewis Gregory
• Wanindu Hasaranga
• Karim Janat
• Scott Kuggeleijn
• James Neesham
• Wayne Parnell
• Keemo Paul
• Dushmanta Chameera
• Fidel Edwards
• Beuran Hendricks
• Abhimanyu Mithun
• Reece Topley
• Saahil Jain
• Subhranshu Senapati
• Ravi Thakur
• Jake Weatherald
• Shubham Agrawal
• Rajjakuddin Ahmed
• Baba Aparajith
• George Garton
• Chris Green
• Kartik Kakade
• Shoaib Khan
• Dhruv Patel
• Latest Kumar Patel
• Arjun Tendulkar
• Varun Choudhary
• Prathamesh Dake
• Baltej Dhanda
• Brendan Doggett
• Saurabh Dubey
• Fazalhaq Farooqi
• Matt Kelly
• Chama Milind
• Jayden Seales
• Mark Steketee
• Tanveer Ul Haq
• Carlos Brathwaite
• Rishi Dhawan
• Mohammad Mahmud Ullah
• Andile Phehlukwayo
• Sherfane Rutherford
• Dasun Shanaka
• Isuru Udana
• Jacob Duffy
• Daryn Dupavillon
• Shannon Gabriel
• Morne Morkel
• Joel Paris
• Blair Tickner
• Subodh Bhati
• Jay Bista
• Aamir Gani
• Karanveer Kaushal
• Anustup Majumdar
• Dikshanshu Negi
• Kshitiz Sharma
• Shubham Singh
• Shashank Singh
• Milind Tandon
• Ravi Bopara
• George Linde
• Kyle Mayers
• Daryl Mitchell
• Colin Munro
• Dwaine Pretorius
• Romario Shepherd
• Sandeep Bavanaka
• Chaitanya Bishnoi
• Arun Chaprana
• Yudhvir Charak
• Ajay Dev Goud
• Umran Malik
• Ravi Teja Telukupalli
• Tanay Thyagarajan
• N.Tilak Varma
• K.Bhagath Varma
• Stuart Binny
• Hilton Cartwright
• James Faulkner
• Akeal Hosein
• Parvez Rasool
• David Wiese
• Jack Wildermuth
• Arshdeep Brar
• Digvijay Deshmukh
• Aakarshit Gomel
• Anirudha Joshi
• Azim Kazi
• Rahul Singh
• Ajay T
• Harsh Tyagi
• Nachiket Bhute
• Josh Clarkson
• Gerald Coetzee
• Tim David
• Deeparaj Gaonkar
• Aaron Hardie
• Marco Jansen
• Nathan McAndrew
• M Mohammed
• Govinda Poddar
• Pratyush Singh
• Jacques Snyman

Below is the complete list of players sold in the IPL 2021 auction:

Steve Smith – Delhi Capitals – ₹2.2 Crore

Glenn Maxwell – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹14.25 crore

Shakib Al Hasan – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹3.2 Crore

Moeen Ali – Chennai Super Kings – ₹7 crore

Shivam Dube – Rajasthan Royals – ₹4.4 crore

Chris Morris – Rajasthan Royals – ₹16.25 crore

Dawid Malan – Punjab Kings – ₹1.5 crore

Mustafizur Rahman – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1 crore

Adam Milne – Mumbai Indians – ₹3.2 crore

Nathan Coulter-Nile – Mumbai Indians – ₹5 crore

Jhye Richardson – Punjab Kings – ₹14 crore

Umesh Yadav – Delhi Capitals – ₹1 cr

Piyush Chawla – Mumbai Indians – ₹2.4 crore

Sachin Baby – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh

Rajat Patidar – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh

Ripal Patel – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh

Shahrukh Khan – Punjab Kings – ₹5.25 crore

K Gowtham – Chennai Super Kings – ₹9.25 crore

Vishnu Vinod – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh

Sheldon Jackson – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh

Mohammed Azharuddeen – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh

Lukman Meriwala – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh

Chetan Sakariya – Rajasthan Royals – ₹1.2 crore

Riley Meredith – Punjab Kings – ₹8 crore

M Siddharth – Delhi Capitals – ₹20 lakh

Jagadeesha Suchith – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹30 lakh

KC Cariappa – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh

Cheteshwar Pujara – Chennai Super Kings – ₹50 lakh

Kyle Jamieson – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹15 crore

Tom Curran – Delhi Capitals – ₹5.25 crore

Moises Henriques – Punjab Kings – ₹4.2 crore

Utkarsh Singh – Punjab Kings – ₹20 lakh

Jalaj Saxena – Punjab Kings – ₹30 lakh

Vaibhav Arora – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh

Fabian Allen – Punjab Kings – ₹75 lakh

Daniel Christian – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹4.8 crore

Liam Livingstone – Rajasthan Royals – ₹75 lakh

Suyash Prabhudessai – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh

KS Bharat – Royal Challengers Bangalore – ₹20 lakh

M Harisankar Reddy – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh

Kuldip Yadav – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh

James Neesham – Mumbai Indians – ₹50 lakh

Yudhvir Charak – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh

K Bhagath Varma – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh

Marco Jansen – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh

Saurabh Kumar – Punjab Kings – ₹20 lakh

Karun Nair – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹50 lakh

Kedar Jadhav – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹2 crore

Sam Billings – Delhi Capitals – ₹2 crore

Mujeeb Ur Rahman – Sunrisers Hyderabad – ₹1.5 crore

Harbhajan Singh – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹2 crore

C Hari Nishanth – Chennai Super Kings – ₹20 lakh

Ben Cutting – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹75 lakh

Venkatesh Iyer – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹20 lakh

Pawan Negi – Kolkata Knight Riders – ₹50 lakh

Akash Singh – Rajasthan Royals – ₹20 lakh

Arjun Tendulkar – Mumbai Indians – ₹20 lakh

Complete List Of Unsold Players In The IPL 2021 Auction

Alex Hales (Base price INR 1.50 crore)

Jason Roy (Base price INR 2 crore)

Evin Lewis (Base price INR 1 crore)

Aaron Finch (Base price INR 1 crore)

Hanuma Vihari (Base price INR 1 crore)

Glenn Phillips (Base price 50 lac)

Alex Carey (Base price 1.50 crore)

Kusal Perera (Base price INR 50 lac)

Sheldon Cottrell (Base price INR 1 crore)

Adil Rashid (Base price INR 1.50 crore)

Rahul Sharma (Base price INR 50 lac)

Ish Sodhi (Base price INR 50 lac)

Qais Ahmad (Base price 50 lac)

Himanshu Rana (Base price INR 20 lac)

Gahlaut Singh (Base price INR 20 lac)

Atit Sheth (Base price INR 20 lac)

Himmat Singh (Base price INR 20 lac)

Vishnu Solanki (Base price INR 20 lac)

Ayush Badoni (Base price INR 20 lac)

Vivek Singh (Base price INR 20 lac)

Avi Barot (Base price INR 20 lac)

Kedar Devdhar (Base price INR 20 lac)

Ankit Rajpoot (Base price INR 30 lac)

Mujtaba Yousuf (Base price INR 20 lac)

Kuldeep Sen (Base price INR 20 lac)

Tushar Deshpande (Base price INR 20 lac)

Karanveer Singh (Base price INR 20 lac)

Sandeep Lamichhane (Base price INR 40 lac)

Sudhesan Midhun (Base price INR 20 lac)

Tejas Baroka (Base price INR 20 lac)

Rovman Powell (Base price INR 50 lac)

Shaun Marsh (Base price INR 1.50 crore)

Corey Anderson (Base price INR 75 lac)

Devon Conway (Base price INR 50 lac)

Darren Bravo (Base price INR 75 lac)

Rassie van der Dussen (Base price INR 50 lac)

Martin Guptill (Base price INR 50 lac)

Gurkeerat Singh (Base price INR 50 lac)

Marnus Labuschagne (Base price INR 1 crore)

Varun Aaron (Base price INR 50 lac)

Oshane Thomas (Base price INR 50 lac)

Mohit Sharma (Base price INR 50 lac)

Billy Stanlake (Base price INR 1 crore)

Mitchell McClenaghan (Base price INR 50 lac)

Jason Behrendorff (Base price INR 1 crore)

Naveen Ul Haq (Base price INR 50 lac)

Karan Sharma (Base price INR 20 lac)

KL Shrijith (Base price INR 20 lac)

Ben Dwarshuis (Base price INR 30 lac)

G Periyasamy (Base price INR 30 lac)

Thisara Perera (Base price INR 50 lac)

Ben McDermott (Base price INR 50 lac)

Matthew Wade (Base price INR 1 crore)

Sean Abbott (Base price INR 50 lac)

Siddhesh Lad (Base price INR 20 lac)

Tajinder Singh (Base price INR 20 lac)

Prerak Mankad (Base price INR 20 lac)

Josh Inglis (Base price INR 20 lac)

Simarjeet Singh (Base price INR 20 lac)

Scott Kuggeleijn (Base price INR 50 lac)

Wayne Parnell (Base price INR 50 lac)

Reece Topley (Base price INR 50 lac)

Chris Green (Base price INR 30 lac)

Isuru Udana (Base price INR 50 lac)

George Linde (Base price INR 50 lac)

Chaitanya Bishnoi (Base price INR 20 lac)

Ajay Dev Goud (Base price INR 20 lac)

Jack Wildermuth (Base price INR 50 lac)

Harsh Tyagi (Base price INR 20 lac)

Gerald Coetzee (Base price INR 20 lac)

Tim David (Base price INR 20 lac)

Pratyush Singh (Base price INR 20 lac)

IPL 2021 Starting Date

The IPL 2021 starting date is April 9 this year. It was informed by the BCCI in a press release on Sunday that the tournament will start from April 09 this year. The first match of the tournament will take place between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. The first match will start at 07:30 pm IST and the afternoon games will start at 03:30 pm IST.

The last time these two teams faced off each other, Mumbai Indians won the tie. However, in the same edition last year, Royal Challengers Bangalore had beaten them in the first match between the two teams in IPL 2020.

IPL 2021 Teams

A total of 8 teams will participate in this year’s IPL. The teams are Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and SunRisers Hyderabad.

All 8 teams have a total of 8 foreign players in their squad. Punjab Kings went into the IPL 2021 auction with the highest budget of INR 53.20 Crores.

Complete Squads Of All The 8 Teams In IPL 2021:

Chennai Super Kings

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Faf Du Plessis, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Narayanan Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, R Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, KM Asif.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Krishnappa Gowtham, Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: MS Dhoni (c), Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Dwayne Bravo, Sam Curran, Faf Du Plessis, Deepak Chahar, Josh Hazlewood, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Narayanan Jagadeesan, Lungi Ngidi, Shardul Thakur, Ambati Rayudu, R Sai Kishore, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Imran Tahir, KM Asif, Krishnappa Gowtham, Moeen Ali, Cheteshwar Pujara, Harishankar Reddy, Bhagath Verma, C Hari Nishanth.

Delhi Capitals

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes.

Traded: Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel to Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: Shreyas Iyer (c), Rishabh Pant, Shikhar Dhawan, Prithvi Shaw, Ishant Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ajinkya Rahane, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Avesh Khan, Marcus Stoinis, Shimron Hetmyer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Praveen Dubey, Lalit Yadav, Chris Woakes, Steve Smith, Umesh Yadav, Ripal Patel, Vishnu Vinod, Lukman Meriwala, M Siddharth, Tom Curran, Sam Billings.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: Eoin Morgan (c), Dinesh Karthik, Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Rinku Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Harbhajan Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.

Singh, Rahul Tripathi, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Kuldeep Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Warrier, Shivam Mavi, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Tim Seifert, Sunil Narine Shakib Al Hasan, Sheldon Jackson, Harbhajan Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Karun Nair, Ben Cutting, Venkatesh Iyer, Pawan Negi.

Mumbai Indians

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: Rohit Sharma, Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Chris Lynn, Amolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Singh, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: Rohit Sharma (c), Quinton De Kock, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Chris Lynn, Amolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare, Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan, Adam Milne, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Piyush Chawla, James Neesham, Yudhvir Singh, Marco Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar.

Punjab Kings

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Fabian Allen.

Complete squad in the IPL 2021 auction: KL Rahul (c), Chris Gayle, Mayank Agarwal, Nicholas Pooran, Mandeep Singh, Sarfaraz Khan, Deepak Hooda, Prabhsimran Singh, Mohammed Shami, Chris Jordan, Darshan Nalkande, Ravi Bishnoi, Murugan Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Brar, Ishan Porel, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Dawid Malan, Shahrukh Khan, Moises Henriques, Jalaj Saxena, Utkarsh Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Fabian Allen.

Rajasthan Royals

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra.

Traded: Robin Uthappa to Chennai Super Kings.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Jos Buttler, Riyan Parag, Shreyas Gopal, Rahul Tewatia, Mahipal Lomror, Kartik Tyagi, Andrew Tye, Jaydev Unadkat, Mayank Markande, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Anuj Rawat, David Miller, Manan Vohra Chris Morris, Shivam Dube, Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, KC Cariappa, Liam Livingstone, Kuldip Yadav, Akash Singh.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Daniel Christian, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: Virat Kohli (c), AB De Villiers, Yuzvendra Chahal, Devdutt Padikkal, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj, Kane Richardson, Adam Zampa, Josh Philippe, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pavan Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Harshal Patel, Kyle Jamieson, Glenn Maxwell, Sachin Baby, Rajat Patidar, Daniel Christian, Mohammed Azharuddeen, Suyash Prabhudessai, KS Bharat.

SunRisers Hyderabad

Retained players ahead of the IPL 2021 auction: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem.

Players bought in the IPL 2021 auction: Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith.

Complete squad after the IPL 2021 auction: David Warner (c), Kane Williamson, Manish Pandey, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Vijay Shankar, Mohammad Nabi, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Sandeep Sharma, Khaleel Ahmed, Siddharth Kaul, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Nadeem, Kedar Jadhav, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Jagadeesha Suchith.

IPL 2021 Venues

The BCCI has shortlisted a total of 6 different venues for IPL 2021. The six IPL 2021 venues are Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, and Delhi. The BCCI has decided not to include any home or away venue this year, keeping in mind the bio-bubble protocols for COVID-19.

As far as the playoffs are concerned, the entire IPL 2021 playoffs and the final of the tournament will take place in the newly-built Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. There will be no crowds this year in IPL 2021 as the BCCI has planned to stage the entire IPL 2021 behind closed doors. The BCCI has informed that any decision on involving the crowds in IPL 2021 at a later stage in IPL 2021.