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The Indian Premier League franchises announced their retentions ahead of the mini-auction in February before the 2021 season. There were some big players released as Rajasthan Royals bid farewell to captain Steve Smith, with Sanju Samson set to lead the team in the upcoming edition. Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell, Lasith Malinga and Chris Morris were among some of the other big names let go of by their respective teams. Defending champions Mumbai Indians released seven players while retaining a majority of their core that helped them win in 2020, while last year's finalists Delhi Capitals let go of five players.

Apart from players who were released, the first trades ahead of the 2021 season happened between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore with Daniel Sams and Harshal Patel heading to the Virat Kohli-led team.
Here is a look at how the squads look like after the player retentions for IPL 2021 were announced: Mumbai Indians Retained Players - Rohit Sharma, Quinton de Kock (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan (WK), Chris Lynn, Anmolpreet Singh, Saurabh Tiwary, Aditya Tare (WK), Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya, Krunal Pandya, Anukul Roy, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Rahul Chahar, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Mohsin Khan Released Players: Lasith Malinga, Mitch McClenaghan, James Pattinson, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Sherfane Rutherford, Prince Balwant Rai, Digivijay Deshmukh.

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