IPL 2023: The Most Awaited Cricketing Event of the Year

The most popular and difficult T20 league in the world is set to begin on 31^st March 2023. The 16^th edition of the Indian Premier League will bring some major changes in the playing conditions. The first match of IPL 2023 is set to be played between Thala’s Chennai Super Kings and Hardik’s Gujarat Giants at Narendra Modi Stadium. The first 15 editions of this tournament have been exceptional for India and other cricketing nations as well. The wait is finally over as we’re getting into the cricketing season, where lots of battles, hardships, wins, and defeats are coming your way.

Many would argue that BBL, PSL, and many more leagues are better and more productive than IPL. But we would say that it’s all baseless arguments because the diversity that IPL promotes is just beyond imagination. IPL 2023 is packed with reputed players from Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, Afghanistan, and so.

Moving further in this blog, we will cover every point that can help you to understand more about IPL 2023. We will talk about the IPL 2023 Auction, retained and purchased players, injured and backup players, and most importantly, the upgrades in this edition.

So, we have separated this blog into 5 sections. In the first section, we will speak about the IPL 2023 Auction. In the second section, we will name all the retained players from different teams. The third will cover all the buys from different teams. In the fourth section, we will cover all the injuries that might ruin the party for many franchises out there. And finally, the fifth one will cover the modifications in the rules in IPL 2023. So, let’s get started.

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IPL 2023 Auction Date

The TATA IPL 2023 Auction Date was decided to take place on 22^nd and 23^rd December 2022. Out of hundreds of blokes, only 80 players were sold, and a total of 1,67,00,00,000 was spent collectively amongst the 10 franchises. There’s no doubt that IPL has always been dominated by the all-rounders, and this year brought nothing new to surprise the viewers and fans. Foreign all-rounders dominated the IPL 2023 auction with a bang. The intense bidding rallies and intriguing brain games were just the beginning of what we are going to witness in TATA IPL 2023.

The highlight of this auction was the dominance of foreign all-rounders. Sam Curran, the all-rounder from, appears to be the show stealer. He bagged the topmost bid of INR 18.50 Crores and became the most expensive player in the history of IPL. He is set to return to Punjab Kings, as the franchise will be hoping for a great performance from Sam. On the other hand, Ben Stokes and Cameron Green also joined the party after being bought by Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians for INR 16.25 Crores and INR 17.50 Crores, respectively. Apart from this, England’s Harry Brook showed promising results during his very short period in International Cricket. As a result of this, the young bloke has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Hence, these are the main highlights of the TATA IPL 2023 Auction.

Retained Players in TATA IPL 2023

Retaining the best talents has always been one of the major factors for teams to outperform every other competitor out there. We’ve seen what trust and transparency between franchises and players can produce in IPL. Players like Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, AB De Villiers, Rohit Sharma, Surya Kumar, MS Dhoni, Rashid Khan, and many more have given promising output to their respective franchises previously. Although Virat’s RCB has never won the trophy of IPL, the amount of entertainment this team has delivered throughout all the editions of IPL is just beyond imagination.

Let’s see the Retained Players of all franchises ahead of TATA IPL 2023

IPL 2023 Chennai Super Kings Retained Players

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ambati Rayudu, Moeen Ali*, Deepak Chahar, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Subhranshu Senapati, Simarjeet Singh, Devon Conway*, Dwaine Pretorius*, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Maheesh Theekshana*, Prashant Solanki, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, and Mitchell Santner

IPL 2023 Delhi Capitals Retained Players

Rishab Pant, Anrich Nortje*, Axar Patel, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal, David Warner*, Kuldeep Yadav, Chetan Sakariya, Ripal Patel, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Rovman Powell*, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh*, Pravin Dubey, Mustafizur Rahman, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi*, and Kamlesh Nagarkoti

IPL 2023 Gujarat Titans Retained Players

Hardik Pandya, Shubman Gill, Alzarri Joseph*, B. Sai Sudharsan, David Miller*, Jayant Yadav, Rashid Khan*, Yash Dayal, Noor Ahmad*, Wriddhiman Saha, Mohammad Shami, Rahul Tewatia, Darshan Nalkande, Abhinav Sadarangani, Matthew Wade*, R. Sai Kishore, and Vijay Shankar

IPL 2023 Kolkata Knight Riders Retained Players

Andre Russell*, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer, Harshit Rana, Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine*, Lockie Ferguson*, Nitish Rana, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz*, Umesh Yadav, and Anukul Roy

IPL 2023 Lucknow Super Giants Retained Players

KL Rahul, Ravi Bishnoi, Kyle Mayers*, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Ayush Badoni, Marcus Stoinis*, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Hooda, K. Gowtham, Mark Wood*, Quinton De Kock*, Mohsin Khan, and Manan Vohra.

IPL 2023 Mumbai Indians Retained Players

Rohit Sharma, Tim David*, Arjun Tendulkar, Ishan Kishan, Jofra Archer*, Ramandeep Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Dewald Brevis*, Tristan Stubbs*, Hrithik Shokeen, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Jason Behrendorff*, N. Tilak Verma, Jasprit Bumrah, and Kumar Kartikeya Singh

IPL 2023 Punjab Kings Retained Players

Shikhar Dhawan, Nathan Ellis*, Prabhsimran Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Shahrukh Khan, Jonny Bairstow*, Jitesh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Liam Livingstone, Raj Angad Bawa, Rishi Dhawan, Baltej Singh Dhanda, Bhanuka Rajapakse*, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Brar, and Arshdeep Singh

IPL 2023 Rajasthan Royals Retained Players

Jos Buttler*, R. Ashwin, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Obed Mccoy*, Yuzvendra Chahal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Trent Boult*, Navdeep Saini, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer*, K.C Cariappa, Kuldeep Sen, Prasidh Krishna, and Kuldip Yadav

IPL 2023 Royal Challengers Bangalore Retained Players

Virat Kohli, Faf Du Plessis, Dinesh Karthik, Finn Allen*, Mahipal Lomror, Wanindu Hasaranga*, Harshal Patel, Glenn Maxwell*, Akash Deep, David Willey*, Siddharth Kaul, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Josh Hazlewood*, Karn Sharma, Mohammad Siraj, Shahbaz Ahamad, and Suyash Prabhudessai

IPL 2023 Sunrisers Hyderabad Retained Players

Aiden Markram*, Abdul Samad, T.Natarajan, Glenn Phillips*, Kartik Tyagi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Marco Jansen*, Rahul Tripathi, Umran Malik, Washington Sundar, and Abhishek Sharma

So, this is the list of TATA IPL 2023 Retained Players. Moving further, we will highlight the lucky blokes who got an opportunity to share the dressing room and dug-outs with all Indian and Foreign Cricketers.

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All Buys in IPL 2023 Auction

Almost every team released a bunch of players with the hope of purchasing the best blokes among the active and available players. There’s no doubt that franchises can go to their maximum extent in order to buy a specific player. This section is all about the TATA IPL 2023 mini-auction, where a total of 80 players, including 29 overseas stars, were sold. Below is the classification of all the sold players as per their respective teams.

Chennai Super Kings

Delhi Capitals

Gujarat Titans

Kolkata Knight Riders

Lucknow Super Giants

Mumbai Indians

Punjab Kings

Rajasthan Royals

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Pheewwww! Looks like the TATA IPL Auction 2023 brought every team to a stage where they are ready to give some serious competition to their rivals starting from 31^st March 2023. Many teams are also facing the wrath of fate as many players from the different franchises are injured, which is creating concerns for the teams and their journey in this 16^th edition of TATA IPL 2023.

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Injured Players Ahead IPL 2023

Several key players have already been ruled out of TATA IPL 2023. Almost every affected Franchise is trying and making all the possible efforts to find the best replacement for these players. Below are some of the key players that are going to miss the TATA IPL 2023.

• Will Jacks – Royal Challengers Bangalore
  The English Batsman picked up an injury while touring Bangladesh. New Zealand’s Michael Bracewell has been replaced and added to the squad.
  
• Jonny Bairstow – Punjab Kings
  Jonny Bairstow was doing exceptionally fine till he was playing Cricket. One of the most impact players in IPL got injured in September 2022 while playing Golf. Yes, Jonny was playing golf when he got injured, and since then, he has not played any competitive cricket. The franchise has decided to replace him with Australian Bloke Matthew Short, who was also named and awarded the Player of the Tournament in the 2022/23 Big Bash League.
  
• Rajat Patidar – Royal Challengers Bangalore
  The Tournament hasn’t started yet, but RCB is facing some serious blows. Their limelight player of the previous season is now ruled out of the first half of TATA IPL 2023. A heel injury is restricting him from playing, and he will only be available in the second half if the MRI scans turn out to be in his favor.
  
• Rishab Pant – Delhi Capitals
  Well, everyone knows why Rishab Pant is set to miss the entire edition of TATA IPL 2023. The tragic car crash has put the Skipper out of action well beyond the IPL 2023. Like KKR, DC will miss their regular full-time captain, and to gather the blokes ahead of the season, the franchise has appointed David Warner as their New Caption for this season.
  
• Kyle Jamieson – Chennai Super Kings
  Chennai Super Kings bought Kylie Jamieson for INR 1 Crore in TATA IPL Mini-Auction 2023, and they never thought that their probable key asset would miss this edition because of injuries. Kylie has sustained a stress fracture in the back which will require surgery, causing him to be out of action for the next few months. On the contrary, the franchise has been smart to rope in Sisanda Magala as a replacement for Kylie Jamieson. He is a fast seam-up bowler with equal proficiency in both powerplay and death overs.
  
• Jasprit Bumrah – Mumbai Indians
  Mumbai Indians will miss their key bowler and yorker specialist as he continues his long injury lay-off. Hopefully, Jofra Archer will deliver for Mumbai Indians.
  
• Jhye Richardson- Mumbai Indians
  The Luck is not that favorable to Mumbai this year. With Bumrah missing the entire edition of TATA IPL 2023, Jhye Richardson is also going to miss this season. The fast bowler underwent shoulder surgery back in 2019, and now his fate is costing him this season because Hamstring Surgery will keep him out of the action for a long time.
  
• Mukesh Chaudhary – Chennai Super Kings
  Another Blow to Chennai Super Kings as their find of the previous season is unclear about this year’s participation. The left-arm pacer impressed every expert and fan out there by taking 16 wickets in IPL 2022. However, the back injury has forced him to undergo treatment at the NCA. There has been no formal announcement, but CSK’s CEO Kasi Viswanathan said: “We are waiting on Mukesh, but at the same time, we do not have much hope”.
  
• Mohsin Khan – Lucknow Super Giants
  Another Left-Arm Pacer who impressed everyone with his line and length throughout the tournament is set to miss the TATA IPL 2023. Mohsin Khan finished the campaign with the tag of second most economical bowler in the previous season. The same year, he faced an unwelcome situation where he went to undergo surgery to remove blood clots in his left shoulder. Although he has been batting in the nets, it is hard to predict when he will wear his spikes again for Lucknow Super Giants.
  
• Shreyas Iyer – Kolkata Knight Riders
  The most dependable asset of Kolkata Knight Riders is very much in the middle of nowhere. The skipper has some serious back issues, which can cost him not only the TATA IPL 2023 but the final of WTC as well. In his absence, Nitish Rana is set to lead KKR in the edition.

New Season, New Rules of IPL 2023

The 16^th edition of TATA IPL is going to be entirely different and competitive from the previous ones. Some key changes are surely going to add more intensity and opportunities to the game. Given below are the two biggest changes in the history of this tournament that the board has announced.

Impact Player Rule

This rule might turn out to be the game-changer in the TATA IPL 2023 season. The impact player rule has been tried and tested in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, and it was originally imported from the Big Bash League. Here, the law says that teams can change their one player in the middle of the game as per the gaming conditions. Some might find this rule a bizarre thing for the game, and some might see this as an upgradation to bring more excitement and match awareness among viewers and players, respectively.

The Impact Player can be Introduced at the following stages of the Game.
– Before the Start of the Innings
– Before the Beginning of the New Over
– When a Wicket Falls
– When a Batsman Retires

No Team Announcement at the Toss

Yes, now the fantasy players have to wait for some more time and make two separate teams keeping the toss factor in mind because that will be done by the captains too. Here, captains have no need to announce their playing XI as they can nullify the toss advantage by crafting their team as per the toss results. They will be required to file 5 substitutes; out of those 5 substitutes, they will be allowed to choose any one player as an impact sub during the game.

DRS Calls

The third and foremost change that will finally be implemented in TATA IPL 2023 is DRS Calls. We have seen teams losing by the barest of margins, and it even hurts more when the umpire gives a bizarre decision. Moving forward in IPL 2023, teams will be given an opportunity to reverse the on-field decision given by the umpire. No, No, No, we are not talking about a Wicket, DRS will now be applicable for No-Balls and Wide Balls. This means captains will have to choose their reviews more wisely than ever before.

Therefore, these are some of the new and magnified rules and regulations that are going to bring more hustle, excitement, and of course, entertainment to TATA IPL 2023. Who would’ve thought at the time of the IPL 2023 Auction that players would have more leverage? But it is finally happening in this year’s edition. Which team are you supporting this year? Comment below! Stay Tuned for more such informative blogs.