The eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League is making great news as the entire nation closely watches the retention of players by their respective franchises. Now when the Franchises have finally revealed the names of retained players, Twitter was quick to respond.
Twitter has exploded into reactions after the name of retained players were revealed by the team managements. Fans were keenly waiting for the news of retentions and were much excited about it but now all the speculations and assumptions have come to an end as the names have finally been revealed.
RCB
VIVO #IPLRetention – @RCBTweets retain @imVkohli, @ABdeVilliers17 & Sarfaraz Khan #RCB #IPL pic.twitter.com/yq5D3Mb0ss
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained Kohli, De Villiers and Sarfraz Khan as Gayle has been let off.
MI
VIVO #IPLRetention – @mipaltan retains @ImRo45, @hardikpandya7 & @Jaspritbumrah93 #MI #IPL pic.twitter.com/PlrJ4qPDEy
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Mumbai Indians went for Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Bumrah. Lasith Malinga has not been retained by the Mumbai Indians.
CSK
VIVO #IPLRetention – @ChennaiIPL retains @msdhoni, @ImRaina & @imjadeja #CSK #IPL pic.twitter.com/oReFnWRkPI
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Chennai Super Kings have retained MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja. Ravichandran Ashwin and DJ Bravo have been excluded from the list of retained players.
RR
VIVO #IPLRetention – @rajasthanroyals retain @stevesmith49 #RR #IPL pic.twitter.com/ZSvwtpj9hy
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Rajasthan Royals have only retained Steve Smith. Ajinkya Rahane has surprisingly not been retained by the Royals.
KXI Punjab and DD
VIVO #IPLRetention – @lionsdenkxip retain @akshar2026 #KXIP #IPL pic.twitter.com/cUiiBAQT9B
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Axar Patel has been retained by Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils have decided to retain Shreyas Iyer, Chris Morris and Rishab Pant. Amit Mishra and Mohammad Shami have not been retained by the Delhi Daredevils.
SRH
VIVO #IPLRetention – @SunRisers retain @davidwarner31 and @BhuviOfficial #SRH #IPL pic.twitter.com/ho9QICsar1
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad have retained David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan and Mohammad Siraj have not been retained by the Sunrisers.
KKR
VIVO #IPLRetention – @KKRiders retain @SunilPNarine74 and @Russell12A #KKR #IPL pic.twitter.com/lvehcf46LP
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 4, 2018
Kolkata Knight Riders have kept Andre Russel and Sunil Narine while captain Gautam Gambhir has been sacked.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
Juhi Chawla: Is baar Gautam Gambhir ka kya karna hai?
Shahrukh: Uski to KKR lenge.
— 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
Shahrukh be Gautam Gambhir ki KKR leli.
— Kachra Peti (@kachra_peti) January 4, 2018
*Metro*
Gambhir “Bhaiya thode udhar hona”
“Bhaisaab jagah nahi hai”
Gambhir “Idhar bhi”? ?
— IAS Smoking Skills (@Smokingskills07) January 4, 2018
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/firkiii/status/948908953198456832?
https://twitter.com/AllTimeBakchod/status/948908751376936961?
https://twitter.com/AllTimeBakchod/status/948909272628322305?
Mumbai and CSK only teams who have retained only Indian players. Only relevant teams in IPL. El Corruption bigger rivalry than El Clasico.
— rohit fan acc (@The_Sleigher) 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
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
https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/948912100465717249?
