Kedar Jadhav joins RCB, Yuvraj released

Batsman Kedar Jadhav has joined Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2016 Indian Premier League. “Royal Challengers Bangalore has acquired the services of Delhi Daredevils’ batsman Kedar Jhadav for Indian Premier League 2016,” said a BCCI statement. Meanwhile, Yuvraj Singh, Angelo Matthews, Dinesh Karthik, Dale Steyn, Ishant Sharma and Kevin Pietersen are some of the big names released by their IPL franchises as the deadline for the first trading window closed on Thursday. A total of 101 players were retained, while 61 were let go by the six franchises.

Released players

Delhi Daredevils: Yuvraj Singh, C.M. Gautam, Domnic Muthuswami, Jaydev Unadkat, K.K. Jiyaz, Srikar Bharat, Manoj Tiwary, Angelo Mathews, Gurinder Sandhu, Marcus Stoinis

Kings XI Punjab: Karanveer Singh, Parvinder Awana, Shivam Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Yogesh Golwalkar, George Bailey, Thisara Perera, Beuran Hendricks

Mumbai Indians: Aditya Tare, Abhimanyu Mithun, Pawan Suyal, Pragyan Ojha, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Alex Hales, Ben Hilfenhaus, Colin Munro, Josh Hazlewood

Sunrisers Hyderabad: Chama Milind, Hanuma Vihari, Ishant Sharma, Laxmi Shukla, Praveen Kumar, Padmanabhan Prasanth, Dale Steyn, Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara

RCB: Vijay Zol, Ashok Dinda, Dinesh Karthik, Iqbal Abdullah, Jalaj Saxena, Manvinder Bisla, Sandeep Warrier, Shishir Bhavane, S Badrinath, Yogesh Takawale, Nic Maddinson, Darren Sammy, Rilee Rossouw, Sean Abbott

KKR: V.P. Singh, Aditya Garhwal, K.C. Cariappa, Sumit Narwal, Vaibhav Rawal, Pat Cummins, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Neesham, Azhar Mahmood, Johan Botha