Proteas fast bowler Anrich Nortje is among 27 players who have been retained by the eight existing IPL franchises for the 2022 season.

Overall, the franchises spent 269 Indian crore on the eight foreigners and 19 Indians (four uncapped).

Nortje was retained for 6.5 crore (around R13.8 million). In eight matches in this year’s IPL, he took 12 wickets at an average of 15.58, a strike rate of 15.1 and an economy rate of 6.16.

Retained players:
(Note: 1 crore = 10 million rupees = R2.1 million)

Royal Challengers Bangalore
Virat Kohli (Rs 15 cr)
Glenn Maxwell (Rs 11 cr)
Mohammed Siraj (Rs 7 cr)
Purse remaining: Rs 57 crores

Mumbai Indians
Rohit Sharma (Rs 16 cr)
Jasprit Bumrah (Rs 12 cr)
Suryakumar Yadav (Rs 8 cr)
Kieron Pollard (Rs 6 cr)
Purse remaining: Rs 48 crores

Punjab Kings
Mayank Agarwal (Rs 12 cr, 14 cr to be deducted from purse)
Arshdeep Singh (Rs 4 cr)
Purse remaining: Rs 72 crores

Sunrisers Hyderabad
Kane Williamson (Rs 14 cr)
Abdul Samad (Rs 4 cr)
Umran Malik (Rs 4 cr)
Purse remaining: Rs 68 crores

Chennai Super Kings
Ravindra Jadeja (Rs 16 cr)
MS Dhoni (Rs 12 cr)
Moeen Ali (Rs 8 cr)
Ruturaj Gaikwad (Rs 6 cr)
Purse remaining: 48 crores

Delhi Capitals
Rishabh Pant (Rs 16 cr)
Axar Patel (Rs 9 cr, 12 cr to be deducted from purse)
Prithvi Shaw (Rs 7.5, 8 cr to be deducted from purse)
Anrich Nortje (Rs 6.5 cr)
Purse remaining: Rs 47.5 crores

Kolkata Knight Riders
Andre Russell (12 cr, 16 cr to be deducted from purse)
Varun Chakravarthy (8 cr, 12 cr to be deducted from purse)
Venkatesh Iyer (8 cr)
Sunil Narine (6 cr)
Purse remaining: Rs 48 crores

Rajasthan Royals
Sanju Samson (Rs 14 cr)
Jos Buttler (Rs 10 cr)
Yashasvi Jaiswal (Rs 4cr)
Purse remaining: 62 crores