IPL 2018: Teams and their budgets ahead of Auction

Jan.27 (CRICKETNMORE) - In the IPL 2018 Auction to be held in Bangalore today, each of the eight sides must choose how to spend what remains of their 80 crore budget on a minimum of 18, or maximum 25, players (eight overseas, with only four allowed in any match-day XI).

Here are the budgets for each IPL team for the auction - and the top players they could sign.

Chennai Super Kings: 47 crore rupees

Retained: Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni

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Mumbai Indians: 47 crore rupees

Retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah

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Delhi Daredevils: 47 crore rupees

Retained: Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore: 49 crore rupees

Retained: Virat Kohli, Sarfaraz Khan, AB de Villiers.

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Kolkata Knight Riders: 59 crore rupees

Retained: Andre Russell, Sunil Narine.

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Kings XI Punjab: 67.5 crore rupees

Retained: Axar Patel.

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Rajasthan Royals: 67.5 crore rupees

Retained: Steve Smith.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad: 59 crore rupees

Retained: Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner

*once retained players have been deducted

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Sahir