RCB Release Yuvraj, DD Karthik

Mumbai: Including KP, Karthik and Murli Vijay Delhi Daredevils released as many as 13 players.

The last day of the Indian Premier League transfer window saw a lot of activity with as many as 53 players being released by the eight franchises ahead of the eight edition of the IPL tourney.

While the likes of Delhi Daredevils and Sunrisers Hyderabad let go of many players in a bid to reboot their respective teams, defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders and the finalists Kings XI Punjab released just three players each.

Here is the full list of players released by the franchises:

Delhi Daredevils : Kevin Pietersen, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Vijay, Jayadev Unadkat, Ross Taylor, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Rahul Sharma, Wayne Parnell, Jimmy Neesham, Siddarth Kaul, Rahul Shukla, HS Sharath, Milind Kumar.

Sunrisers Hyderabad : Amit Mishra, Aaron Finch, Darren Sammy, Irfan Pathan, Jason Holder, Venugopal Rao, Brendan Taylor, P Parameswaran, Anirudha S, Manprit Juneja.

Mumbai Indians : Pragyan Ojha, Zaheer Khan, Jalaj Saxena, Ben Dunk, Apurva Wankhede, CM Gautam, Krishmar Santokie and Sushant Marathe.

Royal Challengers Bangalore : Yuvraj Singh, Muttiah Muralitharan, Albie Morkel, Ravi Rampaul, Sachin Rana, Shadab Jakati, Tanmay Mishra.

Rajasthan Royals : Brad Hodge, Kevon Cooper, Ankit Sharma, Amit Sharma, Ankush Bains.

Chennai Super Kings : Ben Hilfenhaus, John Hastings, Vijay Shankar, David Hussey.

Kolkata Knight Riders : Jacques Kallis, Debabrata Das, Sayan Mondal.

Kings XI Punjab: Cheteshwar Pujara, L Balaji, Murali Kartik.

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