IPL 2018 auction: Players on whom each team can use their RTM card 

While India desperately try to pull off a win in the ongoing Test series in South Africa, the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League is slowly setting up shop in the background. The auctions are fast approaching, and with the retention list of each team already out, fans are getting an idea of how the franchises will line up this season.

With the 'Right to Match' card in the picture, each team will try to retain players they have already established a rapport with. Several scenarios are in the mix and could form a crucial element of how teams actually perform in the tournament, as the retained players will form the core of the team.

Here are players from each team who are eligible to be retained using the 'Right to Match' card.

Chennai Super Kings

Players retained: MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja.

Number of RTM cards left: 2

Purse left: 47 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: Two overseas players, two uncapped Indian players.

Players eligible for RTM: Baba Aparajith, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Ishwar Pandey, Brendon McCullum, Ronit More, Dwayne Smith and Andrew Tye.

Since Chennai Super Kings were suspended for the last two IPLs due to their owner's involvement in IPL spot-fixing, the franchise are allowed to retain the players who played for them in the 2015 edition and then played for either Rising Pune Supergiant or Gujarat Lions in the 2016 and 2017 edition.

Delhi Daredevils

Players retained: Rishabh Pant, Chris Morris and Shreyas Iyer.

Number of RTM cards left: 2

Purse left: 47 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: One overseas player, one capped Indian player, two uncapped Indian players.

Players eligible for RTM: JP Duminy, Mohammed Shami, Quinton de Kock, Shahbaz Nadeem, Jayant Yadav, Amit Mishra, Zaheer Khan, Sam Billings, Sanju Samson, Carlos Brathwaite, Karun Nair, CV Milind, Syed Ahmed, Pratyush Singh, Angelo Mathews, Corey Anderson, Kagiso Rabada, Pat Cummins, Ankit Bawne, Aditya Tare, Murugan Ashwin, Navdeep Saini and Shashank Singh.

Kings XI Punjab

Players retained: Axar Patel.

Number of RTM cards left: 3

Purse left: 67.5 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: Two overseas players, two capped Indian players, two uncapped Indian players.

Players eligible for RTM: Manan Vohra, Gurkeerat Mann Singh, Anureet Singh, Sandeep Sharma, Shardul Thakur, Wriddhiman Saha, Murali Vijay, NS Naik, Mohit Sharma, KC Cariappa, Armaan Jaffer, Pradeep Sahu, Swapnil Singh. Hashim Amla, Marcus Stoinis, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Eoin Morgan, Rahul Tewatia, T Natarajan, Matt Henry, Varun Aaron, Martin Guptill, Darren Sammy and Rinku Singh.

Kolkata Knight Riders

Players retained: Andre Russell and Sunil Narine.

Number of RTM cards left: 3

Purse left: 59 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: Two uncapped Indian players, three capped Indian players.

Players eligible for RTM: Gautam Gambhir, Kuldeep Yadav, Manish Pandey, Suryakumar Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Umesh Yadav, Yusuf Pathan, Sheldon Jackson (WK), Ankit Rajpoot, Rishi Dhawan, Sayan Ghosh, R Sanjay Yadav and Ishank Jaggi.

Mumbai Indians

Players retained: Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah.

Number of RTM cards left: 2

Purse left: 47 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: Two overseas players, two uncapped Indian players.

Players eligible for RTM: Shreyas Gopal, Nitish Rana, Siddhesh Lad, J Suchith, Krunal Pandya, Deepak Punia, Jitesh Sharma, Tim Southee, Jos Buttler, Mitchell McClenaghan, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell Johnson, K Gowtham, Kulwant Khejroliya, Asela Gunaratne and Nicholas Pooran.

Rajasthan Royals

Players retained: Steve Smith.

Number of RTM cards left: 3

Purse left: 67.5 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: One overseas player, two uncapped Indian players, three capped Indian players.

Players eligible for RTM: Ankit Sharma, Rajat Bhatia, James Faulkner, Dhawal Kulkarni, Vikramjeet Malik, Abhishek Nayar, Ajinkya Rahane, Dinesh Salunkhe, Pravin Tambe, Dishant Yagnik, Sagar Trivedi, Rahul Tewatia and Juan Theron.

Since Rajasthan Royals were suspended for the last two IPLs due to their owner's involvement in IPL spot-fixing, the franchise are allowed to retain the players who played for them in the 2015 edition and then played for either Rising Pune Supergiant or Gujarat Lions in the 2016 and 2017 editions.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Players retained: Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers and Sarfaraz Khan.

Number of RTM cards left: 2

Purse left: 49 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: One overseas player, two capped Indian players, one uncapped Indian player.

Players eligible for RTM: Chris Gayle, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harshal Patel, Mandeep Singh, Adam Milne, Sreenath Aravind, Kedar Jadhav, Shane Watson, Stuart Binny, Samuel Badree, Travis Head, Sachin Baby, Iqbal Abdulla, KL Rahul, Avesh Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tymal Mills, Billy Stanlake, Pawan Negi, Praveen Dubey and Aniket Chaudhary.

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Players retained: David Warner and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Number of RTM cards left: 3

Purse left: 59 crore INR

Categories of players for RTM cards: One overseas player, Two capped Indian players, Two uncapped Indian players.

Players eligible for RTM: Shikhar Dhawan, Moises Henriques, Naman Ojha, Ricky Bhui, Kane Williamson, Siddharth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Yuvraj Singh, Ben Cutting, Abhimanyu Mithun, Barinder Sran, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Mohammed Siraj, Eklavya Dwivedi, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Nabi, Ben Laughlin, Pravin Tambe and Tanmay Agarwal.