England’s Kevin Pietersen and South Africa’s Dale Steyn are among the big names released by Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises ahead of the auction for the 2017 season.

King XI Punjab have let go of just four players which is a little surprising considering they finished at the bottom of the table last season.

Among those released by the Mohali-based franchise are Australia’s Mitchell Johnson and South Africa’s Kyle Abbott.

Champions Sunrisers Hyderabad have surprisingly released England captain Eoin Morgan and New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult while Delhi Daredevils have let go of South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir.

Here is the entire list of players released.

DELHI DAREDEVILS

Nathan Coulter-Nile
Imran Tahir
Joel Paris
Pawan Negi
Pawan Suyal
Akhil Arvind Herwadkar
Mahipal Lomror

GUJARAT LIONS

Dale Steyn
Paras Dogra
Eklavya Dwivedi
Sarbjeet Ladda
Pravin Tambe
Umang Sharma
Amit Mishra
Aksh Deep Nath

KINGS XI PUNJAB

Mitchell Johnson
Rishi Dhawan
Kyle Abbott
Farhaan Behardien

KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS

Morne Morkel
Brad Hogg
Jason Holder
Colin Munro
John Hastings
Jaydev Unadkat
Rajagopal Sathish
Manan Sharma
Shaun Tait

MUMBAI INDIANS

Corey Anderson
Marchant De Lange
Unmukt Chand
Akshay Wakhare
Nathu Singh
Kishore Pramod Kamath
Martin Guptill
Jerome Taylor

RISING PUNE SUPERGIANTS

Kevin Pietersen
Ishant Sharma
Irfan Pathan
Thisara Perera
Rudra Pratap Singh
Scott Boland
M. Ashwin
Peter Handscomb
Saurabh Tiwary
Albie Morkel
George Bailey

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE

Varun Aaron
Abu Nechim Ahmed
David Wiese
Kane Richardson
Vikramjeet Malik
Praveen Dubey
Akshay Karnewar
Vikas Tokas
Parveez Rasool
Chris Jordan

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD

Karn Sharma
Ashish Reddy
Eoin Morgan
Trent Boult
Tirumalasetti Suman
Aditya Tare