With the entire country still recovering from the World Cup 2023 defeat, India is now eagerly gearing up for another season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) following the closure of an eventful player retention window on Sunday (November 26).
The retention deadline day witnessed the release of numerous players, with a total of 85 individuals released from their respective franchises.
The IPL 2024 mini-auction is scheduled to take place on December 19 in Dubai, UAE.
What
- The player retention phase for the upcoming 2024 Indian Premier League wrapped up with all ten franchises securing a total of 173 players.
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The talk of the town was the cash-based trade that witnessed the return of former Gujarat Titans' skipper, Hardik Pandya, to his former franchise, the Mumbai Indians.
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Reports created a buzz citing an alleged trade amount of 15 crore for Pandya's return.
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Additionally, Mumbai Indians traded Australian allrounder Cameron Green to Royal Challengers Bangalore in a cash deal amounting to Rs 17.5 crore.
IPL teams before auction 2024
- The player retention process has lent structure to IPL franchises ahead of the anticipated auction for IPL 2024 set to take place on December 19, 2023, at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.
- Each team is now armed with a budget of Rs 100 crore for the auction, up from last year's Rs 95 crores.
- This year's auction holds substantial significance as it marks the final year of the three-year player contracts, setting the stage for a potentially substantial auction next year.
Here's a peek into how the ten participating teams are shaping up after the retention phase and in anticipation of the forthcoming auction.
Chennai Super Kings
- MS Dhoni (c) (wk),
- Moeen Ali,
- Ruturaj Gaikwad,
- Ajinkya Rahane,
- Deepak Chahar,
- Devon Conway (wk),
- Ravindra Jadeja,
- Tushar Deshpande,
- Shivam Dube,
- Rajvardhan Hangargekar,
- Ajay Mandal,
- Mukesh Choudhary,
- Matheesha Pathirana,
- Shaik Rasheed,
- Mitchell Santner,
- Simarjeet Singh,
- Nishant Sindhu,
- Prashant Solanki,
- Maheesh Theekshana.
Mumbai Indians
- Rohit Sharma (c),
- Dewald Brevis,
- Suryakumar Yadav,
- Ishan Kishan (wk),
- Hardik Pandya (traded in from Gujarat Titans)
- Jasprit Bumrah
- N. Tilak Verma,
- Tim David,
- Vishnu Vinod,
- Arjun Tendulkar,
- Shams Mulani,
- Nehal Wadhera,
- Kumar Kartikeya,
- Piyush Chawla,
- Akash Madhwal,
- Jason Behrendorff,
- Romario Shepherd
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Faf du Plessis (c),
- Glenn Maxwell,
- Virat Kohli,
- Dinesh Karthik (wk)
- Cameron Green (traded in from Mumbai Indians)
- Mohammed Siraj
- Mayank Dagar (traded in from Sunrisers Hyderabad),
- Rajat Patidar,
- Anuj Rawat,
- Suyash Prabhudessai,
- Will Jacks,
- Mahipal Lomror,
- Karn Sharma,
- Manoj Bhandage,
- Vyshak Vijay Kumar,
- Akash Deep,
- Reece Topley,
- Himanshu Sharma,
- Rajan Kumar,
Rajasthan Royals
- Sanju Samson (c) (wk),
- Jos Buttler,
- Shimron Hetmyer,
- Yashasvi Jaiswal,
- Dhruv Jurel,
- Riyan Parag,
- Donovan Ferreira,
- Kunal Rathore,
- Ravichandran Ashwin,
- Kuldeep Sen,
- Navdeep Saini,
- Prasidh Krishna,
- Sandeep Sharma,
- Trent Boult,
- Yuzvendra Chahal,
- Adam Zampa,
- Avesh Khan.’
Gujarat Titans
- Shubman Gill (c),
- David Miller,
- Matthew Wade (wk),
- Wriddhiman Saha (wk),
- Kane Williamson,
- Abhinav Manohar,
- B. Sai Sudharsan,
- Darshan Nalkande,
- Vijay Shankar,
- Jayant Yadav,
- Rahul Tewatia,
- Mohammed Shami,
- Noor Ahmad,
- R. Sai Kishore,
- Rashid Khan,
- Joshua Little,
- Mohit Sharma
Delhi Capitals
- Rishabh Pant (wk) (c)
- Pravin Dubey,
- David Warner,
- Vicky Ostwal,
- Prithvi Shaw,
- Anrich Nortje,
- Abishek Porel,
- Kuldeep Yadav,
- Axar Patel,
- Lungi Ngidi,
- Lalit Yadav,
- Khaleel Ahmed,
- Mitchell Marsh,
- Ishant Sharma,
- Yash Dhull,
- Mukesh Kumar.
Kolkata Knight Riders
- Nitish Rana,
- Rinku Singh,
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz,
- Shreyas Iyer (c),
- Jason Roy,
- Sunil Narine,
- Suyash Sharma,
- Anukul Roy,
- Andre Russell,
- Venkatesh Iyer,
- Harshit Rana,
- Vaibhav Arora,
- Varun Chakaravarthy
Punjab Kings
- Shikhar Dhawan (c),
- Matthew Short,
- Prabhsimran Singh (wk),
- Jitesh Sharma (wk),
- Sikandar Raza,
- Rishi Dhawan,
- Liam Livingstone,
- Atharva Taide,
- Arshdeep Singh,
- Nathan Ellis,
- Sam Curran,
- Kagiso Rabada,
- Harpreet Brar,
- Rahul Chahar,
- Harpreet Bhatia,
- Vidwath Kaverappa,
- Shivam Singh
Sunrisers Hyderabad
- Abdul Samad,
- Abhishek Sharma,
- Aiden Markram (c),
- Marco Jansen,
- Rahul Tripathi,
- Washington Sundar,
- Glenn Phillips,
- Sanvir Singh,
- Heinrich Klaasen,
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar,
- Mayank Agarwal,
- T Natarajan,
- Anmolpreet Singh,
- Mayank Markande,
- Upendra Singh Yadav,
- Umran Malik,
- Nitish Kumar Reddy,
- Fazalhaq Farooqi,
- Shahbaz Ahmed (traded in from Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Lucknow Super Giants
- KL Rahul (wk) (c),
- Quinton de Kock (wk),
- Nicholas Pooran,
- Devdutt Padikkal (traded in from Rajasthan Royals).
- Ayush Badoni,
- Kyle Mayers,
- Marcus Stoinis,
- Deepak Hooda,
- Ravi Bishnoi,
- Naveen-ul-Haq,
- Krunal Pandya,
- Yudhvir Singh,
- Prerak Mankad,
- Yash Thakur,
- Amit Mishra,
- Mark Wood,
- Mayank Yadav,
- Mohsin Khan,