Just after the disappointment of India’s loss against Australia in the ICC World Cup 2023 final, we are now set for a mood booster with the IPL 2024 Auction players list. The deadline for the retain and release of players by the IPL team was on 26th November 2023. There were many last-minute twists with the headline grabber being Hardik Pandya being retained by Gujarat Titans but later traded with his former team Mumbai Indians.
So here we will take a look at the full list of players retained and released by each IPL team and the remaining purse amounts.
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (in crores) | Salary cap available (in crores) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSK | 19 | 5 | 68.6 | 31.4 | 6 | 3 |
| DC | 16 | 4 | 71.05 | 28.95 | 9 | 4 |
| GT | 18 | 6 | 76.85 | 23.15 | 7 | 2 |
| KKR | 13 | 4 | 67.3 | 32.7 | 12 | 4 |
| LSG | 19 | 6 | 86.85 | 13.15 | 6 | 2 |
| MI | 17 | 5 | 84.75 | 15.25 | 8 | 3 |
| PBKS | 17 | 6 | 70.9 | 29.1 | 8 | 2 |
| RCB | 18 | 4 | 59.25 | 40.75 | 7 | 4 |
| RR | 17 | 5 | 85.5 | 14.5 | 8 | 3 |
| SRH | 19 | 5 | 66 | 34 | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 173 | 50 | 737.05 | 262.95 | 77 | 30 |
IPL 2024 Auction players list: Here’s the full list of players retained and released by each IPL teams
Chennai Super Kings
CSK released players: Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Sisanda Magala. Akash, Dwaine Pretorius, Kyle Jamieson, Ambati Rayudu
CSK retained players: MS Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali. Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Tushar Deshpande. Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal
CSK remaining purse: Rs 31.4 crores
Delhi Capitals
DC released players: Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell. Manish Pandey. Philip Salt. Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya. Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg
DC retained players: Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, David Warner. Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav. Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marshm, Ishant Sharma. Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar.
DC remaining Purse: Rs 28.95 crores
Punjab Kings
PBKS released players: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Angad Bawa
PBKS retained players: Shikhar Dhawan (capt), 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
PBKS remaining Purse: Rs 29.1 crores
Rajasthan Royals
RR released players: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder. Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav. Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif
RR retained Players: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Riyan Parag, Ravichandran Ashwin, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, Sandeep Sharma, Avesh Khan (Traded from LSG).
RR remaining purse: Rs 14.5 crores
Sunrisers Hyderabad
SRH released players: Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Adil Rashid.
SRH retained players: 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 Ahamad (From RCB)
SRH remaining Purse: Rs 34 crores
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR released players: Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das. Aarya Desai, David Wiese. Shardul Thakur, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee. Johnson Charles
KKR retained players: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz. Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma. Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.
KKR remaining Purse: Rs 32.7 crores
Lucknow Super Giants
LSG released players: Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh. Daniel Sams. Karan Sharma, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair
LSG retained players: KL Rahul (C), Quinton De Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal (From RR), Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen Ul Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan.
LSG remaining Purse: Rs 13.9 crores
Gujarat Titans
GT released players: Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka
GT retained players: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia. Mohammed Shami. Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore. Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.
GT remaining purse: Rs 13.85 crores
Mumbai Indians
MI released players: Mohd. Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier.
MI retained players: Rohit Sharma (c), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (from LSG), Hardik Pandya (From GT).
MI remaining purse: Rs 15.25 crores
Royal Challengers Bangalore
RCB Retained Players: Faf Du Plessis (C), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (From SRH), Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Akash Deep. Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar.
RCB Released Players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav.
RCB remaining Purse: Rs 40.75 crores
When is the IPL 2024 Auction?
The IPL 2024 auction is scheduled to take place at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on 19th December 2023. This will be the first time that the auction will be held outside India.
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