The anticipation for the Indian Premier League 2024 auctions has heightened with teams unveiling their final list of retained players for the upcoming season on Sunday, November 26, 2023. A significant development in the trading window was Hardik Pandya’s transfer from Gujrat Titans to Mumbai Indians, a move confirmed by all stakeholders – MI, GT, and IPL – on Monday, November 27.
Several other noteworthy transfers were confirmed during the trading window for IPL 2024:
- Romario Shepherd moved to Mumbai Indians from Lucknow Super Giants.
- Avesh Khan transitioned to Rajasthan Royals from Lucknow Super Giants.
- Devdutt Padikkal switched to Lucknow Super Giants from Rajasthan Royals.
- Shahbaz Ahmed made the move to Sunrisers Hyderabad from Royal Challengers Bangalore.
- Mayank Dagar joined Royal Challengers Bangalore from Sunrisers Hyderabad.
- Cameron Green transferred to Royal Challengers Bangalore from Mumbai Indians.
Additionally, some players either voluntarily opted out of the 2024 IPL or were released by their teams before the trading window commenced. Notable names include Ben Stokes and Dwaine Pretorious from Chennai Super Kings, while Joe Root, an English player, chose not to participate in IPL 2024 after being part of the Rajasthan Royals.
IPL 2024 Auction: Full list of Released & Retained players, Remaining Purse Money
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS
CSK released players
Ben Stokes, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Akash Singh and Ambati Rayudu (retired), Dwaine Pretorius.
CSK retained players
MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary.
Remaining purse: Rs 32.2 crore Release players: 8 Slots remaining: 6 (3 Overseas)
DELHI CAPITALS
Delhi Capitals released players
Rilee Rossow (Rs 4.6 crore), Rovman Powell(2.8 crore), Manish Pandey(2.4 crore), Sarfaraz Khn (20 lakh), Phil Salt (Rs 2 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (Rs 2 crore), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (Rs 1.1 crore), Ripal Patel Rs 20 lakh), Aman Khan (Rs 20 lakh), Priyam Garg (Rs 20 Lakh), Chetan Sakariya (Rs 1.4 crore).
Delhi Capitals retained player
David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Abishek Porel (replacement), Rishabh Pant.
Remaining purse: Rs 28.95 crore
RAJASTHAN ROYALS
Rajasthan Retained players
Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma (replacement), Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna.
Rajasthan Royals released players list
Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif.
Remaining purse: Rs 14.5 crore
PUNJAB KINGS
Punjab Kings retained players
Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh, Jonny Bairstow.
Punjab Kings released players list
Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan.
Remaining purse: Rs 29.1 crore
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
Kolkata Knight Riders retained players list
Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Anukul Roy, Rinku Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Jason Roy (replacement).
Kolkata Knight Riders released players list
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.
Remaining purse: Rs 32.7 crore
SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
Sunrisers Hyderabad retained players
Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Markande, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, Washington Sundar.
Sunrisers Hyderabad released players list
Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hossein, Adil Rashid.
Remaining purse: Rs 34 crore
LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
Lucknow Super Giants retained players
KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq
Lucknow Super Giants released players
Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria
Players traded out: Romario Shepherd, Avesh Khan
Players traded in: Devdutt Padikkal
Remaining purse: Rs 13.15 crore
GUJARAT TITANS
Gujarat Titans retained players
Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.
Gujarat Titans released players
Yash Dayal, K.S. Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka. Remaining purse: Rs 23.15 crore
MUMBAI INDIANS
Mumbai Indians retained players
Rohit Sharma (capt), Dewald Brevis, SKY, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (trade).
Mumbai Indians released players
Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier
Remaining purse: Rs 15.25 crore
ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE
Royal Challengers Bangalore retained players Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (trade), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar.
Royal Challengers Bangalore released players
Wanindu Hasarangha,Harshal Patel,Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell,Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jhadav
Remaining purse: Rs 40.75 crore
Also read: List of Most Expensive Releases of IPL 2024
Purse remaining with all teams before the IPL 2024 auction
After the announcement of the list of retained players, the remaining purse of the teams has increased. The teams were given an increase of Rs 5 crore each, taking their purse to Rs100 crore. They will carry on their leftover purse from the previous auction and with all the retentions and releases, here’s how much they are left with, heading into the auction on December 19.
| IPL 2024/ Squad Size/Salary Cap/Available Slots | ||||||
| Franchise | No of Players | No of Overseas Players | Total money spent (Rs.) | Salary cap available (Rs.) | Available Slots | Overseas Slots |
| CSK | 19 | 5 | 68.6 CR | 31.4 CR | 6 | 3 |
| DC | 16 | 4 | 71.05 CR | 28.95 CR | 9 | 4 |
| GT | 17 | 6 | 61.85 CR | 38.15 CR | 8 | 2 |
| KKR | 13 | 4 | 67.3 CR | 32.7 CR | 12 | 4 |
| LSG | 19 | 6 | 86.85 CR | 13.15 CR | 6 | 2 |
| MI | 17 | 4 | 82.25 CR | 17.75 CR | 8 | 4 |
| PBKS | 17 | 6 | 70.9 CR | 29.1 CR | 8 | 2 |
| RCB | 19 | 5 | 76.75 CR | 23.75 CR | 7 | 4 |
| RR | 17 | 5 | 85.5 CR | 14.5 CR | 8 | 3 |
| SRH | 19 | 5 | 66 CR | 34 CR | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 173 | 50 | 737.05 CR | 262.95 CR | ||