Right before the IPL 2024 auction, all 10 franchises decided to release and retain the list of players according to their performances last year.
The 2024 auction is set to take place in Dubai on 19th December with top-quality players taking part in this tournament ahead of World T20.
Here we look at the franchises with released and retained players for IPL 2024.
- Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players– MS Dhoni, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Chaudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajiyanka Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santer, Simranjeet Singh, Nishant Sandhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana.
Released Players– Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala.
Purse Available-31.5 Crore
- Gujarat Titans
Retained Players– Hardik Pandya (C), David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Rahul Tewaita, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.
Release Players– Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alazzari Jospeh, Dasun Shanaka.
Purse Available– 13.85 Crore
- Mumbai Indians
Retained Players– Rohit Sharma (C), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendroff, Romario Shepherd (traded)
Release Players– Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristian Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier.
Purse Available– 15.25 Crore.
- Lucknow Super Giants
Retained Players– KL Rahul (C), Quinton de Kock, Nicolas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Paddikal (Traded), Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen UL Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan.
Release Players– Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair.
- Rajasthan Royals
Retained Players- Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetymer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Trent Boult, Sandeep Sharma, Yuzi Chahal, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna.
Release Players– Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif.
Traded Out– Devdutt Paddikal
Traded In– Avesh Khan.
Purse Available– 14.5 Crore.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained Players- Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudesai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (Traded), Vyashk Vijaykumar, Akash deep Singh, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar.
Release Players– Hasranaga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Micheal Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Purse Available– 40.75 Crore.
- Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained Players- Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venetaksh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy.
Release Players– Shakib AL Hasan, Liton Das, David Wiese, Aarya Desai, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johson Charles.
Purse Available– 32.7 Crore.
- Punjab Kings
Retained Players– Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Matthew Short, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa.
Release Players– Shahrukh Khan, Raj Bawa, Baltej Dhanda, Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa.
Purse Available– 29.1 Crore.
- Delhi Capitals
Retained Players– Rishabh Pant, Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Dhull, Abhishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar.
Release Players– Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Musfiztur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg.
Purse Available– 28.95 Crore.
- Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained Players– Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Klassen, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Farqooi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande.
Released Players– Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hossein, Karthik Tyagi, Vivarnt Sharma, Samarth Vyas.
Players Traded In– Shahbaz Ahmed.
Players Traded Out– Mayank Dagar.
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