IPL 2024: Unveiling the Released, Retained, Traded Players and Remaining purse of Each Team

It was a huge day on Sunday as all the ten IPL teams came up with their list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2024 auctions. Dubai is set to host the annual IPL grand exercise of buying the players on the 19^th of December.

The biggest news on Sunday was the retention of Hardik Pandya by Gujarat Titans. The rumour mills suggested that Hardik Pandya was set to be traded with Mumbai Indians for a huge sum of 15 Crores.

Here is the complete list of players retained, released and traded ahead of the IPL 2024 auctions.

Chennai Super Kings – Purse Left – INR 31.4 Crores

The current IPL champions have as expected released Ben Stokes and Kyle Jamieson as well as Dwayne Pretorius of South Africa. Ambati Rayudu is also out of the squad after his retirement at the end of the IPL 2023 season.

Players Retained by CSK –

MS Dhoni, D. Conway, R. Gaikwad, A. Rahane, S. Rasheed, R. Jadeja, M. Santner, M. Ali, S. Dube, N. Sindhu, A. Mandal, D. Chahar, R. Hangarekar, M. Theekshana, M. Choudhary, P. Solanki, S. Singh, T. Deshpande, and M. Pathirana

Players Released by CSK –

Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Kyle Jamieson, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Sisanda Magala, Subranshu Senapati, and Akash Singh.

Players Traded – None

Delhi Capitals – Purse Left – INR 28.95 Crores

The 2020 IPL finalists have made a lot of releases as they are set to revamp their team once again. The comeback of Rishabh Pant is also another huge bonus for the Capitals side.

Players Retained by DC –

R. Pant, D. Warner, P. Shaw, Y. Dhull, A. Porel, A. Patel, L. Yadav, M. Marsh, P. Dubey, V. Ostwal, A. Nortje, K. Yadav, L. Ngidi, K. Ahmed, I. Sharma, and M. Kumar

Players Released by DC –

Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakaria, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkotti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan and Priyam Garg

Players Traded – None

Rajasthan Royals – Purse Left – INR 14.5 Crores

IPL’s inaugural champions Rajasthan Royals have already released Joe Root as he wants to focus on international cricket. Sanju Samson and his side have maintained the core of the squad ahead of the IPL 2024 auctions.

Players retained by Rajasthan Royals –

Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, and Prasidh Krishna

Players released by Rajasthan Royals –

Joe Root, Abdul Basit, Jason Holder, Akash Vashist, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, M. Ashwin, KC Cariappa, and KM Asif

Players traded – Devdutt Padikkal to LSG, Avesh Khan from LSG to RR

Punjab Kings – Purse Left – INR 29.1 Crores –

In a surprising move, Tamil Nadu all-rounder Shah Rukh Khan was released ahead of the IPL 2024 auctions.

Players retained by Punjab Kings – Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, 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

Players released by Punjab Kings –

Shahrukh Khan, Raj Bawa, Baltej Dhanda, Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Kolkata Knight Riders – Purse Left – INR 32.7 Crores

The Arrival of Gautam Gambhir has seen the KKR management clear the team with many notable stars being released.

Players retained by KKR –

Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Players released by KKR –

Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, N Jagadeesan, David Wiese, Aarya Desai, Litton Das, Johnson Charles, Shakib Al Hasan

Sunrisers Hyderabad – Purse Left – INR 34 Crores

After breaking the bank to buy Harry Brook during the IPL 2023 auction, SRH released the young English batter. The 2016 IPL champions have a considerable amount of money left in the bank.

Players retained by SRH –

Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Tanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande

Players released by SRH –

Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Karthik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas

Players traded by SRH –

Mayank Dagar to RCB and Shahbaz Ahmed from RCB to SRH.

Lucknow Super Giants – Purse Left – INR 13.90 Crores

Players retained by LSG – 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

Players released by LSG – Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria

Players Traded by LSG –

Romario Shepherd to Mumbai Indians, Avesh Khan to Rajasthan Royals, Devdutt Padikkal from Rajasthan Royals

Gujarat Titans – Purse Left – INR 13.85 Crores

The biggest news for the IPL 2022 winners and their fans was the retention of skipper Hardik Pandya.

Players retained by Gujarat Titans – David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma

Players released by Gujarat Titans – Alzarri Joseph, Odean Smith, Dasun Shanaka, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan

Mumbai Indians – Purse Left – INR 15.75 Crores

The five-time champions Mumbai Indians have released Jofra Archer ahead of the IPL 2024 season. There is still time if they want to go for Hardik Pandya but the purse left may suggest Mumbai will want to invest in other players.

Players retained by Mumbai Indians – Rohit Sharma, 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 Behrendorff

Players released by Mumbai Indians – Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier

Players traded – Romario Shepherd from LSG

Royal Challengers Bangalore – Purse Left – INR 40.75 Crores

Players retained by RCB – Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar

Players released by RCB – Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav

Players Traded – Shahbaz Ahmed to SRH and Mayank Dagar from SRH                `