This is the second season of the tournament, which was established last year as a competition for retired cricketers to take part in. The 2023 season was won by the Manipal Tigers, who beat Urbanrisers Hyderabad in the final.

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Last season, some of the prominent names involved were Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Kevin Pietersen, Shane Watson, Chris Gayle and Suresh Raina, among others. This season, Shikhar Dhawan entered the auction after formally announcing his retirement from professional cricket last week.

All amounts below are in INR.

A cyclonic storm has been forming off the coast of Pakistan, in the Arabian Sea over the last few days.

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Gujarat Team

Signed at auction:

• Liam Plunkett (42 lakhs)
• Morne Van Wyk (29 lakhs)
• Lendl Simmons (38 lakhs)
• Asghar Afghan (33 lakhs)
• Jerome Taylor (36 lakhs)
• Paras Khadka (13 lakhs)
• Seekkuge Prasanna (23 lakhs)
• Kamau Leverock (11 lakhs)
• Sybrand Engelbrecht (15 lakhs)
• Shannon Gabriel (17 lakhs)
• Samar Quadri (25 lakhs)

Retained through RTM: Chris Gayle

Icon players: Mohammad Kaif, S Sreesanth

Direct signings: Shikhar Dhawan

India Capitals

Signed at auction:

• Dwayne Smith (47 lakhs)
• Colin De Grandhomme (32 lakhs)
• Naman Ojha (40 lakhs)
• Dhawal Kulkarni (50 lakhs)
• Chris Mpofu (40 lakhs)
• Faiz Fazal (25 lakhs)
• Iqbal Abdulla (19 lakhs)
• Kirk Edwards (11 lakhs)
• Rahul Sharma (31 lakhs)
• Pankaj Singh (20 lakhs)
• Gnaneswara Rao (10 lakhs)
• Bharat Chipli (37 lakhs)
• Parvinder Awana (12 lakhs)
• Pawan Suyal (17 lakhs)

Retained through RTM: Ashley Nurse, Ben Dunk

Icon players: Murali Vijay

Direct signings: Ian Bell

Konark Suryas Odisha

Signed at auction:

• Kevin O’Brien (29 lakhs)
• Ross Taylor (50 lakhs)
• Vinay Kumar (33 lakhs)
• Richard Levi (17 lakhs)
• Dilshan Munaweera (15 lakhs)
• Shahbaz Nadeem (35 lakhs)
• Fidel Edwards (29 lakhs)
• Ben Laughlin (23 lakhs)
• Rajesh Bishnoi (19 lakhs)
• Pravin Tambe (28 lakhs)
• Diwesh Pathania (5 lakhs)
• KP Apanna (10 lakhs)

Retained through RTM: Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan

Icon players: Ambati Rayudu

Direct signings: Navin Stewart

Manipal Tigers

Signed at auction:

• Sheldon Cottrell (33 lakhs)
• Dan Christian (56 lakhs)
• Angelo Perera (42 lakhs)
• Manoj Tiwary (15 lakhs)
• Solomon Mire (38 lakhs)
• Asela Gunarathne (36 lakhs)
• Anureet Singh (27 lakhs)
• Abu Nechim (19 lakhs)
• Amit Verma (26 lakhs)
• Imran Khan (12 lakhs)
• Rahul Shukla (31 lakhs)
• Amitoze Singh (6 lakhs)
• Praveen Gupta (48 lakhs)

Retained through RTM: Harbhajan Singh, Robin Uthappa, Thisara Perera

Icon players: -

Direct signings: Saurabh Tiwary

Southern Superstars

Signed at auction:

• Elton Chigumbura (25 lakhs)
• Hamilton Masakadza (23 lakhs)
• Pawan Negi (40 lakhs)
• Jeevan Mendis (15.6 lakhs)
• Suranga Lakmal (33.78 lakhs)
• Shreevats Goswami (17 lakhs)
• Hamid Hassan (21 lakhs)
• Nathan Coulter Nile (42 lakhs)
• Chirag Gandhi (23 lakhs)
• Suboth Bhati (38 lakhs)
• Robin Bist (5 lakhs)
• Jesal Karia (15 lakhs)
• C. De Silva (29 lakhs)
• Monu Kumar (10 lakhs)

Retained through RTM: Abdur Razzak

Icon players: Kedar Jadhav, Parthiv Patel

Direct signings: Dinesh Karthik

Urbanrisers Hyderabad

Signed at auction:

• Samiullah Shinwari (18 lakhs)
• George Worker (15 lakhs)
• Isuru Udana (62 lakhs)
• Rikki Clarke (38 lakhs)
• Stuart Binny (40 lakhs)
• Jaskaran Malhotra (10 lakhs)
• Chadwick Walton (60 lakhs)
• Bipul Sharma (17 lakhs)
• Nuwan Pradeep (49 lakhs)
• Yogesh Nagar (7 lakhs)

Retained through RTM: Suresh Raina, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Peter Trego

Icon players: -

Direct signings: -

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