Ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, to be held on December 19, all ten franchises announced their retained players list for IPL 2024 today (November 26).
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After the deadline on November 26, 2023, all ten IPL franchises announced the lists of cricketers they retained ahead of the auction for the 2024 edition.
Famous cricketers released by their franchises include Ben Stokes (Chennai Super Kings), Shardul Thakur (Kolkata Knight Riders), and Adil Rashid (Sunrisers Hyderabad).
Here is the complete list of players retained and released by each team ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.
IPL 2024 auction: Players retained and released by each team
Chennai Super Kings
Retained: MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Moeen Ali, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shivam Dube, Deepak Chahar, Mitchell Santner, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Maheesh Theekshana, Tushar Deshpande, Ajay Mandal, Shaik Rasheed, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki.
Released: Ambati Rayudu (retired), Ben Stokes, Kyle Jamieson, Dwaine Pretorius, Sisanda Magala, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh
Slots available: 6, Overseas: 3
Purse remaining: 31.4 cr
It’s Ben a good year! And we’ll tell you all about it when we see you again! 🫂💛 pic.twitter.com/X3H2b7PoYl
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 26, 2023
Delhi Capitals
Retained:Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner (c, 2023), Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Abishek Porel, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull.
Released: Rilee Rossouw, Rovman Powell, Chetan Sakariya, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Sarfaraz Khan, Ripal Patel, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg
Slots available: 9, Overseas: 4
Purse remaining: 28.95 cr
Gujarat Titans
Retained: Shubman Gill (c), Rashid Khan, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Released: Dasun Shanaka, Shivam Mavi, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph
Slots available: 7, Overseas: 2
Purse remaining: 23.15 cr
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Devdutt Padikkal, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Kyle Mayers, Ravi Bishnoi, Krunal Pandya, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mark Wood, Mohsin Khan, Yudhvir Singh, Ayush Badoni, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Mayank Yadav
Released: Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Arpit Guleria, Suyash Shedge
Slots available: 6, Overseas: 2
Purse remaining: 13.15 cr
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Rohit Sharma (c), Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Jasprit Bumrah, Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Romario Shepherd, Jason Behrendorff
Released: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier
Slots available: 8, Overseas: 3
Purse remaining: 15.25 cr
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana (c, 2023), Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell,Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Released: Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, David Wiese, Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles
Slots available: 12, Overseas: 4
Purse remaining: 32.7 cr
Punjab Kings
Retained: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Arshdeep Singh, Sikandar Raza, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar, Gurnoor Brar, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Matthew Short, Rishi Dhawan, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide
Released: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Bawa
Slots available: 8, Overseas: 2
Purse remaining: 29.1 cr
Rajasthan Royals
Retained: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Trent Boult, Donovan Ferreira, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Sharma, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Kunal Rathore
Released: Joe Root, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Abdul Basith, Kuldip Yadav, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, Akash Vashisht, KM Asif
Slots available: 8, Overseas: 3
Purse remaining: 14.5 cr
You and Yuzi bhai are now looking at our retained Royals for 2024. 🔥💗 pic.twitter.com/vRJ7HppfPm
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) November 26, 2023
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Faf du Plessis (c), Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Mohammed Siraj, Cam Green, Will Jacks, Suyash Prabhudessai, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Reece Topley, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar
Released: Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Harshal Patel, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Slots available: 7, Overseas: 4
Purse remaining: 40.75 cr
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Aiden Markram (c), Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Glenn Phillips, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Sanvir Singh
Released: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma
Slots available: 6, Overseas: 3
Purse remaining: 34 cr
The wait is finally over! 🤩
Presenting to you our retained players for IPL 2024 🧡 pic.twitter.com/Rawfg69FMU
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 26, 2023