Dubai: The Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Mini auction for the 2024 season will be held in Dubai on December 19, sources told Gulf News. The UAE have hosted the IPL on a few occasions and South Africa once, but this is the first time the auction will be held outside India.
As many as 1,166 players have registered for the auction for the 77 slots of which 30 are to be filled by overseas players. Some of the prominent international names in the fray are Travis head, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Steve Smith and Josh Hazlewood. With several top names being replaced, this auction will be key for most of the franchises.
Big purse spendings
Young New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra, who caught the eye during the 2023 50-over World Cup in India, will be another player who is expected to trigger a bidding war.
The Chennai Super Kings have a big purse to replace England all-rounder Ben Stokes, who withdrew to manage his workload after undergoing a knee surgery, while Royal Challengers Bangalore have let go Sri Lankan spinner Wanindu Hasaranga and Josh Hazlewood. Mumbai Indians have also released the England pacer Jofra Archer.
Dhoni's inclusion
On a pleasing note for the Chennai and the Mumbai fans, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has retained his place in the Chennai squad, however, the Captain Cool is yet to officially confirm his availability for the 2024 season. There were talks that the 2023 IPL would be Dhoni’s last as a player for the Yellove franchise, but after winning the fifth title, the 42-year-old announced that the love shown by the fans had forced him to rethink his decision and set December as the deadline for his announcement.
All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who has led Gujarat Titans to the title in their debut season in 2022 and into the final in 2023 where they lost to Chennai Super Kings, has returned home to the Paltans outfit, making them a stronger force for a sixth IPL crown.
On the other hand, Mumbai have traded Australian all-rounder Cameron Green to Royal Challengers Bangalore. Delhi Capitals are hoping for the return of Rishabh Pant during IPL 2024 after the star wicketkeeper missed the 2023 season due to an accident he was involved when his car rammed into a divider in December 2022.
Warner a leader
Talking about the team’s chances, PKSV Sagar, CEO, Sports, GMR, told Gulf News: “We had a bad season last year but we had certain reasons for that. Rishabh Pant, captain and one of the big players, was not available. So he should be back into the coming season. Now we have Sourav Ganguly as our Director of Cricket in a full-time role for the coming season. So the work for preparing for the next season is already on in a very structured way. Of course, we will wait for the mini auction to see where we can plug in the holes that we feel where we lacked in the last season.”
Sagar banks heavily on Australian opener David Warner, who will also turn up for the Dubai Capitals in the ILT20, to give take them to victory. “David is an enigma. Whenever he is in the team, he sort of leads the team, whether he’s leading it physically or not. His presence itself is a is a great boost for the entire team. I’m sure he’s going to be a big name and big presence for the Capitals this year,” he added.
“To be honest, Delhi Capitals have a balanced team and it’s just that on a given day, probably things didn’t go well. But I think our day is not far off and I’m sure these players are going to deliver for us and we are hopeful that next year we are going to do it.”
List of retained and released players:
Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players: Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande.
Released Players: Akash Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorius, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Subhranshu Senapati.
Delhi Capitals
Retained Players: Abhishek Porel, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull
Released Players: Aman Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Manish Pandey, Mustafizur Rahman, Phil Salt, Priyam Garg, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan.
Rajasthan Royals
Retained Players: Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan (T), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Jos Buttler, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Rathore, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal
Released Players: Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder, Joe Root, K.C Cariappa, K.M. Asif, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Obed Mccoy.
Traded player: Avesh Khan (from Lucknow Super Giants).
Punjab Kings
Retained Players: Arshdeep Singh, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Bhatia, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Nathan Ellis, Prabhsimran Singh, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Shikhar Dhawan, Shivam Singh, Sikandar Raza, Vidwath Kaverappa.
Released Players: Baltej Dhanda, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Matthew Short, Mohit Rathee, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan.
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained Players: Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Harshit Rana, Jason Roy, Nitish Rana, Rahmanullah Gurbaz , Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer.
Released Players: Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Johnson Charles, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Mandeep Singh, N. Jagadeesan, Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Anmolpreet Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Mayank Agarwal, Mayank Markande, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Rahul Tripathi, Sanvir Singh, Shahbaz Ahamad (T), T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Upendra Singh Yadav, Washington Sundar.
Released Players: Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Harry Brook, Kartik Tyagi, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma.
Traded player: Shahbaz Ahmed (from Royal Challengers Bangalore).
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained Players: Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal (T), K. Gowtham, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul Haq, Nicholas Pooran, Prerak Mankad, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Charak.
Released Players: Arpit Guleria, Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Suryansh Shegde, Swapnil Singh.
Traded player: Devdutt Padikkal (from Rajasthan Royals).
Gujarat Titans
Retained Players: Abhinav Sadarangani, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha.
Released Players: Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, K.S. Bharat, Odean Smith, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Yash Dayal.
Mumbai Indians
Retained Players: Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd (T), Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod.
Released Players: Chris Jordan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jhye Richardson, Jofra Archer, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Ramandeep Singh, Roley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier, Tristan Stubbs.
Traded players: Romario Shepherd (traded in from Lucknow Super Giants), Hardik Pandya (traded from Gujarat Titans),
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained Players: Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (T), Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Reece Topley, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Will Jacks.
Released Players: Avinash Singh, David Willey, Finn Allen, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Siddharth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell.
Traded players: Mayank Dagar (from Sunrisers Hyderabad), Cameron Green (traded from Mumbai Indians).
