Gujarat Titans: Hardik is still in the team.
Prior to the player retention deadline, rumors circulated that Hardik Pandya would be joining the Mumbai Indians and departing the Gujarat Titans. However, the Titans kept Hardik and listed him as their temporary captain on the day of the deadline. With the trading window open till December 12, one week before the player auction on December 19, Hardik may yet return to Mumbai.
The Titans have kept the majority of the team that advanced them to the 2023 finals and won the 2022 Indian Premier League.
Alzarri Joseph, Odean Smith, Dasun Shanaka, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, and Pradeep Sangwan were among the players released.
Players that are still in the team are: David Miller, Matthew Wade, Shubman Gill, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, and Mohit Sharma.
Auction Purpose: 23.15 CR
Hazlewood, Hasaranga, and Harshal are out for Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Following the release of Wanindu Hasaranga, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, and Josh Hazlewood, the most recent ODI World Cup winner, RCB plans to revamp their bowling assault. Reece Topley, an England left-arm quick, is still with them, but he is prone to injury. Of the bowlers on their list of retained players, Mohammed Siraj is the only one who can be counted on to start.
Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, and Kedar Jadhav are among the players that have been released.
Shahbaz Ahmed was traded out of the game.
Traders included Mayank Dagar.
Retained players: Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai,
Auction Purpose: 40.75 CR
Archer leads the Mumbai Indians’ 11-player departure.
Mumbai does not now have the services of Hardik, their old guy. To clear their budget in case the move for Hardik happens before the auction, they released up to 11 players, including Jofra Archer, who was purchased for INR 8 crore at the 2022 auction.
Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, and Sandeep Warrier are among the players that have been released.
Individuals swapped out: Romario Shepherd
Retained players: Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Arishnu Vinod, and Rohit Sharma.
Auction Purpose: 15.25 CR
Is CSK going to overspend on Cummins at the auction?
Bangalore Super Kings: Stokes is freed
Since Stokes chose to limit his workload by opting out of the IPL 2024, CSK released him as anticipated. Due to the retirement of Rayudu (INR 6.75 crore) and Stokes (INR 16.25 crore), CSK will be able to offer well in the auction for overseas quicks and allrounders.
Players cleared to play: Akash Singh, Subhranshu Senapati, Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorious, Ben Stokes, Ambati Rayudu, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala
MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, and Matheeesha Pathirana are among the players remained.
Goal for the sale: 31.4 CR
Prithvi Shaw remains with Delhi Capitals.
Despite Shaw’s disappointing 2023 season, the Capitals have faith in him again. However, with Rovman Powell gone, they are weak in the middle order. They’ll be searching for a quick bowler and a finisher.
The following players were released: Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg, Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, and Ripal Patel.
Players who are still on the team are: Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, and Rishabh Pant.
Auction Purpose: 28.95 CR
Rajasthan Royals: Root and Holder are free
Last season, the Royals had anticipated that Jason Holder would provide their team depth and balance, but they hardly used him at bat and didn’t get the most out of him when he had the ball. At the auction, their first priority will be to purchase a gun international all-rounder.
Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, and KM Asif are among the players who were released.
Individuals swapped out: Devdutt Padikkal
Participants who switched: Avesh Khan
Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson, 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 are among the players that were kept in the team.
Goal for the sale: 14.5 CR
Shahrukh, a surprise release from Punjab Kings
All-around player Sam Curran, who had become the most expensive player in the IPL (INR 18.5 crore) at the last auction, was able to be retained by Kings after Shahrukh Khan (INR 9 crore) was released into the auction pool. If Kings are unable to repurchase Shahrukh at a reduced cost, they must find a replacement domestic finisher.
Released players include Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Bawa, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, and Shahrukh Khan.
Retained players: Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Jitesh Sharma, Liam Livingstone,
Goal for the sale: 29.1 CR
Kolkata Knight Riders: 12 players, including several quicks, were released.
Similar to RCB, KKR restructured their speed department, letting go of players like Tim Southee, Shardul Thakur, and Lockie Ferguson. Rahmanullah Gurbaz needs a backup wicketkeeper batter as well because they have discharged Litton Das and N Jagadeesan.
Released players include: David Wiese, Aarya Desai, Johnson Charles, Shakib Al Hasan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, N Jagadeesan, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, and Litton Das.
Retained players include Nitish Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy, Jason Roy, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Shreyas Iyer.
Goal for the sale: 32.7 CR
Hyderabad Sunrisers: Brook let go
The Sunrisers’ most recent release, Harry Brook, is accompanied by Glenn Phillips, a capable middle-order replacement. But with the release of Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, and Mayank Dagar—who was exchanged for Shahbaz Ahmed—their spin attack seems flimsy.
Released players include Karthik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas, Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, and Akeal Hosein.
Individuals swapped out: Mayank Dagar
Individuals swapped in: Shahbaz Ahmed
The players that were kept in the team were: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande.
Goal for the sale: 34 CR
Lucknow Super Giants: Sams and Unadkat part ways
Although none of the eight players dismissed by LSG can be considered first-team players, new coach Justin Langer stated that it was difficult for the team to let Daniel Sams leave. LSG intends to target international all-round players in the auction, having already traded Romario Shepherd to Mumbai.
Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, and Arpit Guleria are among the players who were released.
Avesh Khan and Romario Shepherd were swapped out.
Individuals who swapped in: Devdutt Padikkal
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, and Naveen-ul-Haq are the players who are still in the team.
Auction Purpose: 13.15 CR
