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An annual player auction will held before the start of India’s beloved and thriving domestic sports league, the Indian Premier League (IPL). This Auction is one of the most essential pre-league events, serving as a pivotal reorganization process for the participating teams. During this Auction, players are introduced, and the bidding process begins. Teams that want a specific player must submit the highest bid to secure that player for their squad. This post will inform you about the IPL Auction 2024.
IPL Auction 2024
| Feature | Details |
| Date | December 19, 2023 |
| Location | Coca-Cola Arena, Dubai |
| Format | Mini-auction |
| Teams | 10 |
| Purses | INR 100 crore (about USD 12.02 million) per team |
| Number of players | 70 |
| Categories | Batsmen, all-rounders, bowlers |
| Objective | To fill up the team squads for the 2024 season |
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has scheduled the IPL 2024 Auction for December 19 in Dubai—the deadline for teams to confirm their player lists and maintain choices before this tournament is November 26. The upcoming IPL season will feature ten teams, with the match set to begin in March 2024.
Check: IPL 2024 Team Player List
IPL Auction 2024 Date & Venue
The Indian Premier League (IPL) Auction 2024, scheduled for December 19, 2023, in Dubai, is a mini-auction, allowing teams to acquire only a limited number of players. While the exact location is unknown, speculation points to the Coca-Cola Arena. During the Auction, teams are given a total budget of 100 crore for player acquisitions.
Each team can keep up to four players from their current squads and release up to five. The Auction is pivotal for IPL fans, revealing the newest additions to their favorite teams. Simultaneously, it provides a significant opportunity for players to secure lucrative contracts in one of the world’s most prestigious cricket leagues.
IPL Auction 2024 Budget
The team purse has increased by Rs 5 to Rs 100 crore ahead of the IPL 2024 auction, a rise from Rs 95 crore the previous year. The current value of their players will determine the money allocation per club during the Auction. Each team has a budget of INR 100 crore for the IPL 2024 Auction, which will help them build their squads for the coming season. It is a significant increase of 5 crore over the previous season’s budget.
IPL 2024 Auction Budget Allocation for Each Team
Following the retention process, the available purse for each IPL team ahead of the upcoming Auction is as follows:
- Rajasthan Royals: ₹14.5 Crores
- Mumbai Indians: ₹15.25 Crores
- Delhi Capitals: ₹28.95 Crores
- Punjab Kings: ₹29.1 Crores
- Chennai Super Kings: ₹31.4 Crores
- Kolkata Knight Riders: ₹32.7 Crores
- Sunrisers Hyderabad: ₹34 Crores
- Royal Challengers Bangalore: ₹40.75 Crores
- Lucknow Super Giants: ₹13.9 Crores
- Gujarat Titans: ₹13.85 Crores
Read more on: IPL 2024 Schedule
IPL 2024 Players List
| Team | Retained Players | Released Players | Traded Players |
| Delhi Capitals | Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marshm, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar. | Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg. | – |
| Rajasthan Royals | Sanju Samson (C), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa. | Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif. | Avesh Khan |
| Punjab Kings | Shikhar Dhawan (capt), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh | Mohit Rathee, Raj Bawa, Shahrukh Khan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh. | – |
| Chennai Super Kings | MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway (wk), Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana. | Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Ambati Rayudu, Kyle Jamieson, Akash Singh, Sisanda Magala. | – |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy. | Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles. | – |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram (c), Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi. | Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Adil Rashid. | Shahbaz Ahmed (from Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
| Lucknow Super Giants | KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen ul Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan. | Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair. | Devdutt Padikkal (from Rajasthan Royals) |
| Gujarat Titans | Hardik Pandya (c), David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma. | Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka. | Hardik Pandya (traded to Mumbai Indians) |
| Mumbai Indians | Rohit Sharma (c), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff. | Mohd. Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier. | Romario Shepherd (traded in from Lucknow Super Giants), Hardik Pandya (traded from Gujarat Titans), Cameron Green (traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore) |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar. | Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav. | Mayank Dagar (from Sunrisers Hyderabad), Cameron Green (traded from Mumbai Indians) |
IPL 2024 Auction Rules
- Captains of the respective teams are permitted to use team sheets when the match begins.
- Two DRS opportunities are available.
- Rescheduling authority is vested in the BCCI.
- Wides and no-balls are subject to review.
- The wicketkeeper will deem it unfair if a dead ball or the cumulative penalties reach approximately 5.
- A technical team will be on standby to implement any changes in IPL matches authorized by the BCCI.
- Additional rules may apply.
IPL 2024 Latest Updates
- Following the trade of Hardik Pandya to the MI, GT appointed Shubman Gill as captain for the IPL 2024 season.
- Formerly of the RR, Joe Root has opted out of the IPL 2024.
- GT intends to trade Hardik Pandya to MI in exchange for an undisclosed sum and 15 crore to GT.
- The DC released Manish Pandey and Sarfaraz Khan before the IPL 2024 auction.
- The LSG and RR agreed to a direct swap for Avesh Khan and Devdutt Padikkal on November 22.
- Devdutt Padikkal expects to trade with the LSG in the IPL 2024 trade.
- Gautam Gambhir was appointed as the team’s mentor before the IPL 2024.
- Ben Stokes, who cost CSK INR 16.25 crores in the previous year’s Auction, is set to be released.
- KKR rejected a reported trade between Harshal Patel and Shardul Thakur.
- Lockie Ferguson will be released into the auction pool by KKR.
- Romario Shepherd was the first player to trade before the IPL 2024 Auction.
- Before the Auction, the Punjab Kings and CSK discussed a trade involving Liam Livingstone and Moeen Ali.
- The BCCI has set November 26 as the deadline for teams to finalize player retention and release.
- Despite their contracts with the Sunrisers, Washington Sundar and Rahul Tripathi are said to be in the KKR Trials camp
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