IPL 2024 retention list: All you need to know

The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 retention list was announced on Sunday, November 26, by all 10 franchises. As per iplt20.com, the 10 franchises have cumulatively retained 173 players.

Ben Stokes (Chennai Super Kings), Shardul Thakur (Kolkata Knight Riders), Jofra Archer (Mumbai Indians), Shahrukh Khan (Punjab Kings), Jason Holder (Rajasthan Royals), Josh Hazlewood, Wanindu Hasaranga (both Royal Challengers Bangalore), and Harry Brook (SunRisers Hyderabad) were among the big names released by their respective franchises.

The real drama, however, began after the official release of the retention list. Reports emerged that all-rounder Hardik Pandya, who was retained by Gujarat Titans (GT), was subsequently traded to his original IPL franchise, Mumbai Indians, in an all-cash deal.

Simultaneously, MI traded Australian all-rounder Cameron Green, whom they had purchased for ₹17.50 crore at the IPL 2023 auction, to Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). All three franchises confirmed the trade deals on Monday, November 27. As per iplt20.com, both trades have been carried out as per the existing player fees.

On that note, here is a look at all the significant details from IPL 2024 retention day.

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Full list of released and retained players of all 10 IPL franchises

Below is the list of players released and retained by the 10 franchises ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.

Mumbai Indians

Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Hardik Pandya (traded), Romario Shepherd (traded).

Released Players: Jhye Richardson, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Ramandeep Singh, Roley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier, Tristan Stubbs.

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Chennai Super Kings

Retained Players: MS Dhoni, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Ajay Mandal.

Released Players: Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Akash Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati.

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Gujarat Titans

Retained Players: David Miller, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Mohammed Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Abhinav Sadarangani, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande.

Released Players: Yash Dayal, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, K.S. Bharat, Odean Smith, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel.

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Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained Players: Faf Du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Dinesh Karthik, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Reece Topley, Suyash PrabhudessaiVyshak Vijay Kumar, Will Jacks, Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Himanshu Sharma, Cameron Green (traded), Mayank Dagar (traded).

Released Players: David Willey, Finn Allen, Harshal Patel, Wanindu Hasaranga, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Siddharth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Wayne Parnell, Avinash Singh.

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Delhi Capitals

Retained Players: David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Abhishek Porel, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Yash Dhull, Vicky Ostwal.

Released Players: Mustafizur Rahman, Chetan Sakariya, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Sarfaraz Khan, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Priyam Garg, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Aman Khan.

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Kolkata Knight Riders

Retained Players: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakaravarthy, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Anukul Roy, Suyash Sharma, Vaibhav Arora.

Released Players: Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Shakib Al Hasan, Umesh Yadav, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Johnson Charles, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, N. Jagadeesan.

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Lucknow Super Giants

Retained Players: KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Deepak Hooda, Nicholas Pooran, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Devdutt Padikkal (traded), K. Gowtham, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Charak.

Released Players: Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Suryansh Shegde, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria.

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Punjab Kings

Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Jonny Bairstow, Kagiso Rabada, Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Prabhsimran Singh, Nathan Ellis, Atharva Taide, Harpreet Brar, Harpreet Bhatia, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Vidwath Kaverappa.

Released Players: Shahrukh Khan, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Matthew Short, Mohit Rathee, Raj Angad Bawa, Baltej Dhanda, Gurnoor Singh Brar.

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Rajasthan Royals

Retained Players: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Riyan Parag, Trent Boult, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Adam Zampa, Yuzvendra Chahal, Sandeep Sharma, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Rathore, Navdeep Saini, Donovan Ferreira, Avesh Khan (traded).

Released Players: Jason Holder, Joe Root, K.C Cariappa, Abdul P A, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Obed Mccoy, Akash Vashisht, K.M. Asif.

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SunRisers Hyderabad

Retained Players: Aiden Markram, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen, Glenn Phillips, Marco Jansen, Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Anmolpreet Singh, T. Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Washington Sundar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Sanvir Singh, Upendra Singh Yadav, Shahbaz Ahamad (traded).

Released Players: Harry Brook, Kartik Tyagi, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma.

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Purse remaining, slots available for all 10 IPL franchises

Following the announcement of the IPL 2024 retention and release list, Royal Challengers Bangalore have the biggest salary purse of ₹40.75 crore left.

As for slots remaining, KKR have the most - 12. If we talk about overseas slots, Delhi Capitals, KKR, and RCB can fill up four overseas slots.

*Following the Pandya and Green trades, GT have a salary cap of ₹38.15 crore remaining, with a total of eight slots available; two of them overseas. MI’s purse is ₹17.75 crore, with eight slots available (four overseas). RCB’s purse stands at ₹23.25 crore, with six slots available (three overseas) - courtesy iplt20.com

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The IPL 2024 auction will be held in Dubai on December 19 - the first time that the auction of the T20 league will be held overseas.