With every passing year, the IPL auctions are getting bigger and grander. The 2024 IPL auction was no exception to this, as everyone got to witness records being shattered with expensive bids.
The 2024 auction set the tone for the 17th IPL season and also showed a glimpse into what’s in store in the upcoming season. The IPL franchises pounced aggressively on many overseas players, splurging huge amounts on them.
Along with the overseas players, many Indian uncapped players found themselves in fierce bidding wars between teams. However, a few prominent foreign and domestic players didn’t get any bids and remained unsold in the auction.
In this article, we’ll look at the complete squads of all IPL teams after the 2024 auction.
Chennai Super Kings
CSK bought New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell as a replacement for Ben Stokes, who was released ahead of the auction. CSK signed him at a whopping price of INR 14 crore. The defending champions added one more Kiwi into their ranks as they got Rachin Ravindra for INR 1.80 crore.
Shardul Thakur also made his way back in the yellow jersey after 3 years. The franchise also bought a promising Indian middle-order batter, Sameer Rizvi, by bidding INR 8.40 crore.
Full Squad of CSK
Players Retained: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana
Players Bought in Auction: Daryl Mitchell (14 crore), Sameer Rizvi (8.40 crore), Shardul Thakur (4 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (2 crore), Rachin Ravindra (1.80 crore), Aravelly Avanish (20 lakhs)
Delhi Capitals
Delhi picked up a couple of wicketkeeping back-ups in the auctions. They snapped up Kumat Kushagra for INR 7.20 crore and Tristan Stubbs for INR 50 lakh.
DC also got a decent batter in Harry Brook, albeit for a bargain price as compared to his previous auction’s bid.
Full Squad of DC
Players Retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Mitchell Marsh, Yash Dhull, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Mukesh Kumar
Players Bought in Auction: Kumar Kushagra (7.20 crore), Jhye Richardson (5 crore), Harry Brook (4 crore), Sumit Kumar (1 crore), Shai Hope (75 lakhs), Tristan Stubbs (50 lakhs), Swastik Chikara (20 lakhs), Rasikh Salam (20 lakhs), Ricky Bhui (20 lakhs)
Gujarat Titans
The 2021 champions have fostered their pace attack by adding experienced Indian seed Umesh Yadav, Australia’s Spencer Johnson, and Kartik Tyagi. They shelved INR 7.40 crore to grab Shahrukh Khan in the auction to strengthen their finishing setup.
Full Squad of GT
Players Retained: Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, David Miller, Matthew Wade, Abhinav Manohar, Rahul Tewatia, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Rashid Khan, Jayant Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Players Bought in Auction: Spencer Johnson (10 crore), M Shahrukh Khan (7.40 crore), Umesh Yadav (5.80 crore), Robin Minz (3.60 crore), Sushant Mishra (2.20 crore), Kartik Tyagi (60 lakhs), Azmatullah Omarzai (50 lakhs), Manav Suthar (20 lakhs)
Kolkata Knight Riders
KKR went all in to get the services of Australia’s left-arm pacer, Mitchell Starc. They broke open their bank and spent an astounding INR 24.75 crore to buy Starc.
They also bought 2 more pacers, one of whom is Gus Atkinson, who can be a backup for Starc.
Full Squad of KKR
Players Retained: Shreyas Iyer, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Jason Roy, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Anukul Roy, Vaibhav Arora
Players Bought in Auction: Mitchell Starc (24.75 crore), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2 crore), Sherfane Rutherford (1.50 crore), Gus Atkinson (1 crore), Manish Pandey (50 lakhs), KS Bharat (50 lakhs), Chetan Sakariya (50 lakhs), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (20 lakhs), Sakib Hussain (20 lakhs), Ramandeep Singh (20 lakhs)
Lucknow Super Giants
LSG had few spots to fill up in the auction as they had retained most of their players. They spent a big chunk of their purse on Shivam Mavi, who went under the hammer for INR 6.40 crore.
Full Squad of LSG
Players Retained: 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, Naveen-ul-Haq
Players Traded In: Devdutt Padikkal
Players Bought in Auction: Shivam Mavi (6.40 crore), Manimaran Sidharth (2.40 crore) David Willey (2 crore), Ashton Turner (1 crore), Arshad Khan (20 lakhs), Arshin Kulkarni (20 lakhs)
Mumbai Indians
MI had to fill up the spot left by Jofra Archer, and they snapped up South Africa’s Gerald Coetzee for 5 crore. With Lasith Malinga back as their bowling coach, they have added 2 Lankan bowlers — Nuwan Thusara and Dilshan Madhushanka — to the squad.
Full Squad of MI
Players Retained: Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Dewald Brevis, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff
Players Traded In: Hardik Pandya, Romario Shepherd
Players Bought in Auction: Gerald Coetzee (5 crore), Nuwan Thushara (4.80 crore), Dilshan Madushanka (4.60 crore), Mohammad Nabi (1.50 crore), Shivalik Sharma (20 lakhs), Anshul Kamboj (20 lakhs), Naman Dhir (20 lakhs), Shreyas Gopal (20 lakhs)
Punjab Kings
The Punjab Kings have cemented their pace attack by purchasing Harshal Patel and Chris Woakes. They have also acquired Rilee Rossouw for INR 8 crore, who can create mayhem with the bat.
Full Squad of PBKS
Players Retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Sam Curran, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia
Players Bought in Auction: Harshal Patel (11.75 crore), Rilee Rossouw (8 crore), Chris Woakes (4.20 crore), Tanay Thyagarajan (20 lakhs), Ashutosh Sharma (20 lakhs), Vishwanath Singh (20 lakhs), Shashank Singh (20 lakhs), Prince Choudhary (20 lakhs)
Rajasthan Royals
The Rajasthan Royals were the first team to buy a player in this auction. They have strengthened their middle order by getting the West Indies Rovman Powell for INR 7.40 crore.
Full Squad of RR
Players Retained: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna
Players Traded In: Avesh Khan
Players Bought in Auction: Rovman Powell (7.40 crore), Shubham Dubey (5.80 crore), Nandre Burger (50 lakhs), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (40 lakhs), Abid Mushtaq (20 lakhs)
Royal Challengers Bangalore
The RCB has got many fast-bowling options to choose from in their playing XI. They have also added Tom Curran as a backup for Cameroon Green, who was traded in from the Mumbai Indians.
Full Squad of RCB
Players Retained: Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar
Players Traded In: Mayank Dagar, Cameron Green
Players Bought in Auction: Alzarri Joseph (11.50 crore), Yash Dayal (5 crore), Lockie Ferguson (2 crore), Tom Curran (1.50 crore), Swapnil Singh (20 lakhs), Saurav Chauhan (20 lakhs)
Sunrisers Hyderabad
The SRH management went all hell breaks loose on Pat Cummins as they showered INR 20.50 crore for the pacer. They also snapped up leg spinner Wanindu Hasaranga at a bargain rate, with many calling it a steal. Further, they have bolstered their batting lineup by adding Travis Head for INR 6.80 crore.
Full Squad of SRH
Players Retained: Aiden Markram, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Abdul Samad, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Mayank Markande, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik
Players Traded In: Shahbaz Ahmed
Players Bought in Auction: Pat Cummins (20.50 crore), Travis Head (6.80 crore), Jaydev Unadkat (1.60 crore), Wanindu Hasaranga (1.50 crore), Akash Singh (20 lakhs), Jhathavedh Subramanyan (20 lakhs)
