IPL Auction 2024: List of Total Retained and Released Players

The cricket world is eagerly waiting for the next season of the Indian Premier League. Before the start of the great league, every player and franchise had eyes on the players whom their teams were retaining or releasing.

All the players released by their teams will participate in the 2024 IPL auction to be held in Dubai on December 19. The players who have been retained will continue to play for the same team as last year, wearing the familiar jersey.  

Since the discussion regarding player retention and possible auction selections are already in the air, let’s look at the players retained and released by the teams.

List of Players Released & Retained by Teams in IPL Auction 2024

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) total Released and Retained Players

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

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) total Released and Retained Players

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

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

Delhi Capitals (DC) total Released and Retained Players

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

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

Rajasthan Royals (RR) total Released and Retained Players

Released Players: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif.

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

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) total Released and Retained Players

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

Retained Players: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Dinesh Karthik, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Mayank Dagar (from SRH), Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green (from MI).

Gujarat Titans (GT) total Released and Retained Players

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

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

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) total Released and Retained Players

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

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

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) total Released and Retained Players

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

Retained Players: KL Rahul (c), Quinton De Kock, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Kyle Mayers, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Devdutt Padikkal (From RR), Naveen Ul Haq, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan.

Mumbai Indians (MI) total Released and Retained Players

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

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

Punjab Kings (PBKS) total Released and Retained Players

Released Players: Mohit Rathee, Raj Bawa, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Shahrukh Khan, Baltej Singh.

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

This list is heavily inspired by a report by Jagran Josh. Specific changes are possible in this IPL auction 2024 total retained and released players list. 

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