The 2024 IPL mini-auction witnessed a massive bidding war between teams over foreign and domestic players. In a matter of a few minutes, many players bagged IPL deals in crores, with 2 of the Australian pacers breaching the 20 crore mark.
Australia’s WTC and ODI World Cup-winning captain, Pat Cummins, ended his 2023 in high spirits as Sunrisers Hyderabad shelved 20.5 crore to acquire his services. This made him the most expensive player in auctions, but only to be surpassed by Mitchell Starc in a matter of an hour.
The Kolkata Knight Riders bought Starc for a staggering 24.75 crore, making him the most expensive player in IPL history. The Riders were engaged in a fierce bidding battle with the Gujarat Titans to pounce on the left-arm pacer.
Another Aussie batter, Travis Head, and New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell were snapped up by teams for big amounts on the back of their recent performances in the 2023 ODI World Cup.
The Sunrisers added one more Australian player to their ranks by buying Head for 6.8 crore. On the other hand, Mitchell found his way to the Chennai Super Kings dressing room for 14 crore, where he will join his fellow Kiwi mates.
Rovman Powell opened up the 2024 IPL auction with a bang, as the Rajasthan Royals acquired their CPL team’s captain for 7.4 crores. England’s Harry Brook, who was in demand last season, went to the Delhi Capitals, as they coughed up 4 crore for him, a downgrade of 9.25 crore from his last season salary.
Among the domestic crop, Uttar Pradesh’s Sameer Rizvi garnered attention from teams. He went from his base price of 20 lakh to 7.80 crore, with CSK welcoming him into their squad.
Tamil Nadu’s Shahrukh Khan found his new home with the Titans for 7.40 crore. Kumar Kushagra, the wicketkeeper hailing from MS Dhoni’s state, was sold to the Capitals for 7.20 crore.
Now, take a look at the squads of IPL teams after the 2024 IPL auction. (All figures in INR)
Chennai Super Kings
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Daryl Mitchell (14 Cr), Shardul Thakur (4 Cr), Rachin Ravindra (1.80 Cr), Sameer Rizvi (8.40 Cr), Mustafizur Rahman (2 Cr), Aravelly Avanish (20 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 1 Cr
Delhi Capitals
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Sumit Kumar (1 Cr), Harry Brook (4 Cr), Swastik Chikara (20 Lakhs), Kumar Kushagra (7.20 Cr), Tristan Stubbs (50 Lakhs), Rasikh Salam (20 Lakhs), Ricky Bhui (20 Lakhs), Jhye Richardson (5 Cr), Shai Hope (75 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 9.90 Cr
Gujarat Titans
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: M Shahrukh Khan (7.40 Cr), Azmatullah Omarzai (50 Lakhs), Robin Minz (3.60 Cr), Spencer Johnson (10 Cr), Umesh Yadav (5.80 Cr), Sushant Mishra (2.20 Cr), Kartik Tyagi (60 Lakhs), Manav Suthar (20 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 7.85 Cr
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Ramandeep Singh (20 Lakhs), Sherfane Rutherford (1.50 Cr), Manish Pandey (50 Lakhs), Angkrish Raghuvanshi (20 Lakhs), KS Bharat (50 Lakhs), Mitchell Starc (24.75 Cr), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (2 Cr), Gus Atkinson (1 Cr), Chetan Sakariya (50 Lakhs), Sakib Hussain (20 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 1.35 Cr
Lucknow Super Giants
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: David Willey (2 Cr), Arshad Khan (20 Lakhs), Arshin Kulkarni (20 Lakhs), Ashton Turner (1 Cr), Shivam Mavi (6.40 Cr), Manimaran Sidharth (2.40 Cr)
Purse Remaining: 7.85 Cr
Mumbai Indians
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Gerald Coetzee (5 Cr), Mohammad Nabi (1.50 Cr), Shivalik Sharma (20 Lakhs), Anshul Kamboj (20 Lakhs), Naman Dhir (20 Lakhs), Nuwan Thushara (4.80 Cr), Dilshan Madushanka (4.60 Cr), Shreyas Gopal (20 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 1.05 Cr
Punjab Kings
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Harshal Patel (11.75 Cr), Chris Woakes (4.20 Cr), Tanay Thyagarajan (20 Lakhs), Ashutosh Sharma (20 Lakhs), Vishwanath Singh (20 Lakhs), Shashank Singh (20 Lakhs), Rilee Rossouw (8 Cr), Prince Choudhary (20 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 4.15 Cr
Rajasthan Royals
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Abid Mushtaq (20 Lakhs), Rovman Powell (7.40 Cr), Shubham Dubey (5.80 Cr), Tom Kohler-Cadmore (40 Lakhs), Nandre Burger (50 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 20 Lakhs
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Tom Curran (1.50 Cr), Swapnil Singh (20 Lakhs), Saurav Chauhan (20 Lakhs), Alzarri Joseph (11.50 Cr), Yash Dayal (5 Cr), Lockie Ferguson (2 Cr),
Purse Remaining: 2.85 Cr
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained Players: 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
Auction Picks: Pat Cummins (20.50 Cr), Wanindu Hasaranga (1.50 Cr), Travis Head (6.80 Cr), Jaydev Unadkat (1.60 Cr), Akash Singh (20 Lakhs), Jhathavedh Subramanyan (20 Lakhs)
Purse Remaining: 3.20 Cr
