The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 auction is currently underway at the Coca Cola Arena in Dubai. Ahead of the auction, the teams had retained their heavy-hitters and released the players deemed excess to their requirements in order to free up funds to strengthen their squads at the auction. Australia captain Pat Cummins became the costliest buy in the history of the IPL Players Auction after being sold for Rs 20.5 crore to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH). With a base price of Rs 2 crore, Cummins attracted the attention of Mumbai Indians who entered the bidding war for the first time.
As the price continued to rise, MI backed while Royal Challengers Bangalore joined the bidding war against CSK. When it seemed RCB would walk away with the players SRH entered the battle, and a high-bidding war unfolded in the next moments.
Among other prominent buys, New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell was sold to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 14 crore, while India all-rounder Harshal Patel was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 11.75 crore.
Here's the remaining purse of all 10 franchises at the end of that second set:
Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
Budget remaining: 11.6 crore
Retained Players: Ajay Mandal, Ajinkya Rahane, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, MS Dhoni, Mukesh Choudhary, Nishant Sindhu, Prashant Solanki, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Ravindra Jadeja, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shaik Rasheed, Shivam Dube, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande
Released Players: Akash Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorius, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Subhranshu Senapati
Players Bought At Auction: Shardul Thakur, Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell
Current squad size: 22 (7 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 3 (1 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: NA
Delhi Capitals (DC)
Budget remaining: 24.95 crore
Retained Players: Abhishek Porel, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull
Released Players: Aman Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Manish Pandey, Mustafizur Rahman, Phil Salt, Priyam Garg, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan
Players Bought At Auction: Harry Brook
Current squad size: 17 (5 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 8 (3 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: 1
Gujarat Titans (GT)
Budget remaining: 37.65 crore
Retained Players: Abhinav Sadarangani, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha
Released Players: Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, K.S. Bharat, Odean Smith, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Yash Dayal
Players Bought At Auction: Azmatullah Omarzai
Number of players in squad currently: 18 (7 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum):7 (1 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: 0
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
Budget remaining: 32.7 crore
Retained Players: 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
Released Players: 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
Players traded in: NA
Players traded out: NA
Number of players in squad currently: 13 (4 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 12 (4 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: 5
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Budget remaining: 13.15 crore
Retained Players: KL Rahul, 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
Released Players: Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair
Players traded in: Devdutt Padikkal (from Rajasthan Royals)
Players traded out: Avesh Khan (to Rajasthan Royals), Romario Shepherd (to Mumbai Indians)
Number of players in squad currently: 19 (6 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 6 (2 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: NA
Mumbai Indians (MI)
Budget remaining: 12.75 crore
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff
Released Players: Mohd. Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier
Players traded in: Romario Shepherd (from Lucknow Super Giants), Hardik Pandya (from Gujarat Titans)
Players traded out: Cameron Green (to Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Players Bought At Auction: Gerald Coetzee
Number of players in squad currently: 18 (5 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 7 (3 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: 0
Punjab Kings (PBKS)
Budget remaining: 13.15 crore
Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Jitesh Sharma, Shivam Singh, Rahul Chahar, Prabhsimran Singh, Matthew Short, Arshdeep Singh, Harpreet Bhatia, Harpreet Brar, Atharva Taide, Vidwath Kaverappa, Rishi Dhawan, Kagiso Rabada, Sam Curran, Nathan Ellis, Sikandar Raza
Released Players: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan
Players Bought At Auction: Harshal Patel, Chris Woakes
Number of players in squad currently: 17 (6 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 6 (1 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: 1
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
Budget remaining: 23.25 crore
Retained Players: Faf du Plessis, 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
Released Players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Players traded in: Mayank Dagar (from Sunrisers Hyderabad), Cameron Green (from Mumbai Indians)
Players traded out: Shahbaz Ahmed (to Sunrisers Hyderabad)
Number of players in squad currently: 19 (5 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 6 (3 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: NA
Rajasthan Royals (RR)
Budget remaining: 7.10 crore
Retained Players: Sanju Samson, 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
Released Players: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif
Players traded in: Avesh Khan (from Lucknow Super Giants)
Players traded out: Devdutt Padikkal (to Lucknow Super Giants)
Players Bought At Auction: Rovman Powell
Number of players in squad currently: 18 (4 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 7 (2 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: 0
Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
Budget remaining: 5.2 crore
Retained Players: 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
Released Players: Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Adil Rashid
Players traded in: Shahbaz Ahmed (from Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Players traded out: Mayank Dagar (to Royal Challengers Bangalore)
Players Bought At Auction: Travis Head, Wanindu Hasaranga, Pat Cummins
Number of players in squad currently: 22 (8 overseas)
Slots to be filled (maximum): 3 (0 overseas)
Slots to be filled to meet minimum squad size: NA