The Cricketer runs through all the details you need to know ahead of the IPL auction, which takes place on December 19 in Dubai
The player auction for the 2024 Indian Premier League, the 17th edition of the competition, will be held on December 19, 2023, in Dubai.
For a third campaign in a row, there will be 10 IPL teams: Gujarat Titans, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Chennai Super Kings, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Lucknow Super Giants, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Punjab Kings.
According to BCCI, a total of 333 players are submitted for the 2024 IPL auction, of which 214 are Indian, while the other 119 are from overseas.
Since this is a mini-auction, most teams are looking to fill the remaining gaps in their squad rather than completely remodel their roster, following the retentions that were announced by all 10 teams on November 26.
Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc are among the Australia seeking a deal (SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)
The 333 players that have registered for the auction so far are placed into three categories – Indian capped, Indian uncapped, and overseas players, and then grouped again for the auction itself.
Categories are based on a player's chief role in the team: batters, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, spinners, and fast bowlers.
The process sees players enter the auction at a base price and teams take turns submitting offers until no further bids are forthcoming.
Unsold players can re-enter the draft during the final rounds should the franchises submit a request for their re-submission.
Chennai Super Kings
Retained - MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana
Released - Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala
Delhi Capitals
Retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Released: Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg
Phil Salt will be hoping to win back his deal having been released after the 2023 tourmament (Ashley Allen/Getty Images)
Gujarat Titans
Retained: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Traded out: Hardik Pandya
Released: Alzarri Joseph, Odean Smith, Dasun Shanaka, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan
Kolkata Knight Riders
Retained: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Released: Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, N Jagadeesan, David Wiese, Aarya Desai, Litton Das, Johnson Charles, Shakib Al Hasan
Lucknow Super Giants
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
Traded in: Devdutt Padikkal
Traded out: Romario Shepherd, Avesh Khan
Released: Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria
Mumbai Indians
Retained: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff
Traded in: Hardik Pandya, Romario Shepherd
Traded out: Cameron Green
Released: Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams*, Fabian Allen*, Jaydev Unadkat, Kieron Pollard*, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith*, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills*
The IPL auction is set to grab the attention once again (MANJUNATH KIRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Punjab Kings
Retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia
Released: Shahrukh Khan, Raj Bawa, Baltej Dhanda, Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Retained: Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar
Traded in: Mayank Dagar, Cameron Green
Traded out: Shahbaz Ahmed
Released: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande
Traded in: Shahbaz Ahmed
Traded out: Mayank Dagar
Released: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Karthik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas
Chennai Super Kings are the defending champions after capturing their fifth title in May (Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images)
A trio of England players lead the list of those not entered into the auction. Ben Stokes and Joe Root had confirmed their decision not to participate prior to the retain deadline in an effort to manage their schedules during 2024.
Jofra Archer, who has been sidelined with an elbow problem for much of the year, will also miss the competition after being let go by Mumbai Indians.
Closer to home, Kedar Jadhav, who has 1,208 IPL runs in 95 matches, is missing from the long-list. As is Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das, who withdrew from last year competition to play for Bangladesh against Ireland and was subsequently let go by KKR.
Chennai Super Kings – 31.4 CR (£3.1m)
Delhi Capitals – 28.95 CR (£2.9m)
Gujarat Titans – 38.15 CR (£3.8m)
Kolkata Knight Riders – 32.7 CR (£3.2m)
Lucknow Super Giants – 13.15 CR (£1.3m)
Mumbai Indians – 15.25 CR (£1.m)
Punjab Kings – 29.1 CR (2.9m)
Royal Challengers Bangalore – 40.75 CR (£4m)
Rajasthan Royals – 14.5 CR (£1.4m)
Sunrisers Hyderabad – 34 CR (£3.4m).
Each player can choose their own base price of up to 2 crore for the IPL auction. The other price brackets are 1.5 crore, 1 crore, 75 lakhs, 50 lakhs, 40 lakhs, 30 lakhs and 20 lakhs.
Can Harry Brook win back an IPL deal? (Pankaj Nangia/Getty Images)
Twenty-two players have entered themselves into the top bracket for the auction: six batters, eight all-rounders, two wicketkeepers, five seamers and two spinners.
The group is led by Mitchell Starc, who is bidding for a deal eight years since last playing in the franchise competition. He had a brief stint with Royal Challengers Bangalore and was signed by Kolkata Knight Rides but was ruled out by injury.
There is the possibility of the left-arm seamer setting a new record for an Australian player, currently held by Cameroon Green at 17.5 crore (£1.75m).
His Australia captain Pat Cummins is also priced in the top category, himself returning to the competition after skipping the 2023 event ahead of the Ashes and Cricket World Cup.
The batting group is led by Travis Head, player of the match in the World Cup final, countryman Steve Smith and Harry Brook - released by Sunrisers Hyderabad having been signed for 13.2 crore (£1.3m) in the auction.
South Africa seamer Gerald Coetzee is bidding for his first IPL contract, as is Hampshire captain James Vince and Jamie Overton, the Surrey bowling allrounder.
There are three Indians in the top bracket: Harshal Patel (let go by Royal Challengers Bangalore, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav, the latter of whom were released by KKR in the off-season.
As many as 25 English players have entered the auction, many of whom are seeking their first contracts in the competitions.
Phil Salt, Adil Rashid, David Willey and Brook will be bidding to win deals after being released after the 2023 competition.
Meanwhile, George Scrimshaw, Luke Wood, Ollie Robinson, Richard Gleeson, Gus Atkinson and Olly Stone, none of whom have played IPL cricket previously, will be hoping to capitalise on the desire to add depth to the fast-bowling department.
List of all English players registered for the 2024 IPL auction: Harry Brook, Chris Woakes, Phil Salt, Adil Rashid, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Sam Hain, James Vince, Rehan Ahmed, Brydon Carse, Tom Curran, George Garton, Jamie Overton, David Willey, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett, Gus Atkinson, Richard Gleeson, Chris Jordan, Tymal Mills, Ollie Robinson, George Scrimshaw, Olly Stone, Luke Wood, Benny Howell, Chris Wood
The auction can be watched on the Star Sports Network or live-streamed on Disney+ Hotstar and is expected to commence at 1pm local time in Dubai, which equates to 2.30pm IST or 9am GMT.
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