IPL Auction 2024: What you need to know before 332 players go under the hammer in Dubai

It's that time of year when cricket fans eagerly set their sights on the 10 cricket franchises as they make crucial moves during the auction to acquire top talents for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) season.

What

• The IPL auction commands significant attention annually, particularly the 'mega auction' in 2022, amplifying its popularity.

• This event has become a tradition, attracting a massive audience while teams strategically build their squads for the forthcoming IPL season.

• The auction for the 2024 season begins today at 1pm at the Coca Cola arena in Dubai.

How the auction works

• In the IPL Auction 2024, players are categorized into 19 sets based on their skills, including batters, allrounders, fast bowlers, spinners, and wicketkeepers. The selection sequence alternates between experienced and new players.

• Some players are swiftly introduced through a special lane in the initial sets, followed by a break allowing teams to select players from the remaining sets.

• The IPL Governing Council then intervenes for a rapid 'accelerated round' of bidding, swiftly determining the fate of players.

• Even if a player is initially overlooked, there's an opportunity after this round. Teams still having available slots and budget can submit new lists, providing overlooked talents another chance to secure a place in a team.

How many players are up for auction?

• In the IPL 2024 auction, 332 players signed up, down from the original 1166. 
• The ten franchises picked 300 players, cutting down the list by 833. 
• Among them, 214 are Indian, 116 are foreign, with 116 capped and 215 uncapped players. 
• Two players are from associate nations. 
• Overall, 77 slots will be filled across the teams.

Who has the heaviest purse?

• The Gujarat Titans boast the largest purse, standing at Rs 38.15 crore, providing ample resources to fill eight slots. 

• Following closely, Sunrisers Hyderabad holds the second-highest purse of Rs 34 crore for six slots. 
• Kolkata Knight Riders secure the third spot with Rs 32.7 crore, intending to fill 12 slots. 
• Lucknow SuperGiants hold the lowest purse at Rs 13.15 crore.

Players to look out for

• Among the 332 players already up for auction, there are some that all 10 teams will be looking out for at the event at 1pm today.

• Some of the players who will be on everyone’s watchlist are Australian World Cup winner Pat Cummins, Travis Head, New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra and the Indian fast bowler Shardul Thakur. 

How the squads stand before the auction

Chennai Super Kings

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

Mumbai Indians

• Rohit Sharma (c), 
• Dewald Brevis, 
• Suryakumar Yadav, 
• Ishan Kishan (wk), 
• Hardik Pandya (traded in from Gujarat Titans)
• Jasprit Bumrah
• N. Tilak Verma, 
• Tim David, 
• Vishnu Vinod, 
• Arjun Tendulkar, 
• Shams Mulani, 
• Nehal Wadhera,  
• Kumar Kartikeya, 
• Piyush Chawla, 
• Akash Madhwal, 
• Jason Behrendorff, 
• Romario Shepherd

Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Faf du Plessis (c), 
• Glenn Maxwell, 
• Virat Kohli, 
• Dinesh Karthik (wk)
• Cameron Green (traded in from Mumbai Indians)
• Mohammed Siraj
• Mayank Dagar (traded in from Sunrisers Hyderabad),
• Rajat Patidar, 
• Anuj Rawat,
• Suyash Prabhudessai, 
• Will Jacks, 
• Mahipal Lomror, 
• Karn Sharma, 
• Manoj Bhandage, 
• Vyshak Vijay Kumar, 
• Akash Deep,  
• Reece Topley, 
• Himanshu Sharma, 
• Rajan Kumar

Rajasthan Royals

• Sanju Samson (c) (wk), 
• 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, 
• Avesh Khan.

Gujarat Titans

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

Delhi Capitals

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

Kolkata Knight Riders

• Nitish Rana, 
• Rinku Singh, 
• Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 
• Shreyas Iyer (c), 
• Jason Roy, 
• Sunil Narine, 
• Suyash Sharma, 
• Anukul Roy, 
• Andre Russell, 
• Venkatesh Iyer, 
• Harshit Rana, 
• Vaibhav Arora, 
• Varun Chakaravarthy

Punjab Kings

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

Sunrisers Hyderabad

• Abdul Samad, 
• Abhishek Sharma, 
• Aiden Markram (c), 
• Marco Jansen, 
• Rahul Tripathi, 
• Washington Sundar, 
• Glenn Phillips, 
• Sanvir Singh, 
• Heinrich Klaasen, 
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 
• Mayank Agarwal, 
• T Natarajan, 
• Anmolpreet Singh, 
• Mayank Markande, 
• Upendra Singh Yadav, 
• Umran Malik, 
• Nitish Kumar Reddy, 
• Fazalhaq Farooqi, 
• Shahbaz Ahmed (traded in from Royal Challengers Bangalore)

Lucknow SuperGiants

• KL Rahul (wk) (c), 
• Quinton de Kock (wk), 
• Nicholas Pooran, 
• Devdutt Padikkal (traded in from Rajasthan Royals).
• 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.

Fans can catch the IPL 2024 auction live on the Star Sports Networks or livestream the event on the Jio Cinema app from 1pm IST.

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