Team-wise list of players retained by franchises ahead of IPL 2024 auction

All 10 teams had a deadline till 26th November, 2023 to announce their retained and released players ahead of IPL 2024 auction.
The wait is finally over, and all ten franchises have announced the list of players that they are looking to retain for the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2024). On the other hand, there have been some big names that have been released ahead of the IPL 2024 auction. Some were understandable, while other releases were surprises for the fans.
The biggest talk of Hardik Pandya joining the Mumbai Indians came out to be a rumor, as he has been retained by the Gujarat Titans and will be leading the side in the IPL 2024. Nevertheless, there can still be turnarounds as the trading window is open till 12th December, a week before the IPL 2024 auction. There are some other big players who have been traded through the trade window. So let's check out the complete list of players retained by all 10 teams ahead of the IPL 2024 auction.
Full List of Released and Retained Players ahead of the IPL 2024 Auction:
Chennai Super Kings
Released Players: Ben Stokes, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Ambati Rayudu (retired), Dwaine Pretorius, Akash Singh
Retained Players: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Nishant Sindhu, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary.
Remaining Purse Value: 32.2 Crore
Delhi Capitals
Released Players: Rilee Rossow, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Sarfaraz Khn, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg, Chetan Sakariya.
Retained Players: David Warner (c), Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Rishabh Pant, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar, Abishek Porel (replacement).
Remaining Purse Value: 28.95 Crore.
Rajasthan Royals
Released Players: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, Akash Vashisht, KC Cariappa, KM Asif.
Retained Players: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma (replacement), Yuzvendra Chahal, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna
Remaining Purse Value: 14.5 Crore.
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Punjab Kings
Released Players: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Mohit Rathee, Baltej Dhanda, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan.
Retained Players: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Atharva Taide, Jonny Bairstow, Arshdeep Singh, Baltej Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh.
Remaining Purse Value: 29.1 Crore
Kolkata Knight Riders
Released Players: Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Tim Southee, Johnson Charles, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya
Retained Players: Nitish Rana (c), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Venkatesh Iyer, Andre Russell, Anukul Roy, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakravarthy, Rinku Singh, Vaibhav Arora, Suyash Sharma, Jason Roy (replacement).
Remaining Purse Value: 32.7 Crore
Also Read: IPL 2024: List of players released, retained by KKR ahead of auction, remaining purse details
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Released Players: Harry Brook, Samarth Vyas, Akeal Hossein, Kartik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Adil Rashid.
Retained Players: Aiden Markram (c), Abdul Samad, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, T. Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Markande, Upendra Yadav, Mayank Dagar, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Anmolpreet Singh, Washington Sundar.
Remaining Purse Value: 34 Crore
Lucknow Super Giants
Released Players: Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria, Avesh Khan, Romario Shepherd
Retained Players: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq, Devdutt Padikkal (Traded In)
Remaining Purse Value: 3.55 Crore
Gujarat Titans
Released Players: Yash Dayal, K.S. Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan.
Retained Players: Hardik Pandya (c), Shubman Gill, David Miller, Kane Williamson, Vijay Shankar, Mohammed Shami, Darshan Nalkande, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Wriddhiman Saha, Matthew Wade, Rashid Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, R. Sai Kishore, Noor Ahmad, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.
Remaining Purse Value: 4.45 Crore
Mumbai Indians
Released Players: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier
Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (capt), Dewald Brevis, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (trade).
Remaining Purse Value: 15.25 Crore
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Released Players: Wanindu Hasarangha, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell,Sonu Yadav, Finn Allen, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jhadav
Retained Players: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (trade), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar.
Remaining Purse Value: 40.75 Crore
Also Read: Team-wise list of players released by franchises ahead of IPL 2024 auction
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