IPL Retention List: Players to Look Out For This IPL Season

As Hardik Pandya replaces Rohit Sharma as the MI skipper for the 2024 IPL season, let’s look at the full IPL retention list for the next season. 

All IPL franchises confirmed their retained players list and released players ahead of the 2024 Indian Premiere League auction. The auction for the 2024 edition of IPL will occur on December 19 in Dubai. One of the biggest headlines was the departure of Rohit Sharma as Mumbai Indian’s captain as it marked the end of an era. 

Amidst the retention and release drama, many franchises opted for a strategic approach, releasing several key players to make room for new acquisitions. Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) and Kolkata Knight Riders(KKR) hinted at a major revamp with many significant releases. That being said, this year’s IPL auction will be very controversial as teams can build and revamp their squads based on their strategies. 

Take a look at the full IPL retention list and released players list by all ten franchises. 

2024 IPL Retention List: Breakout

Gujarat Titans IPL Retention List

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

Released Players: Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan and Dasun Shanaka.

Purse available: INR 13.85 crore

Chennai Super Kings IPL Retention List

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

Released Players:  Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorious, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala.

Purse available: INR 31.4 crore

Mumbai Indians IPL Retention List

Retained Players: Rohit Sharma (Capt), Dewald Brevis, SKY, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (trade).

Released Players: Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier.

Purse available: INR 15.25 crore

Royal Challengers Bangalore IPL Retention List

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, Mayank Dagar (trade), Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar.

Released Players: Wanindu Hasarangha, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jhadav.

Purse available: INR 40.75 crore

Lucknow Supergiants IPL Retention List

Retained Players: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav and Mohsin Khan.

Released Players: Jaydev Unadkat, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh and Karan Sharma. 

Purse available: INR 13.9 crore

Kolkata Knight Riders IPL Retention List

Retained Players: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy and Varun Chakaravarthy.

Released Players: Shardul Thakur, Lockie Ferguson, Umesh Yadav, Shakib Al Hasan, Litton Das, Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Narayan Jagadeesan, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, Tim Southee and Johnson Charles.

Purse available: INR 32.7 crore

Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL Retention List

Retained Players: 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

Released Players: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Karthik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas

Purse available: INR 34 crore

Rajasthan Royal IPL Retention List

Retained Players: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna

Released Players: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif

Purse available: INR 14.5 crore

Delhi Capitals IPL Retention List

Retained Players: Rishabh Pant, Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abhishek Porel, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar.

Released Players: Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti and Priyam Garg.

Purse available: INR 28.95 crore

Punjab Kings IPL Retention List

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

Released Players: Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Raj Bawa and Shahrukh Khan.

Purse available: INR 29.1 crore

This is the full IPL retained players list for the 2024 season. That being said, the next season of IPL will be filled with cutthroat action and controversies. Stay tuned to learn more.