Sports IPL: CSK Confirms MS Dhoni’s Participation in IPL 2024: Retained and Released Player Lists Revealed

Varad Bhatkhande

Mumbai, 26th November 2023: CSK has officially confirmed that MS Dhoni will be participating in IPL 2024. The lists of retained and released players for all 10 IPL teams were disclosed today. Enthusiastic T20 cricket fans are eagerly anticipating the upcoming Indian Premier League. Simultaneously, all 10 IPL teams announced the lists of retained and released players today. A comprehensive auction, featuring over 500 players, including both those released and new additions, is set to take place soon. Subsequently, all the teams will gear up for the IPL 2024 season.

However, the revelation of players retained by Gujarat Titans has surprised many. Recent reports had suggested that Hardik Pandya would be playing for Mumbai Indians, with speculation that Gujarat Titans would release him from their team. In a dramatic turn of events, Gujarat Titans retained Hardik at 5 pm and later engaged in a trade with Mumbai Indians at 7 pm.

Here’s the full list of players retained, released and traded by all the 10 franchises:

1) Gujarat Titans have finalized their retained and released players for the upcoming season. The retained players include 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.

On the other hand, the players released by Gujarat Titans are Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, and Dasun Shanaka.

In a notable trade move, Gujarat Titans exchanged Hardik Pandya with Mumbai Indians, a decision that has attracted attention and speculation in recent days.

2) Chennai Super Kings have finalized their list of retained and released players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

Retained players include MS Dhoni (captain & wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Ajay Mandal, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Ajinkya Rahane, Moeen Ali, Deepak Chahar, Devon Conway (wicketkeeper), Tushar Deshpande, Shivam Dube, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Sheikh Rasheed, Maheesh Theekshana, Mitchell Santner, Simarjeet Singh, Nishant Sindhu, and Prashant Solanki.

Players released by the team include Ben Stokes, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Dwaine Pretorius, Ambati Rayudu, Kyle Jamieson, Akash Singh, and Sisanda Magala.

As of now, no players have been traded by Chennai Super Kings

3) Lucknow SuperGiants have made decisions regarding their retained and released players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League. The retained players include KL Rahul (captain), 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.

Players released by the team are Jaydev Unadkat, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, and Karan Sharma.

In a notable trade, Lucknow SuperGiants have acquired Devdutt Padikkal from Rajasthan Royals.

4) Royal Challengers Bangalore has announced its list of retained, released, and traded players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

Retained players include Faf du Plessis (captain), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, and Rajan Kumar.

Players released by the team are Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddarth Kaul, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, and Kedar Jadhav.

In a trade move, Royal Challengers Bangalore has acquired Mayank Dagar from Sunrisers Hyderabad.

5) Mumbai Indians have disclosed their list of retained, released, and traded players for the forthcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

Retained players include Rohit Sharma (captain), Dewald Brevis, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Suryakumar Yadav, Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, Shams Mulani, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, and Nehal Wadhera.

The players released by the team are Mohd. Arshad Khan, Ramandeep Singh, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs, Chris Jordan, and Sandeep Warrier.

In a notable trade, Mumbai Indians have acquired Romario Shepherd from Lucknow SuperGiants.

6) Kolkata Knight Riders have finalized their list of retained and released players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

Retained players include 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.

Players released by the team are 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.

As of now, no players have been traded by Kolkata Knight Riders.

7) Rajasthan Royals have announced their list of retained and released players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

Retained players include Sanju Samson (Captain), Jos Buttler, Ravichandran Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, and Kuldeep Sen.

Players released by the team are Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Obed McCoy, Murugan Ashwin, KC Cariappa, KM Asif, Akash Vashisht, and Kuldip Yadav.

As of now, no players have been traded by Rajasthan Royals.

8) Delhi Capitals have revealed their list of retained and released players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

Retained players include 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, and Mukesh Kumar.

Players released by the team are Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, and Priyam Garg.

As of now, no players have been traded by the Delhi Capitals.

9) Punjab Kings have announced their list of retained and released players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

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

Players released by the team are Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Baltej Singh, Raj Bawa, and Shahrukh Khan.

As of now, no players have been traded by Punjab Kings.

10) Sunrisers Hyderabad has disclosed their list of retained, released, and traded players for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League.

Retained players include Aiden Markram (captain), Rahul Tripathi, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Abdul Samad, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Glenn Phillips, Upendra Singh Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, T Natarajan, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, and Fazalhaq Farooqi.

Players released by the team are Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Vivrant Sharma, Akeal Hosein, Samarth Vyas, and Kartik Tyagi.

In a trade move, Sunrisers Hyderabad has acquired Shahbaz Ahmed from Royal Challengers Bangalore.

The remaining purse for each team at the IPL 2024 auction is as follows:

1. RCB – 40.75 crore

2. SRH – 34 crore

3. KKR – 32.7 crore

4. CSK – 31.4 crore

5. PBKS – 29.1 crore

6. DC – 28.95 crore

7. MI – 15.25 crore

8. RR – 14.5 crore

9. LSG – 13.9 crore

10. GT – 13.85 crore