The IPL 2024 auction will take place in Dubai on December 19.
The BCCI had set the deadline for the franchises to submit their final list of retained and released players on November 26, which was the last date for the trade window to happen. Thus far only a few trades have happened.
West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd was traded from Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) to Mumbai Indians (MI). Rajasthan Royals (RR) and LSG swapped opener Devdutt Padikkal for Avesh Khan. And then Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) traded Shahbaz Ahmed to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for Mayank Dagar.
Here is the list of retained and release players by Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) & Gujarat Titans (GT)
The LSG franchise let go of excess baggage so to speak. Bowlers Jaydev Unadkat and Daniel Sams were released and batters such as Manan Vohra, and Karun Nair were released. They had already traded in Devdutt Padikkal from Rajasthan Royals for Avesh Khan to bolster their batting.
Gujarat Titans (GT), on the other hand, quashed the rumors of Hardik Pandya going to Mumbai Indians. However, they surprisingly released pacer Alzarri Joseph along with Yash Dayal, KS Bharat. Pradeep Sangwan and Dasun Shanaka.
Players released by LSG:
Jaydev Unadkat, Daniel Sams, Manan Vohra, Swapnil Singh, Karan Sharma, Arpit Guleria, Suryansh Shedge, Karun Nair
Player retained by LSG:
KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Ayush Badoni, Nicholas Pooran, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Krunal Pandya, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen Ul Haq, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Devdutt Padikkal (from RR)
Players released by GT:
Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan, Odean Smith, Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka
Players retained by GT:
Hardik Pandya, David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, Sai Sudarshan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammad Shami, Noor Ahmad, Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma