The list of retained and released players ahead of the IPL 2024 auction was announced on November 26, 2023. 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 released players by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) & Mumbai Indians (MI)
RCB made quite a noise as they released Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, and Josh Hazlewood in one go. They also released Michael Bracewell, David Willey, and Wayne Parnell amongst the foreign contingent. Kedar Jadhav and Siddharth Kaul were the notable Indian names released by RCB.
Coming to MI, they finally released Jofra Archer, along with Jhye Richardson, both of whom had struggled with fitness. Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Chris Jordan, and Riley Meredith were also released by MI. Ramandeep Singh and Hrithik Shokeen were the surprising Indian players to be let go.
Players released by RCB:
Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Players retained by RCB:
Faf du Plessis, Virat Kohli, Glenn Maxwell, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Mayank Dagar (from SRH)
Players released by MI:
Mohammad Arshad Khan, Jofra Archer, Ramandeep Singh, Hrithik Shokeen, Raghav Goyal, Tristan Stubbs, Duan Jansen, Jhye Richardson, Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier
Players retained by MI:
Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Cameron Green, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Karthikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd (from LSG)
