IPL Auction 2024 Highlights: Starc, Cummins shatter ₹20 crore barrier, uncapped Indians rake in the moolah

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Having achieved a sensational victory in the inaugural IPL edition in 2008 under Shane Warne, they had to wait until 2022 to get another shot at the title, losing to debutants Gujarat Titans in the final. Having ended a 14-year wait to even get to that stage, the Sanju Samson-led outfit's hope of finding a second title was dashed after they slipped to finish fifth in the league phase in IPL 2023, failing to make the playoffs. Despite that disappointment, RR franchise bosses and team management have not seen any need for major changes, reposing trust in most of the players from the last two editions. That is reflected in their 16 retentions in a squad of 25 and a trade which has brought in fast bowler Avesh Khan from Lucknow Super Giants with top-order batter Devdutt Padikkal going to the KL Rahul-captained side. Read more here.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: They’ve competed in each of the 16 Indian Premier League seasons so far, even changed their name from Kings XI Punjab to Punjab Kings, but are yet to lay their hands on the IPL trophy. In fact, they’ve made it past the league stage only twice, the last time back in 2014. It wouldn’t be unfair to say that Punjab have arguably been the biggest under-performers in the T20 tournament’s history. Last season was a rollercoaster for PBKS as they won five of their first nine games but lost four of the last five to finish eighth in the table. Arshdeep Singh was the standout performer with 17 wickets, but batting was a major letdown. Skipper Shikhar Dhawan, with 373 runs, was the highest scorer of the team, ending 20th overall. Read more.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The Kolkata Knight Riders finished last season in the seventh spot and it was clear to everyone watching that despite a few shining moments of potential, this was a team that was a work in progress. The Chandrakant Pandit-Nitish Rana combine had their moments but things did not quite go to plan enough times. This year, they have already added Gautam Gambhir, as mentor, to the mix and one can expect the tactics quotient of the think tank to be increased. The first decision they took was name India’s World Cup star Shreyas Iyer as skipper and leave his stamp on the team. Rana was named his deputy. Read more.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Even before paddles are raised and crores are spent at the IPL mini-auction in Dubai for the 2024 edition, Delhi Capitals have been spurred by the news that Rishabh Pant will return as captain. Having missed the 16th season due to a car accident in December 2022, Pant’s availability solves one of their major problems when they finished second from bottom this year — the absence of a match-winner in the middle order. The return of Pant also solves the wicketkeeping problem even though indications are that the 26-year-old may not don the gloves in all the matches. Neither Sarfaraz Khan nor Abhishek Porel was able to grasp his opportunity last season, forcing Delhi to use up an overseas slot by bringing in England’s Phil Salt behind the stumps. Read more.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: From five consecutive playoff appearances, which included a title and a runners-up finish, to ending up at the bottom of the table in two of the last three seasons – it’s been a dramatic decline for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. David Warner and Rashid Khan, their most successful captain and spinner respectively, have moved on. So has Kane Williamson. They bid ₹13.25 crore for Harry Brook last year, but the England batter too has been released after a disappointing season. Precious little went right for SRH in IPL 2023. Led by Aiden Markram for the most part, they won just four of their 14 league games to finish with the least number of points. Heinrich Klaasen (12th position) was their only batter among the top 37 run-scorers across teams and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (14th) their only bowler among the top 22 wicket-takers. See what they could be looking for today here.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: No team in IPL history other than Gujarat Titans began by qualifying for back-to-back finals. They appeared to lack batting firepower on first impression. But with the title on debut and a runners-up medal in the last two seasons, GT showed all their wheels were in motion on the back of their squad depth. Under first-time captain Hardik Pandya, GT became the team to beat. Pandya has walked away to Mumbai Indians. One learns, talk of Pandya’s possible return to MI had been on from last season. Having designed their team branding around Pandya’s local appeal, it’s a challenge for the franchise’s marketing wing to reposition the team. Read more here.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Many teams rely on individual glory — knowing that one great performance can be the difference in the T20 format — and they aren’t wrong. But under skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coach Stephen Fleming, CSK have gone about establishing a system that is the envy of the rest of the league. Dhoni has always stressed the need to read game situations well and understanding the team’s requirements in those situations. Whether it works out from that point or not is a different matter but having the right mindset is vital. Read more here.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakaravarthy.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Matthew Short, Prabhsimran Singh (wk), Jitesh Sharma (wk), Sikandar Raza, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, Harpreet Brar, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Bhatia, Vidwath Kaverappa, Shivam Singh.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Faf du Plessis (c), Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (Traded), Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Cameron Green (Traded).

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Abdul Samad, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram (c), Marco Jansen, Rahul Tripathi, Washington Sundar, Glenn Phillips, Sanvir Singh, Heinrich Klaasen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Agarwal, T Natarajan, Anmolpreet Singh, Mayank Markande, Upendra Singh Yadav, Umran Malik, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Shahbaz Ahmed (Traded).

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Sanju Samson (c) (wk), Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan (Traded).

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: KL Rahul (c), Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Deepak Hooda, Ravi Bishnoi, Naveen-ul-Haq, Krunal Pandya, Yudhvir Singh, Prerak Mankad, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Devdutt Padikkal (Traded).

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Rishabh Pant (c/wk), Pravin Dubey, David Warner, Vicky Ostwal, Prithvi Shaw, Anrich Nortje, Abishek Porel, Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, Lungi Ngidi, Lalit Yadav, Khaleel Ahmed, Mitchell Marsh, Ishant Sharma, Yash Dhull, Mukesh Kumar.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Shubman Gill (c), David Miller, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Abhinav Manohar, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Rahul Tewatia, Mohammed Shami, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rashid Khan, Joshua Little, Mohit Sharma.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: MS Dhoni (c) (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.

Hardik Pandya (Traded) (c), Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, N. Tilak Verma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff, Romario Shepherd.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: England Test captain Ben Stokes, who was officially released from Chennai Super Kings last year, will miss the auction after having undergone a knee surgery, while his World Cup 2019 and Ashes teammate Jofra Archer too will give this auction a miss, also due to an injury (elbow). Another Englishman who wouldn't be featuring at the auction is former captain Joe Root after he was released by Rajasthan Royals. Besides, Bangladesh all-rounder and captain Shakib Al Hasan, after being let go by Kolkata Knight Riders has opted to jump out of the process to focus on his international career. Also snubbed from the auction is Kedar Jadhav, who was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Purchased by RCB last year for ?1 crore, Jadhav, 38, an injury replacement for David Willey, played only two matches.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: India will be playing an ODI match today against South Africa, in case any one is interested in actual cricket. India had won the first ODI by eight wickets of course, and a victory today will seal a series win for them in this three-match rubber.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: All eyes will be on Australia pacer Mitchell Starc, who has reportedly garnered interest from as many as five different franchises already. Starc's return to the IPL auction – he has played only two seasons thus far, way back in 2014 and 2015. His fellow Aussie pacers Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins won't be too far behind, although there might be concerns over the former's fitness given his tendency to break down. Also knocking on the doors would be New Zealand youngster Rachin Ravindra, who impressed with his all-rounder show in the World Cup 2023.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: The youngest player to enter this auction is 17-year-old Kwena Maphaka from South Africa stands out as the youngest cricketer, while at the other end of the spectrum, Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi, aged 38, is the oldest player on the list.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: Gujarat Titans ( ₹38.15 crore), Sunrisers Hyderabad ( ₹34 crore), Kolkata Knight Riders ( ₹32.7 crore), Chennai Super Kings ( ₹31.4 crore), Punjab Kings ( ₹29.1 crore), Delhi Capitals ( ₹28.95 crore), Royal Challengers Bangalore ( ₹23.25 crore), Mumbai Indians ( ₹17.75 crore), Rajasthan Royals ( ₹14.5 crore) and Lucknow Super Giants ( ₹13.15 crore).

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: In case you missed this whole boat, the player-auction for the 2024 season of the IPL will be held today! Dubai is the venue, the first time it is being held outside India. It will start at 11.30am local time, which means 1pm IST.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: There was a time when an IPL mini auction would appear more an exercise to fill in the blanks; when it didn't seem like much work for those in the envious position to raise the paddle. Well, those days are history. Why? Read more here and find out.

IPL Auction 2024 Live Updates: This is a mini-auction and apart from it being held outside India for a change, there isn't anything different about it from the previous ones as far as format is concerned. The 332 players have been divided in 19 sets based on their skills: specialist batters, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, fast bowlers, spinners and uncapped cricketers across all disciplines. The highest-priced bracket has been set at ?2 crore, with 23 players – including India's fast-bowling trio of Shardul Thakur, Harshal Patel and Umesh Yadav – registering themselves in this category, while 13 more have been listed in the ?1.5 crore segment. 11 players have registered in the ?75 lakh category and as many as 43 – 11 Indians – in the ?50 lakh base price segment.