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Breaking Records! Mitchell Starc Hits a Whopping INR 24.75 Crores at IPL 2024 Auction, Emerging as KKR's Prized Asset. Explore the Complete Squad Now!

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Milestone Alert! IPL 2024 Witnessed History as Two Players Surpass the 20 Crore-Mark – Cummins Joins the Elite Club!

On Tuesday in Dubai, the Indian Premier League 2024 auction made history as Mitchell Starc became the costliest player ever, with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) securing the Australian pacer for an astounding bid of INR 24.75 crores. The auction also witnessed another milestone as two players surpassed the 20 crore-mark for the first time in the lucrative T20 cricket league. Prior to Starc's record-breaking deal, his compatriot Pat Cummins was acquired by Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) for 20.50 crores.

Curran No More: Reliving the IPL 2023 Spectacle as Sam Curran's Stint as Most Expensive Player Ends!

In the previous year's auction, all-rounder Sam Curran held the title of the most expensive player in the IPL when Punjab Kings (PBKS) invested INR 18.50 crores in the Englishman.

Global Showdown: IPL 2024 Auction Boasts 332 Players from 13 Countries – Dive into the Dazzling Diversity

The IPL 2024 auction featured a total of 332 players from 13 countries, including 216 Indians. Following player retention, releases, and trades, the 10 teams had a maximum of 77 slots to fill, including 30 overseas player quotas. Notably, KKR (23) and RR (22) chose not to utilize their full quota of 25 players, while all 30 overseas player slots were successfully filled.

Decoding the Big Spenders: IPL 2024 Auction Showcases Starc, Cummins, Mitchell, Patel, Joseph, and Johnson as Premium Picks

Apart from Starc and Cummins joining the 20 crore club, other notable players who commanded premiums of 10 crores or more at the IPL 2024 auction were New Zealand all-rounder Daryl Mitchell (INR 14.00 cr to CSK), Harshal Patel (INR 11.75 cr to PBKS), Alzarri Joseph (INR 11.50 cr to RCB), and Spencer Johnson (INR 10 cr to GT).

Total Teams in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024

1. LUCKNOW SUPER GIANTS
2. RAJASTHAN ROYALS
3. PUNJAB KINGS
4. GUJARAT TITANS
5. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS
6. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD
7. ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE
8. DELHI CAPITALS
9. MUMBAI INDIANS
10. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS

IPL 2024 teams and full squads

1. Chennai Super Kings (CSK) IPL 2024 squad

1. Ajay Mandal
2. Ajinkya Rahane
3. Deepak Chahar
4. Devon Conway*
5. Maheesh Theekshana*
6. Matheesha Pathirana*
7. Mitchell Santner*
8. Moeen Ali*
9. MS Dhoni
10. Mukesh Choudhary
11. Nishant Sindhu
12. Prashant Solanki
13. Rajvardhan Hangargekar
14. Ravindra Jadeja
15. Ruturaj Gaikwad
16. Shaik Rasheed
17. Shivam Dube
18. Simarjeet Singh
19. Tushar Deshpande
20. Rachin Ravindra* (auction - 1.80 cr)
21. Shardul Thakur (auction - 4.00 cr)
22. Daryl Mitchell* (auction - 14.00 cr)
23. Sameer Rizvi (auction - 8.40 cr)
24. Mustafizur Rahman* (auction - 2.00 cr)
25. Avanish Rao Aravelly (auction - 20 lakh)

2. Delhi Capitals (DC) IPL 2024 squad

1. Abhishek Porel
2. Anrich Nortje*
3. Axar Patel
4. David Warner*
5. Ishant Sharma
6. Kuldeep Yadav
7. Lalit Yadav
8. Lungisani Ngidi*
9. Mitchell Marsh*
10. Mukesh Kumar
11. Pravin Dubey
12. Prithvi Shaw
13. Rishabh Pant
14. Syed Khaleel Ahmed
15. Vicky Ostwal
16. Yash Dhull
17. Harry Brook* (auction - 4.00 cr)
18. Tristan Stubbs* (auction - 50 lakh)
19. Ricky Bhui (auction - 20 lakh)
20. Kumar Kushagra (auction - 7.20 cr)
21. Rasikh Dar (auction - 20 lakh)
22. Jhye Richardson* (auction - 5.00 cr)
23. Sumit Kumar (auction - 1.00 cr)
24. Shai Hope* (auction - 75 lakh)
25. Swastik Chhikara (auction - 20 lakh)

3. Gujarat Titans (GT) IPL 2024 squad

1. Abhinav Manohar
2. Sai Sudharsan
3. Darshan Nalkande
4. David Miller*
5. Jayant Yadav
6. Joshua Little*
7. Kane Williamson*
8. Matthew Wade*
9. Mohammed Shami
10. Mohit Sharma
11. Noor Ahmad*
12. R Sai Kishore
13. Rahul Tewatia
14. Rashid Khan*
15. Shubman Gill
16. Vijay Shankar
17. Wriddhiman Saha
18. Azmatullah Omarzai* (auction - 50 lakh)
19. Umesh Yadav (auction - 5.80 cr)
20. Shahrukh Khan (auction - 7.40 cr)
21. Sushant Mishra (auction - 2.20 cr)
22. Kartik Tyagi (auction - 60 lakh)
23. Manav Suthar (auction - 20 lakh)
24. Spencer Johnson* (auction - 10 cr)
25. Robin Minz (auction - 3.60 cr)

4. Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) IPL 2024 squad

1. Nitish Rana
2. Rinku Singh
3. Rahmanullah Gurbaz*
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Jason Roy*
6. Sunil Narine*
7. Suyash Sharma
8. Anukul Roy
9. Andre Russell*
10. Venkatesh Iyer
11. Harshit Rana
12. Vaibhav Arora
13. Varun Chakaravarthy
14. KS Bharat (auction - 50 lakh)
15. Chetan Sakariya (auction - 50 lakh)
16. Mitchell Starc* (auction - 24.75 cr)
17. Angkrish Raghuvanshi (auction - 20 lakh)
18. Ramandeep Singh (auction - 20 lakh)
19. Sherfane Rutherford* (auction - 1.50 cr)
20. Manish Pandey (auction - 50 lakh)
21. Mujeeb Ur Rehman* (auction - 2.00 cr)
22. Gus Atkinson* (auction - 1.00 cr)
23. Sakib Hussain (auction - 2.00 lakh)

5. Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) IPL 2024 squad

1. KL Rahul
2. Quinton de Kock*
3. Nicholas Pooran*
4. Ayush Badoni
5. Kyle Mayers*
6. Marcus Stoinis*
7. Deepak Hooda
8. Ravi Bishnoi
9. Naveen ul Haq*
10. Krunal Pandya
11. Yudhvir Singh
12. Prerak Mankad
13. Yash Thakur
14. Amit Mishra
15. Mark Wood*
16. Mayank Yadav
17. Mohsin Khan
18. K Gowtham
19. Devdutt Padikkal (traded from RR)
20. Shivam Mavi (auction - 6.40 cr)
21. Arshin Kulkarni (auction - 20 lakh)
22. M Siddharth (auction - 2.40 cr)
23. Ashton Turner* (auction - 1.00 cr)
24. David Willey* (auction - 2.00 cr)
25. Mohammed Arshad Khan (auction - 20 lakh)

6. Mumbai Indians (MI) IPL 2024 squad

1. Rohit Sharma
2. Dewald Brevis*
3. Suryakumar Yadav
4. Ishan Kishan
5. Tilak Verma
6. Tim David*
7. Vishnu Vinod
8. Arjun Tendulkar
9. Shams Mulani
10. Nehal Wadhera
11. Jasprit Bumrah
12. Kumar Kartikeya
13. Piyush Chawla
14. Akash Madhwal
15. Jason Behrendorff*
16. Hardik Pandya (traded from GT)
17. Romario Shepherd* (traded from RCB)
18. Gerald Coetzee* (auction - 5.00 cr)
19. Dilshan Madushanka (auction - 4.60 cr)
20. Shreyas Gopal (auction - 20 lakh)
21. Nuwan Thushara* (auction - 4.80 cr)
22. Naman Dhir (auction - 20 lakh)
23. Anshul Kamboj (auction - 20 lakh)
24. Mohammad Nabi* (auction - 20 lakh)
25. Shivalik Sharma (auction - 20 lakh)

7. Punjab Kings (PBKS) IPL 2024 squad

1. Shikhar Dhawan
2. Liam Livingstone*
3. Jonny Bairstow*
4. Jitesh Sharma
5. Shivam Singh
6. Rahul Chahar
7. Prabhsimran Singh
8. Arshdeep Singh
9. Harpreet Bhatia
10. Harpreet Brar
11. Atharva Taide
12. Vidwath Kaverappa
13. Rishi Dhawan
14. Kagiso Rabada*
15. Sam Curran*
16. Nathan Ellis*
17. Sikandar Raza*
18. Harshal Patel (auction - 11.75 cr)
19. Chris Woakes* (auction - 4.20 cr)
20. Ashutosh Sharma (auction - 20 lakh)
21. Vishwanath Pratap Singh (auction - 20 lakh)
22. Shashank Singh (auction - 20 lakh)
23. Tanay Thyagarajan (auction - 20 lakh)
24. Prince Choudhary (auction - 20 lakh)
25. Rilee Rossouw* (auction - 8.00 cr)

8. Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) IPL 2024 squad

1. Faf du Plessis*
2. Glenn Maxwell*
3. Virat Kohli
4. Rajat Patidar
5. Anuj Rawat
6. Dinesh Karthik
7. Suyash Prabhudessai
8. Will Jacks*
9. Mahipal Lomror
10. Karn Sharma
11. Manoj Bhandage
12. Vyshak Vijaykumar
13. Akash Deep
14. Mohammed Siraj
15. Reece Topley*
16. Himanshu Sharma
17. Rajan Kumar
18. Mayank Dagar (traded from SRH)
19. Cameron Green* (traded from MI)
20. Alzarri Joseph* (auction - 11.50 cr)
21. Yash Dayal (auction - 5.00 cr)
22. Tom Curran* (auction - 1.50 cr)
23. Lockie Ferguson* (auction - 2.00 cr)
24. Swapnil Singh (auction - 20 lakh)
25. Saurav Chuahan (auction - 20 lakh)

9. Rajasthan Royals (RR) IPL 2024 squad

1. Sanju Samson
2. Jos Buttler*
3. Shimron Hetmyer*
4. Yashasvi Jaiswal
5. Dhruv Jurel
6. Riyan Parag
7. Donovan Ferreira*
8. Kunal Rathore
9. Ravichandran Ashwin
10. Kuldeep Sen
11. Navdeep Saini
12. Prasidh Krishna
13. Sandeep Sharma
14. Trent Boult*
15. Yuzvendra Chahal
16. Adam Zampa*
17. Avesh Khan (from LSG)
18. Rovman Powell* (auction - 7.40 cr)
19. Shubham Dubey (auction - 5.80 cr)
20. Tom Kohler Cadmore* (auction - 40 lakh)
21. Nandre Burger* (auction - 50 lakh)
22. Abid Mushtaq (auction - 20 lakh)

10. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) IPL 2024 squad

1. Abdul Samad
2. Aiden Markram*
3. Rahul Tripathi
4. Glenn Phillips*
5. Heinrich Klaasen*
6. Mayank Agarwal
7. Anmolpreet Singh
8. Upendra Singh Yadav
9. Nitish Kumar Reddy
10. Abhishek Sharma
11. Marco Jansen*
12. Washington Sundar
13. Sanvir Singh
14. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
15. T Natarajan
16. Mayank Markande
17. Umran Malik
18. Fazalhaq Farooqi*
19. Shahbaz Ahmed (traded from RCB)
20. Travis Head* (auction - 6.80 cr)
21. Wanindu Hasaranga* (auction - 1.50 cr)
22. Pat Cummins* (auction - 20.50 cr)
23. Jaydev Unadkat (auction - 1.60 cr)
24. Akash Singh (auction - 20 lakh)
25. Jhathavedh Subramanyan (auction - 20 lakh)

Conclusion

"In a groundbreaking IPL 2024 auction, history was not merely made; it was etched with the resounding bids that resonated across Dubai. Mitchell Starc's record-breaking acquisition by KKR at INR 24.75 crores marked a seismic shift in the league's financial landscape. The emergence of the 20 crore club, with Pat Cummins leading the charge, added an extra layer of thrill to the proceedings. As teams navigated through the strategic intricacies, the retention decisions of KKR and RR stood out, opting for quality in a landscape dominated by quantity. The global spectacle boasted a rich tapestry of talent with players from diverse backgrounds, further elevating the league's international allure. With squads now finalized, anticipation builds for IPL 2024, promising a season of cricketing brilliance and unforgettable moments."