IPL franchises announced the list of retained and released players before the auctions. The auctions would happen on December 19th. On that note, in this article, we take a look at the balanced playing XI of all sides for IPL 2024 with only retained players.
A surprising list of retained and released players for IPL 2024
There were a lot of surprises in the list of players that came out on Sunday. Nevertheless, all teams would further improve on December 19th. A few franchises, though, will look to the auctions to improve their entire squad. Therefore, this is not the final outlook. We take a look at the playing XI of each side before the auctions.
Playing XI of all sides for IPL 2024
Mumbai Indians: Rohit Sharma (C), Ishan Kishan (WK), Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Cameron Green, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jasprit Bumrah and Jason Behrendorff.
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Faf du Plessis (C), Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Glenn Maxwell, Will Jacks, Dinesh Karthik (WK), Vyshak V, Reece Topley, Akash Deep, Mayank Dagar and Mohammed Siraj.
Delhi Capitals: Prithvi Shaw, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh, Rishabh Pant (C&WK), Axar Patel, Yash Dhull, Lalit Yadav, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi, Mukesh Kumar and Kuldeep Yadav.
Chennai Super Kings: Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni (C&WK), Moeen Ali, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Deepak Chahar and Mukesh Choudhary.
Kolkata Knight Riders: Jason Roy, R Gurbaz (WK), Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, Nitish Rana, Andre Russel, Rinku Singh, Varun CV, Sunil Narine, Suyash Sharma and Harshit Rana.
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Rahul Tripathi, Aiden Markram, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen (WK), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Marco Jansen, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umran Malik.
Rajasthan Royals: Yashasvi Jaiswal, Jos Buttler, Sanju Samson (C&WK), Riyan Parag, Shimron Hetmyer, Dhruv Jurel, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Prasidh Krishna, Avesh Khan and Trent Boult.
Lucknow Super Giants: Quinton de Kock, KL Rahul (C&WK), Devdutt Padikkal, Deepak Hooda, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mark Wood and Yash Thakur.
Punjab Kings: Shikhar Dhawan (C), Prabhsimran Singh (WK), Jonny Bairstow, Liam Livingstone, Jitesh Sharma, Atharva Taide, Sam Curran, Harpreet Brar, Kagiso Rabada, Arshdeep Singh and Rahul Chahar.
Gujarat Titans: Wriddhiman Saha (WK), Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (C), David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma.
