The annual Indian Premier League auction is set to take place on Tuesday night and 17 Australian cricketers have put their names in the hat to be picked up.
In total 333 players have been short-listed for auction and 119 of those are overseas players as the franchises prepare to cheque books in a bid to take home the title.
The 2024 auction will also be the first time in the competition’s history the spectacle will be held outside of India, with Dubai playing host.
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116 of those who have been short-listed are capped players, 215 are uncapped and two are from associate nations.
Of the total players available to purchase, a maximum of 77 can be bought with 30 of those available being allotted for overseas players.
This auction is classed as a mini auction and is the last one before another mega edition ahead of the 2025 IPL season.
This auction takes place after the 10 franchises have retained the players they want to keep and traded others, with this set of stars to be bought to fill the remaining squad spaces.
Interestingly only three Indian players have been named in the highest reserve price bracket, Harshal Patel, Shardul Thakur and Umesh Yadav, who can be bought for INR 2 crore ($357k AUD).
A total of 23 players have been named in this price bracket, with Travis Head, Steve Smith, Pat Cummins, Josh Inglis, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Sean Abbott nominating.
Ahead of the 2024 season, several Australians have already been retained by their respective teams.
David Warner ($1.16m) and Mitch Marsh ($1.2m) will remain with the Delhi Capitals while Matthew Wade ($446,000) will stay with the Gujurat Titans.
Marcus Stoinis ($1.7m) will once again play for the Lucknow Super Giants while the Mumbai Indians play host to Jason Behrendorff ($135,000) and Tim David ($1.53m).
Nathan Ellis ($135,000) will represent the Punjab Kings while Adam Zampa ($270,000) will play for the Rajasthan Royals.
Cameron Green has also been traded from the Mumbai Indians, with Royal Challengers Bangalore taking up his whopping $3.15m deal as well as Glenn Maxwell ($2m).
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 IPL auction ahead of Tuesday night!
AUSTRALIANS IN THE 2024 IPL AUCTION
Travis Head – INR 200 lakh ($357k AUD)
Steve Smith – INR 200 lakh ($357k AUD)
Pat Cummins – INR 200 lakh ($357k AUD)
Josh Inglis – INR 200 lakh ($357k AUD)
Josh Hazlewood – INR 200 lakh ($357k AUD)
Mitchell Starc – INR 200 lakh ($357k AUD)
Sean Abbott – INR 200 lakh ($357k AUD)
Daniel Sams – INR 150 lakh ($268k AUD)
Jhye Richardson – INR 150 lakh ($268k AUD)
Ashton Turner – INR 100 lakh ($179k AUD)
Ashton Agar – INR 100 lakh ($179k AUD)
Riley Meredith – INR 100 lakh ($179k AUD)
Lance Morris – INR 75 lakh ($135k AUD)
Billy Stanlake – INR 75 lakh ($135k AUD)
Wesley Agar – INR 50 lakh ($89k AUD)
Ben Cutting – INR 50 lakh ($89k AUD)
Ben Dwarshuis – INR 50 lakh ($89k AUD)
Spencer Johnson – INR 50 lakh ($89k AUD)
Jake Fraser-Mcgurk – INR 20 lakh ($36k AUD)
William Salzmann – INR 20 lakh ($36k AUD)
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WHAT ARE THE REMAINING PURSES AND OVERSEAS AVAILABILITIES?
In total the 10 franchises have INR 262.95 crore ($47m AUD).
Chennai Super Kings
Purse available: INR 31.40 crore ($5.64m AUD)
Available slots: 6
Overseas slots available: 3
Retained: MS Dhoni, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ajinkya Rahane, Shaik Rasheed, Ravindra Jadeja, Mitchell Santner, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Nishant Sindhu, Ajay Mandal, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Deepak Chahar, Maheesh Theekshana, Mukesh Chowdhary, Prashant Solanki, Simarjeet Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Matheesha Pathirana
Released: Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Dwaine Pretorius, Bhagath Varma, Subhranshu Senapati, Akash Singh, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala
Mumbai Indians
Purse available: INR 17.75 crore ($3.19m AUD)
Available slots: 8
Overseas slots available: 4
Retained: Rohit Sharma, Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff
Traded in: Hardik Pandya, Romario Shepherd
Traded out: Cameron Green
Released: Anmolpreet Singh, Aryan Juyal, Basil Thampi, Daniel Sams, Fabian Allen, Jaydev Unadkat, Kieron Pollard, Mayank Markande, Murugan Ashwin, Rahul Buddhi, Riley Meredith, Sanjay Yadav, Tymal Mills
Gujarat Titans
Purse available: INR 38.15 crore ($6.8m AUD)
Available slots: 8
Overseas slots available: 2
Retained: David Miller, Shubman Gill, 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, Josh Little, Mohit Sharma
Traded out: Hardik Pandya
Released: Alzarri Joseph, Odean Smith, Dasun Shanaka, Yash Dayal, KS Bharat, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Pradeep Sangwan
Kolkata Knight Riders
Purse available: INR 32.70 crore ($5.86m AUD)
Available slots: 12
Overseas slots available: 4
Retained: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shreyas Iyer, Jason Roy, Anukul Roy, Andre Russel, Venkatesh Iyer, Suyash Sharma, Harshit Rana, Sunil Narine, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy
Released: Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Shardul Thakur, Mandeep Singh, Kulwant Khejroliya, N Jagadeesan, David Wiese, Aarya Desai, Litton Das, Johnson Charles, Shakib Al Hasan
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Purse available: INR 23.25 crore ($4.17m AUD)
Available slots: 6
Overseas slots available: 3
Retained: Faf du Plessis, Rajat Patidar, Virat Kohli, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Glenn Maxwell, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar, Vyshak Vijaykumar
Traded in: Mayank Dagar, Cameron Green
Traded out: Shahbaz Ahmed
Released: Wanindu Hasaranga, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Finn Allen, Michael Bracewell, David Willey, Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav, Avinash Singh, Siddharth Kaul, Kedar Jadhav
Sunrisers Hyderabad
Purse available: INR 34 crore ($6.1m AUD)
Available slots: 6
Overseas slots available: 3
Retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Mayank Agarwal, Heinrich Klaasen, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Fazalhaq Farooqi, T Natarajan, Umran Malik, Mayank Markande
Traded in: Shahbaz Ahmed
Traded out: Mayank Dagar
Released: Harry Brook, Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Karthik Tyagi, Vivrant Sharma, Samarth Vyas
Delhi Capitals
Purse available: INR 28.95 crore ($5.2m AUD)
Available slots: 9
Overseas slots available: 4
Retained: Rishabh Pant, David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Abishek Porel, Axar Patel, Lalit Yadav, Mitchell Marsh, Pravin Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Anrich Nortje, Kuldeep Yadav, Lungi Ngidi, Khaleel Ahmed, Ishant Sharma, Mukesh Kumar
Released: Rilee Rossouw, Chetan Sakariya, Rovman Powell, Manish Pandey, Phil Salt, Mustafizur Rahman, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Ripal Patel, Sarfaraz Khan, Aman Khan, Priyam Garg
Punjab Kings
Purse available: INR 29.10 crore ($5.22m AUD)
Available slots: 8
Overseas slots available: 2
Retained: Shikhar Dhawan, Jitesh Sharma, Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Rishi Dhawan, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Shivam Singh, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Nathan Ellis, Rahul Chahar, Vidwath Kaverappa, Harpreet Bhatia
Released: Shahrukh Khan, Raj Bawa, Baltej Dhanda, Mohit Rathee, Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Rajasthan Royals
Purse available: INR 14.50 crore ($2.6m AUD)
Available slots: 8
Overseas slots available: 3
Retained: Sanju Samson, Jos Buttler, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Donovan Ferreira, Kunal Rathore, R Ashwin, Kuldeep Sen, Navdeep Saini, Sandeep Sharma, Trent Boult, Yuzvendra Chahal, Adam Zampa, Prasidh Krishna
Released: Joe Root, Abdul Basith, Jason Holder, Akash Vashisht, Kuldip Yadav, Obed McCoy, M Ashwin, KC Cariappa, Km Asif, Devdutt Padikkal
Lucknow Super Giants
Purse available: INR 13.15 crore ($2.35m AUD)
Available slots: 6
Overseas slots available: 2
Retained: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, K Gowtham, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Prerak Mankad, Yudhvir Singh, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Amit Mishra, Naveen-ul-Haq
Traded in: Devdutt Padikkal
Traded out: Romario Shepherd, Avesh Khan
Released: Daniel Sams, Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat, Manan Vohra, Karan Sharma, Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh, Arpit Guleria
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WHEN IS IT?
The 2024 IPL auction will take place on December 19, kicking off at 6:30pm (AEDT).
HOW CAN I WATCH
The Auction will be broadcast on Fox Sports Channel 505 and will also be streamed on Kayo.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
How many players can a team buy?
All 10 IPL teams can select a maximum of 25 cricketers in the IPL team. A side needs to have at least 18 cricketers in their side.
Eight of those can be overseas players.
Who are the retained Australian players?
Delhi Capitals: David Warner ($1.16m), Mitch Marsh ($1.2m)
Gujurat Titans: Matthew Wade ($446,000)
Lucknow Super Giants: Marcus Stoinis ($1.7m)
Mumbai Indians: Jason Behrendorff ($135,000), Tim David $(1.53m)
Punjab Kings: Nathan Ellis ($135,000)
Rajasthan Royals: Adam Zampa ($270,000)
Royal Challengers Bangalore: Cameron Green ($3.15m, traded from Mumbai), Glenn Maxwell ($2m)
What are the base prices of players?
Each player could choose a base price of up to INR 2 crore for the IPL auction.
The other price brackets are INR 1.5 crore, INR 1 crore, INR 75 lakhs, INR 50 lakhs, INR 40 lakhs, INR 30 lakhs and INR 20 lakhs.
EXCHANGE RATE EXPLAINED
1 crore = 10 million rupees. 10 million rupees = $178k AUD
1 lakh = 100,000 rupees. 100,000 rupees = $1,793 AUD
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THE FULL LIST OF PLAYERS LISTED FOR MAXIMUM RESERVE
Harry Brook – England
Travis Head – Australia
Rilee Rossouw – South Africa
Steve Smith – Australia
Gerald Coetzee – South Africa
Pat Cummins – Australia
Chris Woakes – England
Josh Inglis – Australia
Lockie Ferguson – New Zealand
Josh Hazlewood – Australia
Mitchell Starc – Australia
Mujeeb Rahman – Afghanistan
Adil Rashid – England
Rassie Van Der Dussen – South Africa
James Vince – England
Sean Abbott – Australia
Jamie Overton – England
David Willey – England
Ben Duckett – England
Mustafizur Rahman – Bangladesh
Harshal Patel – India
Shardul Thakur – India
Umesh Yadav – India
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
The IPL will take place between March 23, 2024 to May 29, 2024.
A total of 74 games will be played with the grand final to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
EACH TEAM’S CAPTAIN
Mumbai Indians — Rohit Sharma
Kolkata Knights Riders — Shreyas Iyer
Chennai Super Kings — MS Dhoni
Punjab Kings — Mayank Agarwal
Delhi Capitals — Rishabh Pant/David Warner
Rajasthan Royals — Sanju Samson
Sunrisers Hyderabad — Kane Williamson
Lucknow Super Giants — KL Rahul
Royal Challengers Bangalore — Virat Kohli
Gujrat Titans — Hardik Pandya
