IPL 2024: Sri Lankan stars Wanindu, Dasun Shanaka released by RCB & Gujarat Titans

Colombo, No 26, (Daily Mirror) - Today, all ten IPL franchises have announced the players they will retain and release for the upcoming 2024 edition. Among them, several Sri Lankan players, including Wanindu Hasaranga and Dasun Shanaka, have been released from Royal Challengers Bangalore and Gujarat Titans, respectively.

Also, the Punjab Kings released Bhanuka Rajapaksa from the squad.

However, Chennai Super Kings have opted to retain Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana and spin bowler Mahesh Theekshana for the upcoming season.

The IPL 2024 auction is scheduled to take place at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on December 19. 

Chennai Super Kings

Purse Left: INR 32.1 crore

Players Retained: MS Dhoni (c), Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Moeen Ali, Shivam Dube, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Mitchell Santner, Ravindra Jadeja, Tushar Deshpande, Mukesh Choudhary, Matheesha Pathirana, Simarjeet Singh, Deepak Chahar, Prashant Solanki, Maheesh Theekshana, Ajay Mandal, Nishant Sindhu, Shaik Rasheed, Ajinkya Rahane

Players Released: Ambati Rayudu (INR 6.75 crore), Ben Stokes (INR 16.25 crore), Kyle Jamieson (INR 1 crore), Sisanda Magala (INR 50 lakh), Dwaine Pretorius (INR 50 lakh), K Bhagat Varma (INR 20 lakh), Subranshu Senapati (INR 50 lakh)

Delhi Capitals

Purse Left: INR 28.95 crore

Players Retained: Rishabh Pant (c), David Warner, Prithvi Shaw, Yash Dhull, Mitchell Marsh, Lalit Yadav, Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, Chetan Sakariya, Khaleel Ahmed, Lungi Ngidi, Kuldeep Yadav, Praveen Dubey, Vicky Ostwal, Mukesh Kumar, Ishant Sharma

Players Released: Rilee Rossouw (INR 4.6 crore), Chetan Sakariya (INR 4.2 crore), Manish Pandey (INR 2.4 crore), Phil Salt (INR 2 crore), Mustafizur Rahman (INR 2 crore), Kamlesh Nagarkoti (INR 1.1 crore), Ripal Patel (INR 20 lakh), Sarfaraz Khan (INR 20 lakh), Aman Khan (INR 20 lakh), Priyam Garg (INR 20 lakh)

Gujarat Titans

Players Retained: David Miller, Shubman Gill, Matthew Wade, Wriddhiman Saha, Kane Williamson, Hardik Pandya (capt), 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

Players Released: Yash Dayal (INR 3.2 crore), KS Bharat (INR 1.2 crore), Shivam Mavi (INR 6 crore), Urvil Patel (INR 20 lakh), Pradeep Sangwan (INR 20 lakh), Odean Smith (INR 50 lakh), Alzarri Joseph (INR 2.4 crore), Dasun Shanaka

Kolkata Knight Riders

Purse Left: INR 32.7 crore

Players Retained: Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy. Suyash Sharma, Anukul Roy, Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Varun Chakravarthy

Players Released: Shakib Al Hasan (INR 1.5 crore), Litton Das (INR 50 lakh) / Johnson Charles (INR 50 lakh), David Wiese (INR 1 crore), Arya Desai, N Jagadeesan (INR 90 lakh), Mandeep Singh (INR 50 lakh), Kulwant Khejroliya (INR 20 lakh), Shardul Thakur (INR 10.75 crore), Lockie Ferguson (INR 10 crore), Umesh Yadav (INR 2 crore), Tim Southee (INR 1.5 crore)

Lucknow Super Giants

Purse Left: INR 13.9 crore

Players 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

Players Released: Daniel Sams (INR 75 lakh), Karun Nair, Jaydev Unadkat (INR 50 lakh), Manan Vohra (INR 20 lakh), Karan Sharma (INR 20 lakh), Suryansh Shedge, Swapnil Singh (INR 20 lakh), Arpit Guleria

Player(s) traded: Romario Shepherd and Avesh Khan (out); Devdutt Padikkal (in) (INR 7.75 crore)

Mumbai Indians

Purse Left: INR 15.2 crore

Players Retained: Rohit Sharma (capt), Dewald Brevis, Suryakumar Yadav, Ishan Kishan, Tilak Varma, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Arjun Tendulkar, Cam Green, Shams Mulani, Nehal Wadhera, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya, Piyush Chawla, Akash Madhwal, Jason Behrendorff

Players Released: Arshad Khan (INR 20 lakh), Ramandeep Singh (INR 20 lakh), Hrithik Shokeen (INR 20 lakh), Raghav Goyal (INR 20 lakh), Jofra Archer, Tristan Stubbs (INR 20 lakh), Duan Jansen (INR 20 lakh), Jhye Richardson (INR 1.5 crore), Riley Meredith, Chris Jordan, Sandeep Warrier

Player(s) Traded: Romario Shepherd (INR 50 lakh)

Punjab Kings

Purse Left: INR 29.1 crore

Players Retained: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Jonny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh, Jitesh Sharma, Rishi Dhawan, Liam Livingstone, Atharva Taide, Arshdeep Singh, Nathan Ellis, Kagiso Rabada, Rahul Chahar, Harpreet Brar, Sam Curran, Sikandar Raza, Harpreet Bhatia, Shivam Singh, Mohit Rathee, Vidwath Kaverappa

Players Released: Bhanuka Rajapaksa (INR 50 lakh), Mohit Rathee (INR 20 lakh), Baltej Dhanda (INR 20 lakh), Raj Bawa (INR 20 lakh), Sharukh Khan (INR 9 crore)

Rajasthan Royals

Purse Left: INR 14.5 crore

Players Retained: Sanju Samson (c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shimron Hetmyer, Jos Buttler, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Prasidh Krishna, Trent Boult, Navdeep Saini, Kuldeep Sen, Kuldip Yadav, R Ashwin, Yuzvendra Chahal, Donovan Ferreira, Adam Zampa

Players Released: Jason Holder (INR 5.75 crore), Obed McCoy (INR 75 lakh), Abdul Basith (INR 20 lakh), Akash Vashisht (INR 20 lakh), Kuldip Yadav (INR 20 lakh), M Ashwin (INR 20 lakh), KC Cariappa (INR 30 lakh), KM Asif (INR 30 lakh), Joe Root (INR 1 crore)

Player(s) Traded: Devdutt Padikkal (out), Avesh Khan (in) (INR 10 crore)

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Purse Left: INR 40.75 crore

Players Retained: Faf du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Suyash Prabhudessai, Will Jacks, Mahipal Lomror, Karn Sharma, Manoj Bhandage, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Akash Deep, Mohammed Siraj, Reece Topley, Himanshu Sharma, Rajan Kumar

Players Released: Wanindu Hasaranga (INR 10.75 crore), Harshal Patel (INR 10.75 crore), Josh Hazlewood (INR 7.75 crore), Finn Allen (INR 80 lakh), Michael Bracewell, David Willey (INR 2 crore), Wayne Parnell, Sonu Yadav (INR 20 lakh), Avinash Singh (INR 60 lakh), Siddharth Kaul (INR 75 lakh), Kedar Jadhav

Player(s) Traded: Mayank Dagar (in) (INR 1.8 crore)

Sunrisers Hyderabad

Purse Left: INR 34 crore

Players Retained: Abdul Samad, Aiden Markram, Rahul Tripathi, Glenn Phillips, Heinrich Klaasen, Mayank Agarwal, Anmolpreet Singh, Upendra Yadav, Nitish Reddy, Abhishek Sharma, Marco Jansen, Washington Sundar, Sanvir Singh, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markande, Umran Malik, T Natarajan, Fazahaq Farooqi

Players Released: Harry Brook (INR 13.25 crore), Samarth Vyas (INR 20 lakh), Kartik Tyagi (INR 4 crore), Vivrant Sharma (INR 2.6 crore), Akeal Hosein (INR 1 crore), Adil Rashid (INR 2 crore)

Player(s) Traded: Shahbaz Ahmed (in) (INR 2.4 crore), Mayank Dagar (out)