IPL Auction 2024: All you need to know about historic mini-auction in Dubai

The build-up to Indian Premier League 2024 has already begun. A couple of never-seen-before trades after the retention deadline day has only added fuel to the fire.

A mini-auction, scheduled for Tuesday, December 19 in Dubai, will allow franchisees to plug the holes and prepare themselves to mount a title challenge in the 17th edition of the fast-growing T20 league.

IPL Auction 2024: Full Coverage

The IPL 2024 mini-auction also sees the bidding wars held overseas for the first time in the nascent history of the IPL. Also, Mallika Sagar, who conducted the Women’s Premier League auction earlier in the month in Bengaluru, will become the first female auctioneer in the IPL.

Most teams have a strong core ahead of the mini-auction, but there are exciting names, both local and overseas, that will be up for grabs on Tuesday. With a mega auction coming up in 2025, it will be interesting to see if teams would be willing to spend big money in the mini-auction on Tuesday. For the first time in the history of the league, a couple of mega trade deals were done. Hardik Pandya was named as Mumbai Indians captain after he was traded from Gujarat Titans while Cameron Green was traded by MI to Royal Challengers Bangalore.

Before the frenetic bidding wars begin in Dubai, indiatoday.in tried to answer some of the questions related to the auction.

IPL Auction 2024: How many players are available for bidding?

Well, a total of 333 players were shortlisted by the 10 franchises after more than 1000 players registered. Teams have a total of only 77 slots to fill in the mini-auction on Tuesday.

214 Indian players are set to go under the hammer and 119 are overseas players. A total of 116 capped players (those who have played international cricket) and 215 uncapped players are part of the auction pool. 2 players are from the associate nations.

England have the maximum representation among overseas stars with 25 players while Australia are next on the list with 21 players. David Wiese of Namibia and Paul van Meekeran of the Netherlands are the two only players from associate nations.

IPL Auction 2024: What is a base price and how have the players been categorised?

The 333 players have been categorised according to their specialisation (batters, bowlers (pacers, spinners), all-rounders, and wicketkeepers).

Each player has set himself a base price, based on the criteria set for capped and uncapped players.
The highest base price bracket is Rs 2 crore and 23 players have slotted themselves in the said category. Only 3 of them are Indians.

The second-best base price bracket is Rs 1.5 crore and Rs 1 crore, Rs 75 lakh, Rs 50 lakh, Rs 40 lakh, and Rs 30 lakh for the next set of players. Rs 20 lakh is the lowest base price category.

IPL Auction 2024: Who are the players in the highest base price category?

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 Ur Rahman – Afghanistan
Jamie Overton – England
David Willey – England
Ben Duckett – England
Mustafizur Rahman – Bangladesh
Adil Rashid – England
Rassie van der Dussen – South Africa
James Vince – England
Sean Abbott – Australia
Indians

Harshal Patel – India
Shardul Thakur – India
Umesh Yadav – India

IPL Auction 2024: How much money do the teams have?

Each team has a different size of purse left for the auction, based on the players they retained and released. Gujarat Titans, who traded out Hardik Pandya in a historic move to Mumbai Indians, have the biggest purse for the auction.

Depending on the retention list, each team also has a different number of slots to fill in Tuesday’s auction.

GT – Rs 38.15 crore
Slots left: 8 (2 overseas)
SRH – Rs 34 crore
Slots left: 6 (3 overseas)
KKR – Rs 32.7 crore
Slots left: 12 (4 overseas)
CSK – Rs 31.4 crore
Slots left: 6 (3 overseas)
PBKS – Rs 29.1 crore
Slots left: 8 (2 overseas)
DC – Rs 28.95 crore
Slots left: 9 (4 overseas)
RCB – Rs 23.25 crore
Slots left: 6 (3 overseas)
MI – Rs 17.75 crore
Slots left: 8 (4 overseas)
RR – Rs 14.5 crore
Slots left: 8 (3 overseas)
LSG – Rs 13.15 crore
Slots left: 6 (2 overseas)

IPL Auction 2024: When and where can I watch the auction live?

The IPL 2024 mini-auction will get underway at 1 pm IST at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. Star Sports Network will provide live TV coverage of the auction. You can livestream the auction on JioCinema.

IPL Auction 2024: Who were the costliest players in the previous auctions?

2008: MS Dhoni – USD 1.5 million to Chennai Super Kings
2009: Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff – USD 1.55 million to Royal Challengers Bangalore and Chennai Super Kings
2010: Kieron Pollard and Shane Bond – $750,000 USD to Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders.
2011: Gautam Gambhir – USD 2.4 million to Kolkata Knight Riders
2012: Ravindra Jadeja – USD 2 million to Chennai Super Kings
2013; Glenn Maxwell – USD 1 million to Mumbai Indians
2014: Yuvraj Singh – Rs 14 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore
2015: Yuvraj Singh – Rs 16 crore to Delhi Capitals
2016: Shane Watson – Rs 9.5 crore to Royal Challengers Bangalore
2017: Ben Stokes – Rs 14.5 crore to Rising Pune SuperGiant
2018: Ben Stokes – Rs 12.5 crore to Rajasthan Royals
2019: Jaydev Unadkat/Varun Chakrvarthy – Rs 8.4 crore to Rajasthan Royals/Punjab Kings
2020 – Pat Cummins – Rs 15.5 crore to Kolkata Knight Riders
2021- Chris Morris – Rs 16.25 crore to Rajasthan Royals
2022 – Ishan Kishan – Rs 15.25 crore to Mumbai Indians
2023 – Sam Curran – Rs 18.5 crore to Punjab Kings

IPL Auction 2024: Who are set to make big money on Tuesday?

Well, a lot depends on the what the teams are looking for. All-rounders, unlike previous editions, are expected to not fetch big money because of the Impact Player rule — which allows teams to replace a player with another at any point in the game. Well, here’s an explainer on the Impact Player rule.

However, indiatoday.in has compiled a list of the potential top buys in the auction on Tuesday.

Mitchell Starc (Australia) – fast bowler
Pat Cummins (Australia) – fast bowling all-rounder
Gerald Coetzee (South Africa) – fast-bowling all-rounder
Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) – all-rounder
Shardul Thakur (India) – fast-bowling all-rounder
IPL Auction 2024: Who are the potential uncapped Indian players who can go big?

Shahrukh Khan (Tamil Nadu) – 28-year-old big-hitting batter
Sumit Kumar (Haryana) – 28-year-old all-rounder/medium pace
Sameer Rizvi (Uttar Pradesh) – 20-year-old big-hitting batter
Shubam Dubey (Vidarbha) – 29-year-old big-hitting batter
Kumar Kushagra (Jharkhand) – 19-year-old Jharkhand wicketkeeper
Aashin Kulkarni (Maharshtra) – 18-year-old all-rounder

IPL Auction 2024: Will more trades take place after the auction?

While the trading window closed one week before the auction, it will resume on December 20 and will be open until a week before the start of the IPL 2024 season. Teams will look to sort out their shopping list and we might not see any big trade after the auction.

IPL Auction 2024: What do the current roaster of the teams look like?

Chennai Super Kings

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

Delhi Capitals

Retained Players: Abhishek Porel, Anrich Nortje, Axar Patel, David Warner, Ishant Sharma, Kuldeep Yadav, Lalit Yadav, Lungisani Ngidi, Mitchell Marsh, Mukesh Kumar, Pravin Dubey, Prithvi Shaw, Rishabh Pant, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Vicky Ostwal, Yash Dhull.

Gujarat Titans

Retained Players: Abhinav Sadarangani, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Jayant Yadav, Joshua Little, Kane Williamson, Matthew Wade, Mohammad Shami, Mohit Sharma, Noor Ahmad, R. Sai Kishore, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Vijay Shankar, Wriddhiman Saha.

Kolkata Knight Riders

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

Lucknow Super Giants

Retained Players: Amit Mishra, Ayush Badoni, Deepak Hooda, Devdutt Padikkal (T), K. Gowtham, KL Rahul, Krunal Pandya, Kyle Mayers, Marcus Stoinis, Mark Wood, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Naveen Ul Haq, Nicholas Pooran, Prerak Mankad, Quinton De Kock, Ravi Bishnoi, Yash Thakur, Yudhvir Charak.

Mumbai Indians

Retained Players: Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Dewald Brevis, Ishan Kishan, Jason Behrendorff, Jasprit Bumrah, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, N. Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Piyush Chawla, Rohit Sharma, Romario Shepherd (T), Shams Mulani, Surya Kumar Yadav, Tim David, Vishnu Vinod, Hardik Pandya (T).

Punjab Kings

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

Rajasthan Royals

Retained Players: Adam Zampa, Avesh Khan (T), Dhruv Jurel, Donovan Ferreira, Jos Buttler, Kuldeep Sen, Kunal Rathore, Navdeep Saini, Prasidh Krishna, R. Ashwin, Riyan Parag, Sandeep Sharma, Sanju Samson, Shimron Hetmyer, Trent Boult, Yashaswi Jaiswal, Yuzvendra Chahal.

Royal Challengers Bangalore

Retained Players: Akash Deep, Anuj Rawat, Dinesh Karthik, Faf Du Plessis, Glenn Maxwell, Himanshu Sharma, Karn Sharma, Mahipal Lomror, Manoj Bhandage, Mayank Dagar (T), Mohammed Siraj, Rajan Kumar, Rajat Patidar, Reece Topley, Suyash Prabhudessai, Virat Kohli, Vyshak Vijay Kumar, Will Jacks, Cameron Green (T).

Sunrisers Hyderabad

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

IPL Auction 2024: Can you tell us the top targets for each team?

Well, we have got your covered. From looking at each team’s purse and their list of released players, here is a probable list of targets for each team.

CSK – Top 5 targets

MI – Top 5 Targets

SRH – Top 5 targets

GT – Top 5 targets

RCB – Top 5 targets

LSG – Top 5 targets

PBKS – Top 5 targets

DC – Top 5 targets

RR – Top 5 targets

KKR – Top 5 targets