IPL 2024: Rating teams based on their retentions and releases

Before the IPL 2024 auction in Dubai on December 19, all ten IPL franchises confirmed the players they would release and retain. Hardik Pandya was traded from the Gujarat Titans (GT) to his long-time IPL side, the Mumbai Indians (MI), shortly after the retention cut-off time.

The ten IPL teams released a total of 81 players on November 26. Punjab Kings was the team releasing the least number of players while Kolkata Knight Riders released the maximum number of players (12).

The ten IPL teams retained a total of 174 players. The Punjab Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad, and Chennai Super Kings all kept the most players (19). The Kolkata Knight Riders were the team with the fewest players (13).

Let’s see how the 10 franchise teams fared after the IPL 2024 released and retained players deadline ended.

Here are the 10 teams rated as per their retentions and releases ahead of the IPL 2024 auction:

1. Punjab Kings- 6/10

Punjab Kings have decided to keep faith in the majority of their players, despite having had yet another poor IPL season in 2023. The franchise decided to retain most of their core players, who performed well for them.

Punjab Kings let go of Shahrukh Khan, a player they had invested very heavily in along with Sri Lankan big-hitter Bhanuka Rajapaksa. They retained their most expensive player in Sam Curran and hence will only have INR 24 crores in the IPL 2024 auction purse.

Also see: PBKS Released Players ahead of IPL 2024 Auction