The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league that is held annually in India. The league is contested by ten city-based franchise teams. The upcoming season is IPL 2024, which is expected to be even more spectacular than previous seasons.
IPL 2024 is likely to start on March 22, 2024, and end by May 2024. The final schedule will be announced once the polling dates for India’s general elections have been confirmed.
IPL 2024 Schedule:
| IPL 2024 Details | Description |
|---|---|
| Tournament Dates | March 22, 2024 to May 2024 |
| Venues | Matches will be held in various stadiums across India. Some of the venues include Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow, Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi, Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, Eden Gardens in Kolkata, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, and Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala. |
Please note that all dates are expected and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has yet to announce the official IPL 2024 dates.
IPL 2024 Teams
The IPL 2024 will feature 10 teams:
- Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
- Delhi Capitals (DC)
- Punjab Kings (PBKS)
- Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)
- Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)
- Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)
- Gujarat Titans (GT)
- Mumbai Indians (MI)
- Rajasthan Royals (RR)
- Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)
Each team will play seven matches in their home ground and seven matches in the opponent’s home ground. The home venues for each team are as follows:
| Team | Home Ground |
|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow |
IPL 2024 Auction
The IPL 2024 auction took place in Dubai on December 19, 2023. Each of the 10 IPL teams operated under a salary cap of INR 100 crore for the 2024 season.
The total player pool for the auction was 333 players, with a maximum of 77 slots available to be filled by the 10 franchises. Of these, 30 were overseas players. There were a total of 214 Indian players, and 119 overseas – including two from Associate nations. There were 116 capped players and 215 uncapped with two from Associate nations.
The auction purse for each team was determined based on the list of players they retained and released. The highest reserve price was INR 2 crores, with 23 players choosing to be slotted in the highest bracket. 13 players were in the auction list with a base price of INR 1.5 crores.
IPL 2024 Retained and Released Players
The following tables show the players retained and released by each team so far for IPL 2024. It is important to note that teams can still release more players before the auction.
| Team | Players Retained | Players Released |
|---|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | 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 | Akash Singh, Ambati Rayudu, Ben Stokes, Bhagath Varma, Dwaine Pretorius, Kyle Jamieson, Sisanda Magala, Subhranshu Senapati |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | 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 | Aman Khan, Chetan Sakariya, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Manish Pandey, Mustafizur Rahman, Phil Salt, Priyam Garg, Rilee Rossouw, Ripal Patel, Rovman Powell, Sarfaraz Khan |
| Gujarat Titans | Abhinav Sadarangani, B. Sai Sudharsan, Darshan Nalkande, David Miller, Hardik Pandya, 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 | Alzarri Joseph, Dasun Shanaka, K.S. Bharat, Odean Smith, Pradeep Sangwan, Shivam Mavi, Urvil Patel, Yash Dayal |
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 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 | Aarya Desai, David Wiese, Johnson Charles, Kulwant Khejroliya, Litton Das, Lockie Ferguson, Mandeep Singh, N. Jagadeesan, Shakib Al Hasan, Shardul Thakur, Tim Southee, Umesh Yadav |
| Lucknow Super Giants | 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 | Arpit Guleria, Daniel Sams, Jaydev Unadkat, Karan Sharma, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Suryansh Shegde, Swapnil Singh |
| Mumbai Indians | Akash Madhwal, Arjun Tendulkar, Cameron Green, 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 | Chris Jordan, Duan Jansen, Hrithik Shokeen, Jhye Richardson, Jofra Archer, Mohd. Arshad Khan, Raghav Goyal, Ramandeep Singh, Roley Meredith, Sandeep Warrier, Tristan Stubbs |
| Punjab Kings | 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 | Baltej Dhanda, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Matthew Short, Mohit Rathee, Raj Angad Bawa, Shahrukh Khan |
| Rajasthan Royals | 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 | Abdul P A, Akash Vashisht, Jason Holder, Joe Root, K.C Cariappa, K.M. Asif, Kuldip Yadav, Murugan Ashwin, Obed Mccoy |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore | 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 | Avinash Singh, David Willey, Finn Allen, Harshal Patel, Josh Hazlewood, Kedar Jadhav, Michael Bracewell, Siddharth Kaul, Sonu Yadav, Wanindu Hasaranga, Wayne Parnell |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad | 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 | Adil Rashid, Akeal Hosein, Harry Brook, Kartik Tyagi, Samarth Vyas, Vivrant Sharma |
IPL 2024 Captains
The captains for the IPL 2024 season are as follows:
| Team | Captain | Position in Team | National Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chennai Super Kings (CSK) | MS Dhoni | Wicketkeeper-batsman | India |
| Delhi Capitals (DC) | David Warner | Batsman | Australia |
| Gujarat Titans (GT) | Shubman Gill | Batsman | India |
| Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) | Nitish Rana | Batsman | India |
| Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) | KL Rahul | Batsman | India |
| Mumbai Indians (MI) | Hardik Pandya | All-rounder | India |
| Punjab Kings (PBKS) | Shikhar Dhawan | Batsman | India |
| Rajasthan Royals (RR) | Sanju Samson | Wicketkeeper-batsman | India |
| Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) | Faf du Plessis | Batsman | South Africa |
| Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) | Aiden Markram | Batsman | South Africa |
IPL 2024 Format and Structure
The tournament will be played in its regular “Home and Away” format.
- Format: The tournament will follow a round-robin format in the group stage, where each team will play each other twice. The top four teams at the end of the group stage will progress to the playoffs.
- Playoffs: The playoffs will consist of two Qualifier matches and one Eliminator match, leading up to the grand final where the champion of IPL 2024 will be crowned.
- Matches: A total of 74 matches will be played during the tournament.
Here is an example of how the structure might look like:
| Stage | Description |
|---|---|
| Group Stage | Each team plays each other twice in a round-robin format. |
| Playoffs – Qualifier 1 | The top two teams from the group stage play each other. The winner goes straight to the final. |
| Playoffs – Eliminator | The third and fourth-placed teams from the group stage play each other. The loser is eliminated. |
| Playoffs – Qualifier 2 | The loser of Qualifier 1 plays the winner of the Eliminator. The winner goes to the final. |
| Final | The winners of Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2 play each other for the championship. |
Please note that this is a general structure and the actual schedule and format may vary based on the official announcements.
The IPL 2024 season is set to be an exciting spectacle of cricketing prowess, with a diverse array of talent showcased in the auction players list.
The unique format and structure of the tournament, featuring a round-robin stage followed by high-stakes playoffs, promise thrilling matches and intense competition.
The leadership of the teams, embodied in their captains, plays a crucial role in strategizing and motivating the players.
The decisions made during the retention and release of players reflect the evolving dynamics of the teams, shaping the course of the tournament.
As fans eagerly anticipate the start of IPL 2024, the stage is set for another memorable season of the Indian Premier League. The fusion of strategy, skill, and spectacle that characterizes the IPL continues to captivate audiences worldwide, reinforcing its status as a premier event in the world of Twenty20 cricket.
