Fri Nov 01 02:41:02 UTC 2024: ## IPL 2024: Teams Retain Key Players, Big Names Up For Auction

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has released its retention list for the upcoming season, setting the stage for a thrilling mega-auction. Ten teams have retained their core players ahead of the IPL-2024 auction, with several big names becoming available for bidding.

The most notable omissions include Rishabh Pant (Delhi Capitals), KL Rahul (Lucknow Super Giants), and Shreyas Iyer (Kolkata Knight Riders). These high-profile players are expected to spark intense bidding wars.

Here are some key retention highlights:

* **Royal Challengers Bangalore** retained Virat Kohli for a whopping INR 21 crore, along with Rajat Patidar (INR 11 crore) and Yash Dayal (INR 5 crore).
* **Delhi Capitals**, despite releasing Pant, retained Axar Patel for INR 16.5 crore and will retain star spinner Kuldeep Yadav and Tristan Stubbs.
* **Lucknow Super Giants** will pay a hefty INR 21 crore for Nicholas Pooran, with Ravi Bishnoi and Mayank Yadav also being retained at INR 11 crore each.
* **Sunrisers Hyderabad** retained Heinrich Klaasen, Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, and Travis Head.
* **Mumbai Indians** retained Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ravindra Jadeja, Shivam Dube, and MS Dhoni.
* **Kolkata Knight Riders** retained Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Ramandeep Singh, and Harshit Rana.
* **Rajasthan Royals** retained Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Ashwin, Riyan Parag, and Dhruv Jurel.
* **Gujarat Titans** retained Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia, and Shahrukh Khan.
* **Punjab Kings** retained Shahaank Singh and Prabhsimran Singh.

With these high-profile players available, the IPL 2024 mega-auction promises to be an exciting event, as teams look to build competitive squads. The auction will take place on [date] in [location].

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